Volunteers are preparing to hit the streets for the second youth homeless count in Kamloops, and they expect the numbers to be higher than the previous count. Katherine McParland, with the A Way Home program, said this year they've more resources and have picked a more suitable time to do the count. Kamloops was the first community in Canada to do a youth specific homeless count in October of 2016. In that count, it found 129 youth reported having been homeless and 56 of them reported being homeless at the time of the count. Listen as organizers of the homeless count describe how they plan to better tackle the problem:The youth homeless count is underway in Kamloops and this year, some changes in how the count is done.. 4:47With files from Daybreak Kamloops.

Source: CBC News May 10, 2018 20:03 UTC