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).
Listening Sessions
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 #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
Newly
Scheduled!
Listening Session #5 –
Recommendations Towards Previous Topics
Date: Friday, September 16, 2022
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Meeting Link: https://ocgov.webex.com/ocgov/j.php?MTID=me088ed06d580623f15ce355c20103249
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.
Can’t make a session?
If you are interested in providing feedback and recommendations to the CoC Plan and are unable to make a listening session, you may review the questions included in the session presentations linked on the CoC Special NOFO Webpage and email responses to Patrick Wigmore at Patrick@homebaseccc.org and include the Office of Care Coordination at CareCoordination@ochca.com. 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.