Continuum of Care Resources

2006 CoC Exhibit 1 Application Debriefing Information

Guidance on the Continuum of Care and Education Rights Coordination
This letter to Continuums of Care and national list of State Education Agencies is provided to help CoCs ensure the protection of the education rights to homeless children and their families.

A Guide to Counting Unsheltered Homeless People
This guide describes several methods for identifying, counting, and learning about homeless people who are unlikely to be found in shelters or in other residential programs within a local homeless assistance network.

Continuum of Care Planning and Implementation Guide
This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Continuum of Care planning process. It has been developed with a companion set of reference materials and worksheets to assist localities with the design and implementation of Continuum of Care systems.

Continuum of Care Training Guide
This text is accompanied by overheads and talking points for the trainer’s use and is designed for use by either HUD staff or contracted consultants in their presentations to providers on the design and implementation of Continuum of Care systems. Recognizing that localities are in different stages of Continuum of Care planning and homeless system development, this training curriculum can be used in whole or in part to respond to different audiences. For example, this curriculum can be used as a day-long overview of the Continuum of Care planning and system development, or in discreet sections allowing for a more intensive focus on one particular aspect of Continuum of Care planning.

Continuum of Care in Action
Meeting the Challenges of Housing the Homeless in America.

Coordinating Resources and Developing Strategies to Address the Needs of Homeless Veterans
This guidebook highlights projects around the country that are effectively coordinating HUD funding with other resources in order to address the special needs of homeless veterans. The purpose of the guidebook is to help inform those who are currently operating homeless assistance projects about “promising practices” in serving veteran clients as well as to provide useful models for those who are interested in developing a project to serve homeless veterans in their community.

A Place at the Table: Homeless Veterans and the Local Homeless Assistance Planning Networks
This guidebook is designed to help organizations serving homeless veterans to participate in homeless assistance program planning networks in their communities and access the resources that are available through these networks.
(Revised December, 2005)