Continuum of Care (CoC) Grantee Areas

This layer contains person and bed counts by Continuum of Care (CoC) Grantee Areas from Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Layer is symbolized to show the count of chronically homeless unsheltered adults (field UNSH_CH).  To see the full list of attributes available in this service, go to the "Data" tab, and choose "Fields" at the top right. The Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Programs administered by HUD award funds competitively and require the development of a Continuum of Care system in the community where assistance is being sought. A continuum of care system is designed to address the critical problem of homelessness through a coordinated community-based process of identifying needs and building a system to address those needs. The approach is predicated on the understanding that homelessness is not caused merely by a lack of shelter, but involves a variety of underlying, unmet needs - physical, economic, and social. Funds are granted based on the competition following the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).  The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January. HUD requires that Continuums of Care (CoCs) conduct an annual count of homeless persons who are sheltered in emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Safe Havens on a single night. CoCs also must conduct a count of unsheltered homeless persons every other year (odd numbered years). Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally. The Housing Inventory Count (HIC) is a point-in-time inventory of provider programs within a CoC that provide beds and units dedicated to serve persons who are homeless, categorized by five Program Types: Emergency Shelter; Transitional Housing; Rapid Re-housing; Safe Haven; and Permanent Supportive Housing.Data note: MO-604 covers territory in both Missouri and Kansas.Alias names on fields taken from Data Dictionary: DD_Continuum_of_Care_(CoC)_Grantee_AreasDate of Coverage: 2017; Data Last Updated: 11/27/2018; downloaded and published from HUD open data on 2/7/2019.  Suggested Citation: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s person and bed counts for Continuum of Care Grantee Areas, accessed via ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World on (date).