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Continuum of Care

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) created the Continuum of Care (CoC) program to fund efforts by nonprofits and state and local governments to end homelessness.

In Santa Clara County, CoC is comprised of a broad group of stakeholders dedicated to ending and preventing homelessness in our community. Key CoC responsibilities include implementing community-wide efforts to end homelessness and ensuring programmatic and systemic effectiveness. Through CoC, we have implemented a coordinated entry process to match people experiencing homelessness to community resources.  

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Continuum of Care governance

To act on behalf of the CoC, the CoC Board was established.  The Board is the driving force behind systems change to end and prevent homelessness and to provide the resources to support system change.  The CoC Governance Charter outlines additional information on the structure of the CoC.

  • Claudine Sipili is from Destination Home and the Lived Experience Advisory Board.  
  • Omar Passons is from the City of San Jose, Housing Department.
  • Jan Bernstein Chargin is from PitStop Outreach and Gavilan College.
  • Jennifer Loving is from Destination: Home.
  • Consuelo Hernandez is from the County of Santa Clara.
  • Louis Chicoine  is from Abode Services.
  • Dontae Lartigue is from Razing the Bar, the Lived Experience Advisory Board, and the Destination: Home Board.​
  • Aubrey Merriman is from Lifemoves.
  • Preston Prince is from the Santa Clara County Housing Authority.
  • Jocelyn Arenas is from the Youth Action Board.
  • K'ronna Harmon is from the Bill Wilson Center.

Housing and Urban Development CoC program funding

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) distributes funding to Santa Clara County through the Continuum of Care Program. See information about the funding we receive locally, as well as information for the annual funding competition. To see archives select the link below.

The annual CoC Program Funding application process is now open. Local application submissions due to the CoC on September 10, 2024 by 5:00PM.

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