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Continuum of Care is a community plan to organize and deliver housing and services to reduce the incidence of homelessness by assisting homeless individuals, youth and families with children to move to self-sufficiency and permanent housing. The Continuum of Care includes: prevention, outreach and assessment, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing or other permanent housing. Minnesota Continuums access over $20 million annually in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) McKinney Vento Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance resources.
HUD requires each Continuum to: regularly convene an active, inclusive and well coordinated continuum of care planning process; coordinate prevention, outreach and support services; identify goals, specific action steps, and strategies to achieve goals in ending chronic and other homelessness; develop and implement discharge planning policies to ensure that persons are not discharged from foster care, health care, mental health, or correctional institutions into homelessness; track the number of emergency shelter, transitional housing and supportive housing beds or units available and new beds or units produced each year; conduct a bi-annual January sheltered and unsheltered count; identify gaps in housing for individuals and families with children, and the following subpopulations: chronically homeless, severely mentally ill, chronic substance abuse, Veterans, persons with HIV/AIDS, victims of domestic violence, and youth; implement and ensure participation in the Homeless Management Information System; ensure enrollment and participation of homeless persons in mainstream programs; assess progress in reducing homelessness by tracking permanent housing outcomes; and prioritize and rank viable projects for funding based on need.
Minnesota Housing through the Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness (MICH) assists planning in the thirteen Minnesota Continuum of Care regions. The MICH has recommended that each Continuum: successfully complete Exhibit 1 of the McKinney Vento Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Application at a level that enables all projects to be fully funded; commit to project applications to access the regions full pro rata share and maximum eligible bonus; and to develop a region-wide plan to end long-term homelessness in coordination with Minnesota's Business Plan to End Long-Term Homelessness.
Continuum of Care Meeting Calendar
Continuum of Care and Affordable Housing Contacts List
Continuum of Care Map
Continuum of Care Plans 2009
Metropolitan Area:
Anoka/Dakota Counties
Hennepin County
Ramsey County
Scott/Carver/Washington Counties
Greater Minnesota:
Central
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
West Central
St. Louis County
Funding
HUD McKinney-Vento Continuum of Care Funding Awards 2009
HUD McKinney-Vento Continuum of Care Funding Awards 2008
Resources
HUD's Homeless Assistance Web Page - is available to help you learn more about HUD's homeless assistance programs and to keep you informed about available funding.
Minnesota Housing -Apply for Multifamily Housing resources
Contact Minnesota Housing Regional Housing Advisory Group staff
State Discharge Planning Policy Briefing Materials - May 2008
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