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Continuum of Care Committees

Continuum of Care (CoC) committees play a crucial role in addressing homelessness by focusing on specific aspects of the issue. These committees are tasked with tasks such as assessing community needs, coordinating services, evaluating program effectiveness, and advocating for policy changes. By bringing together stakeholders from various sectors, including government agencies, service providers, and community organizations, CoC committees work collaboratively to develop and implement strategies to prevent and end homelessness in their respective communities.

Street Outreach and Health Outcomes (SOHO) Committee

  • Ensure partner coordination to best address the needs of those living unsheltered

  • Committee members can include street outreach teams, homeless drop-in centers, police/enforcement, hospital/health systems, immigrant advocacy, and local legislators

  • Meets quarterly

  • May establish working groups for specific tasks, such as PIT count planning

CE Steering Committee

  • Ensure that the CoC maintains a CE process that meets HUD requirements and the needs of those experiencing homelessness

  • Make recommendations to the CoC GB on written standards, policies, and procedures for CE

  • Ensure that the CE process is evaluated annually and make recommendations to GB for improvement based on the results of the evaluation

  • Rolling member enrollment (non-elected)

  • Should include representatives of groups such as CE staff, shelter staff, street outreach staff, DSS, and people with lived experience (including survivors of domestic violence).

  • Meets monthly

CoC Ranking Committee

  • Develop a ranking scorecard for the annual CoC funding round based on the Governance Board (GB) approved guiding principles

  • Implement the GB approved rating and ranking process

  • Create a priority listing of projects to present to the CoC membership for approval

  • CoC-funded programs and programs currently applying for CoC funds may not participate on this committee

  • Meets as needed

  • Elected annually

CoC Elections Committee

  • Review matters directly related to the CoC GB selection process and the appointment or election of CoC GB members

  • Review, update, and approve the CoC GB selection process at least once every 5 years

  • Serve as arbiter on issues related to CoC GB member conflicts of interest

  • At-large Governance Board members may not serve

  • Elected annually

  • Meets as needed

Legislative Committee

  • Provide general advocacy on behalf of the CoC to support CoC goals, priorities, and strategies.

  • Inform the CoC GB on pertinent legislative issues that may potentially affect the CoC

  • Working groups may temporarily form to work on specific tasks and initiatives

  • Meets monthly

  • Rolling member enrollment (non-elected)

Data Quality and System Performance Committee

  • Review how the CoC can capture data more accurately in order to inform regional needs, identify trends, and appropriately prioritize households for CoC and other resources

  • Identify areas of poor data quality and create solutions

  • Review how data impacts key HUD reports (Point-In-Time, Housing Inventory Count, LSA, SPM, etc.)

  • Assist in the expanded use of HMIS to better capture local needs

  • Make recommendations to the HMIS administrator relating to HMIS governance and policy changes

  • Evaluate the CoC Collaborative Applicant and HMIS lead

  • Create a local monitoring tool and process

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