Rural Oklahoma’s homeless population is vastly undercounted due to challenges with the federal Point-In-Time census. Advocates say the count, designed for urban areas, fails to capture homelessness spread across thousands of rural square miles, affecting funding and community awareness even as demand for housing assistance grows.
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