The purpose of this document is to help Continuums take advantage of opportunities in the interim Continuum of Care regulations to further the use of national best practices in their communities. The Alliance’s recommendations focus on coordinated assessment, transitional housing, rapid re-housing, and governance and performance measurement. This brief also contains many links to other resources available on these topics from the Alliance and its partners.
Category: Continuum of Care
Coordinated Assessment 101: Understanding the Basics
Conference Presentations from 1.3 Coordinated Assessment 101: Understanding the Basics at the 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness
Developing System-Wide Prioritization and Targeting Standards
Conference Presentations from 3.3 Developing System-Wide Prioritization and Targeting Standards at the 2013 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness
Rural Homelessness
The number of people who experience rural homelessness is unknown, but the last national count of homeless people found that 9 percent live in rural areas. The same structural factors that contribute to urban homelessness—lack of affordable housing and inadequate income—also lead to rural homelessness. One of the most important strategies in ending rural homelessness is prevention.
What is a Continuum of Care?
This resource explains what a Continuum of Care is, as well as details the necessary parts of a Continuum of Care (CoC) and how to plan a CoC. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development began to require communities to submit a single application for McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants in 1995. In 2009, there were 461 CoCs.