1. What is the Continuum of Care?

2. According to federal regulation the CoC is a collaboration of interested groups and persons designed to:
Promote a community wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness

3. Promote a community wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness
Provide funding for efforts for rapidly re-housing homeless individuals and families

4. Promote access to and effective use of mainstream programs
Promote a community wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness
Provide funding for efforts for rapidly re- housing homeless individuals and families
Promote access to and effective use of mainstream programs

5. Promote a community wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness
Provide funding for efforts for rapidly re- housing homeless individuals and families
Promote access to and effective use of mainstream programs
Optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness

6. What is a CoC (continued)
It is established by representatives of relevant organizations within a geographic area to carry out the responsibilities identified by HUD.

7. The composition is expected to be tailored to its unique community circumstances to ensure that stakeholders participate in developing and implementing a range of housing and services

8. A CoC is intended to address homelessness through a coordinated community-based process of identifying needs and participating in building a system of housing and services that addresses those needs.

9. A CoC is intended to address homelessness through a coordinated community-based process of identifying needs and participating in building a system of housing and services that addresses those needs.
Eventually the CoC must move beyond the evaluation and prioritization of specific projects to a system-wide evaluation of the community’s response to homelessness.

10. History of the Continuum of Care
Nationally the concept began in under the McKinney-Vento Act.
Concept was expanded under the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009

11. In Butte County, the first CoC grants were obtained in 2003 by the Community Action Agency as the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force functioned as the initial CoC.

12. Permanent Supportive Housing
In 2008 a planning group of local stakeholders completed a year-long process to re-create the CoC
In 2009 the re-created CoC was launched
Emergency Shelter
Support Services
Transitional Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing
In 2015 the CoC completed transition to HEARTH Act compliance including a new Governance Charter, MOU’s between the CoC and the HMIS Lead Agency and the CoC Lead Agency and the Collaborative Applicant

13. Current Activity Grantees Housing Authority Avenida Apartments BCDBH
Supportive Housing
$65,399
Butte County CoC
HMIS Project
$107,000
BCDBH
LINK Permanent Housing Bonus
$27,015
Supportive Housing SEARCH III
$27,296
SEARCH II
$45,493
Permanent Housing Bonus SEARCH II
$27,214
CATALYST
Rapid Re-Housing
$81,557
Samaritan Bonus
SEARCH
$35,849
Housing Authority
Search South SPC PH
$39,487
Butte CoC FY 2015
Planning Project
$15,735
Esplanade House PII
Permanent Housing SHP
$49,411
Grantees
Current Activity

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10:00 am- 3:00 pm
Silver Dollar Fairgrounds

16. Data Collection Efforts:
PIT (Point in Time)
HIC (Housing Inventory Count)
APR (Annual Performance Report)
AHAR (Annual Homeless Assessment Report)

17. Future Activity Project Homeless Connect
Coordinated Entry Implementation
Improved Data Collection and Analysis
Advocacy for improved housing opportunities including increased inventory