Coalition to End Homelessness (CoC Board)

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Continuum of Care (CoC) Board

The Coalition to End Homelessness and the Continuum of Care (CoC) Board demonstrate a communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness in our community. The CoC program provides funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, state and local government to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families to minimize the trauma of dislocation experienced by homeless individuals and families in the community; promote access and utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

Purpose & Activities

• Promote community-wide goals to end homelessness; 
• Provide funding to quickly rehouse homeless persons; 
• Promote access to mainstream resources; and 
• Improve self-sufficiency among people experiencing homelessness. 

Responsibilities of the CoC

• System Governance and Structure
• System Operations and Planning
• Designating and Operating a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
• Designing a Coordinated Entry System

The Path Home and The 2022 Progress Report

The Office of Community Partnerships worked with the Howard County Coalition to End Homelessness to update and further the work of the 2010 Plan. The title of the new plan, The Path Home, refers to the Coalition’s goals to strengthen the Coordinated Entry System – the path – to allow clients to return to stable, sustainable housing. It is a five-year strategic plan to end homelessness in Howard County, and will be implemented by the Coalition through annual action plans to ensure that homelessness is rare, brief and nonrecurring. “The Path Home” has been developed in partnership with the Coalition to End Homelessness Board (CoC) with input from: the State of Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development, The National Alliance to End Homelessness, various Howard County Departments and Offices, and the community-wide Coalition to End Homelessness.