St. John's Continuum of Care

HUD developed the concept of the CoC in 1995 through its annual competition for homelessness assistance grants. The CoC was envisioned as a local network that plans and coordinates funding for services and housing to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness. CoC’s are designed to: - Promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness - Provide funding for efforts for re-housing individuals and families experiencing homelessness, or at-risk of homelessness - Promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by individuals and families experiencing homelessness, or at-risk of homelessness - Optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness, or at-risk of homelessness

The Continuum of Care leads the effort to prevent and end homelessness, bringing together resources and partnerships to make homelessness rare, brief and one time.