What is the Continuum of Care?

The Goal of the Central Continuum of Care plan is to create a network of organizations, community residents and businesses to plan programs aimed at alleviating Homelessness in 14 counties and the City of St. Cloud. The counties include the following: Cass, Wadena, Crow Wing, Todd, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Pine, Isanti, Chisago, Stearns, Benton, Sherburne and Wright.

Who is Involved in the Continuum of Care?

Government officials, local public housing authorities, county officials and service providers from 14 counties and the St. Cloud Area

What is the purpose of the Continuum of Care?

The Continuum of Care serves two main purposes:

1. It is a strategic plan to address the use of HUD resources and their interface with other funding sources, developed through a community-based process to address homelessness based on: the identified needs of homeless individuals and families; the availability and accessibility of existing housing and services; and the opportunities for linkages with non-homeless mainstream housing and services resources. Through the Continuum of Care planning process, a community can:
   • Identify the size and scope of the homeless problem;
   • Inventory the resources available in the community to address the problem of homelessness, including both homeless resources and non-homeless targeted housing and service resources (referred to as "mainstream" resources);
   • Rank the community's needs in order of priority;
   • Strategically plan the range of services and housing that should be implemented to address homelessness; and
   • Identify available leveraging resources that can be used to address homelessness.
2. It is an application to HUD for McKinney Homeless Assistance resources. These resources are invaluable in providing housing and supportive services for people who are homeless. These funds are made available through a national competition announced each year in HUD's Notice of Funding Availability (known as the HUD SuperNOFA). Click here to view funding dollars for each county.

              To view the 2006 Exhibit One (HUD Application) please click here. Once you enter the site click on 

              Central.

Continuum of Care 2008 Meeting Information

All 2008 CoC meetings will take place at Tri-County Community Action Program in Little Falls.

TCC address is:   501 Lemieur Street,

                             Little Falls, MN 56345

                             (320) 632-3691

2008 CoC Meeting Schedule

New member orientation classes are also available in 2008. All classes will take place one hour before regularly scheduled CoC meetings at Tri-County Community Action Program in Little Falls.

2008 Orientation Class Schedule

Please contact Brenda Engelking, Central Continuum of Care Coordinator with questions at:

(320) 259-0393 or brenda@cmhp.net.