What is a Continuum of Care (CoC) and what does it do for our community?
A Continuum of Care is a regional of local planning body that coordinates housing and services for families and individuals experiencing homelessness. The Clark County Continuum of Care body is made up of over 100 people across eight regularly held meetings. The governing body is the CoC Steering Committee and the lead agency is Council for the Homeless.
How does the Continuum of Care receive funding from HUD?
Annually the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Federal funding for COC Homeless Assistance Program funding. It is a collaborative application process – each CoC submits a Consolidated Application, which includes an individual project application for each program for which we hope to receive CoC funding per their identified process. All programs must submit their application through their local CoC – HUD will not review any applications that are submitted independent from a CoC. (For this, CFTH is the designated Collaborative Applicant.) We encourage new organizations to apply for new projects. All new project applications will be competitively ranked against renewal applications.