The U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the release of the Continuum of Care (CoC) Supplemental to Address Unsheltered and
Rural Homelessness (CoC Special NOFO) on June 22, 2022. As part of the
CoC Special NOFO application process, CoCs are tasked with developing a CoC
plan for serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness with severe
service needs (CoC Plan).
The Orange County CoC invites your participation and feedback at an upcoming
listening session. Listening sessions will provide an overview of the CoC Plan
requirements as outlined in the CoC Special NOFO application and allow space
for recommendations for specific components of the plan to be developed. If
needed, additional listening sessions may be calendared.
Listening Session #1
– Leveraging Housing and Healthcare Resources
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m8d388aa8bd5cd255578d1c57f150ab4d
Listening Session #2
– Current Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Individuals and Families
Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m3336eb89f8538f4cbaef87993d1bcc59
Listening Session #3
– Updating Strategy to Identify, Shelter and House Households Experiencing Unsheltered
Homelessness and Prioritizing Households Experiencing or with Histories of
Unsheltered Homelessness
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m0ca0b71c30467c20f34fe04a4533b615
Listening Session #4
– Involving individuals with Lived Experience of Homelessness and Supporting
Underserved Communities and Equitable Development
Date: September 13, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. –1:30 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=m534b4539c34c0ec182ac32db0b171b73
Who
should attend?
CoC general
membership and key stakeholders, including affordable housing developers,
service providers, the business community, victim service providers, healthcare
providers, and others interested in developing a plan to address people
experiencing homelessness with severe service needs.
Please contact the Office of Care Coordination
at CareCoordination@ochca.com
with the subject line “CoC Plan Listening Sessions” if you have any questions
or difficulty accessing the listening sessions.