Continuum of Care
The Continuum of Care program is designed to assist sheltered and unsheltered homeless people by providing the housing and/or services needed to help individuals move into transitional and permanent housing, with the goal of long-term stability. Specifically, 24 CFR part 578.1 of the CoC Program interim rule states that the primary purpose of the CoC Program is to:
- Promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness
- Provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, and local governments to re-house homeless individuals and families rapidly while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities as a consequence of homelessness
- Promote access to and effective use of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families
- Optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
Resources
Harford Community Action Agency will post resources for the Continuum of Care and for Harford County residents and organizations as they become available.
- FY 2021 Harford County Freezing and Inclement Weather Plan (posted 12/15/20)
- Street Card 2020 (posted 1/27/19)
- 2019 Places to Get Food (posted 8/5/19)
- Maryland DHCD – Homelessness Prevention Toolkit (posted 10/11/19)
Point-in-Time (PIT) Count
The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness that HUD requires each Continuum of Care (CoC) nationwide to conduct in the last 10 days of January each year. Below, please find PIT Counts for recent years:
Meetings
- CoC Meeting Agenda – March 23, 2021
- CoC Meeting Minutes – March 23, 2021
- Racial Equity Update
- Guest Speaker Presentations:
- CoC Meeting Agenda – January 26, 2021
- CoC Meeting Minutes – January 26, 2021
- Guest Speaker Presentations:
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- Courtney Tramontana, Harford Community Action Agency
- Brian Wainwright, Harford Community Action Agency, Harford Community College
- Updates on Harford Community College Programs
- CoC Meeting Agenda – November 17, 2020
- CoC Meeting Minutes – November 17, 2020
- Workgroup Updates
- Guest Speaker Presentations:
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Barbara Richardson, Harford County Office of Community and Economic Development
September 22, 2020
- CoC Meeting Agenda – September 22, 2020
- CoC Meeting Minutes – September 22, 2020
- Guest Speaker Presentations:
July 28, 2020
July 23rd, 2019
September 24, 2019
- CoC Meeting Agenda – September 24, 2019
- Guest Speaker Presentation: Youth REACH
- CoC Meeting Minutes – September 24, 2019
November 26, 2019
January 28, 2020
- CoC Meeting Agenda – January 28, 2020
- Guest Speaker: Barbara Richardson, Office of Community & Economic Development
- CoC Meeting Minutes – January 28, 2020
- Board Recruiting Flyer
April 28, 2020
June 23, 2020
Competition
FY 2019 CoC Final Applications:
The Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) can be found here: https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/5842/fy-2019-coc-program-nofa/
A webinar put on by the Interagency Council on Homelessness can be found below. This webinar was not produced by HUD.
Timeline for Submission
Date/Time | Details |
July 26, 2019 (choose one) 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
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August 2, 2019 by 5:00 PM |
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August 13, 2019 by 5:00 PM |
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August 19, 2019 — August 23, 2019 |
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August 23, 2019 — August 28, 2019 |
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by September 15, 2019 |
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by September 30, 2019 at 5:00 PM |
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FY19 Competition Rankings
FY19 Competition Documents
Announcements
School Age Child Care Availability
Starting July 2020
Monday through Friday 7:30 AM – 6 PM
Boys & Girls Club of Harford County
Funding Requirements
- Applicant must be a non-profit 501(c)3 that is involved in the development of supportive housing consistent with the County’s Consolidated Plan. The County’s strategic plan and course of action for community revitalization have been submitted to HUD.
- Applicant must be a participating member in the Harford County Continuum of Care.
- Harford Community Action Agency is the Continuum of Care Lead for Harford County, and its Collaborative Applicant. Our role is to facilitate the CoC’s application for funding in the HUD competition. To be rated and ranked by the Harford County CoC Steering Committee, applications for funding (new and renewal) must be submitted to HCAA.
Eligible Uses for Funding
- Transitional housing to facilitate the movement of individuals and families to permanent housing;
- Permanent housing that provides long-term housing coupled with supportive services for persons with disabilities;
- Support Services to outreach to households experiencing homelessness. This includes screening and intake done through the Coordinated Entry process.
Application Process
Funding is awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) annually. The process is competitive. Eligible applicants must submit an application for funding to Harford Community Action Agency. Applications are reviewed, and rated competitively, for the following factors:
- Meets the eligible uses of the COC Program.
- Matches needs identified in the County’s Consolidated Plan.
- The organization has the capacity to perform the services.
- The organization has specific performance measures that measure the projects progress towards achieving identified objectives and outcomes.
- Has been involved in Harford County’s Continuum of Care.
For a complete list of program types, and eligible categories that may be funded, visit the HUD website.
The competition requires communities to shape a comprehensive and coordinated housing and service delivery system called a Continuum of Care. A Continuum of Care approach helps communities plan for and provide a balance of prevention and outreach services, emergency, transitional, and permanent housing, and other service resources to address the needs of those experiencing homelessness so they can make a critical transition from the streets to jobs and independent living to the extent possible.