What is the Continuum of Care Program – The Low Income Housing Guide

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Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Eligibility Requirements

The CoC Program is designed to assist individuals (including unaccompanied youth) and families experiencing homelessness and to provide the services needed to help such individuals move into transitional and permanent housing, with the goal of long-term stability. More broadly, the CoC Program is designed to promote community-wide planning and strategic use of resources to address homelessness; improve coordination and integration with mainstream resources and other programs targeted to people experiencing homelessness; improve data collection and performance measurement; and allow each community to tailor its programs to the particular strengths and challenges in assisting homeless individuals and families within that community.

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Eligible Applicants
Under the CoC Program interim rule, eligible applicants consist of nonprofit organizations, State and local governments, instrumentalities of local governments, and public housing agencies. An eligible applicant must be designated by the Continuum of Care to submit an application to HUD for grant funds. The Continuum's designation must state whether the Continuum is designating more than one applicant to apply for funds, and if it is, which applicant is being designated as the Collaborative Applicant. A Continuum of Care that is designating only one applicant for funds must designate that applicant to be the Collaborative Applicant. For-profit entities are not eligible to apply for grants or to be subrecipients of grant funds.

Program Components
The CoC Program interim rule provides that Continuum of Care Program funds may be used for projects under five program components: permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services only, HMIS, and, in some cases, homelessness prevention. Administrative costs are eligible under all components. Where possible, the components set forth in the Continuum of Care Program are consistent with the components allowable under the Emergency Solutions Grants program. This eases the administrative burden on recipients of both programs and ensures that reporting requirements and data quality benchmarks are consistently established and applied to like projects. One significant distinction between the Emergency Solutions Grants Program and the CoC Program can be found in the eligible activities and administration requirements for assistance provided under the rapid re-housing component in this interim rule.

The five program components that can be funded through the CoC Program are listed below.

Permanent Housing

Permanent housing (PH) is defined as community-based housing without a designated length of stay in which formerly homeless individuals and families live as independently as possible. Under PH, a program participant must be the tenant on a lease (or sublease) for an initial term of at least one year that is renewable and is terminable only for cause. Further, leases (or subleases) must be renewable for a minimum term of one month. The CoC Program funds two types of permanent housing: permanent supportive housing (PSH) for persons with disabilities and rapid re-housing. Permanent supportive housing is permanent housing with indefinite leasing or rental assistance paired with supportive services to assist homeless persons with a disability or families with an adult or child member with a disability achieve housing stability. Rapid re-housing (RRH) emphasizes housing search and relocation services and short- and medium-term rental assistance to move homeless persons and families (with or without a disability) as rapidly as possible into permanent housing.

[shannellwhy]

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[amcnair]

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[conniechidester]

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[shelleygold]

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[Dopp-lkuf]

Disabled/homeless since April 1st - living in my car and bathing at truck stops in GA. Applied for COC April 12, had all documents they required at the time of intake. I have both physical and mental disabilities. My psychologist had requested/required documentation turned in within 48 hours of intake. Approximately 3 weeks later, the agency called for my telephone interview. I answered everything I was asked. I have not been given any indication of how long my wait should be, or if any further paperwork or contact needed to be initiated by me. I was told "You're on the list, but you're not first". and then I asked when I should follow up, and was told "Don't call us, we will call you, and do not call your caseworker and ask him either". I don't want to bother anyone, or call her to check

[weedermann]

Cyber Mixologist, a dollar for your thoughts:

I fell into homelessness and was on the street for 6 years, first in Atlanta (where I stayed at the Task Force for the Homeless, at Pine and Peachtree for six months) and then here in Los Angeles. Have done the "Rapid Re-Housing" process three times to no avail.

In May, 2018 I found a way off the street and into transitional housing, using what's called the General Relief Housing Subsidy program for County-Los Angeles. Present housing is sharing a medium-size inner-city ghetto place with 11 prison/rehab felons and their "baby mamas". LOTS of drugs, drama, and drinking...and the pandemic makes no difference. My income has been General Relief ($120 of cash) and $204 of food stamps/per month, plus Medi-Cal.

I've spent all of my time seeking subsidized senior housing (am 64) and am on a dozen waiting lists.

BUT by getting this transitional housing (no, there is no lease), have I further fucked up my chances to get into a better space? Is CoC's whole point to JUST get me off the street and into the kind of situation I presently am in?

[jamescarter]

I live in Denton Texas, I have cerebral palsy and currently collect a monthly disability check- SSDI. Currently number 16 on the Denton County section 8 list. But due to pandemic the housing office is closed to the public. My current lease ends August 31, 2020. I have no place to call home after August 31st. Been on section 8 list since October of 2018. I would like to know more about COC program in Denton County and City of Denton.

[Ai-wszs]

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[adriennebowen]

You are so informative! I thank you for being honest, and real! You don't find this very often in people. Thank you for helping people like me.

[juliafanua]

Also, in the video you mentioned that you would list the documents that would be needed by the COC. I know not to go in there fully prepared because we shouldn’t let them looking at us crazy. I just want to know so I can have all the documents I need for when they tell me to come back. Thank you for this valuable information!

[tammypeace]

Can I apply at COC if Im receiving ssi disability but can no longer stay where im at?Im in michigan.Thank you so much for the list of coc, you are amazing to do that without even charging me, you rock.Im 62.

[makailaclegg]

Could you apply for both the CoC program and HUD at the same time? Or will they contradict one another in some way?

[desiswag]

Thanks for the info.
From California

[HayleyAnjuna]

I'm so glad I found your channel. I am trying to get help in Alexandria, VA but I am currently in Newport News. Is CoC a state wide thing or does it go by city/county to county.

[ericaerica]

I’m homeless and on disability. I applied for COC program and the intake worker said that I have enough points to quality for full help. However, he want to prove that I’m homeless by having a family member or anyone sign a form stating I’m homeless. I really don’t speak to my family and don’t want anyone knowing my business is there anyway around this form? Also I wanted to thank you because of you this was possible I really needed this help soon I’ll have my own place.

[traydills]

My two brothers are homeless I’m trying to find a link to a direct site for a HUD housing, that can help them get into a housing program !!

[shelleygold]

I'm sure you already know this but I just wanted to share
If people have not been on a lease for a year at least in Wisconsin they are considered homeless and if that works for them they should use at

[ericaerica]

Hi can I share my update with you! I was approved for the program but the intake worker isn’t giving me any update. He says there’s no updates. What can I do at this point I’m still living in my car☹️ is he suppose to let me know the anything

[penelope-oevr]

What if you are not homeless? I am having to move from Virginia to Boston for a super rare disease. On disability, terminal, a single mom. But being from out of state puts me lower on the lists. Help me! I cannot afford boston on my disability budget. But j HAVE to move there t I save my life, literally

I am also lucky, my current landlord is ending my lease illegally early and I am suing her. No fault of my own. She is renting my yard literally NOW to a hunt club.

[shelleygold]

The HUD field office in Milwaukee is a a joke it's a tiny little office with nobody ever behind the little plastic window