Continuum of Care partnership to end homelessness

The Continuum of Care supports coordination of the countywide effort to prevent and end homelessness. This effort addresses homelessness at all levels. Continuum of Care committees include elected officials, housing and service providers, advocates, people who’ve experienced homelessness, and cross-sector partners.

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Heading Home Hennepin Annual Meeting

The Heading Home Hennepin Annual meeting is opportunity for those dedicated to the efforts to prevent and end homelessness in Hennepin County to come together, network and learn from one another. This year, our theme is solutions - a focus on both innovative and time-tested ways that our community is responding to homelessness.

When: Tuesday, November 19th, 2024, 1:00 - 4:00 P.M.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, Pohlad Hall - 300 Nicollett Mall, Minneapolis

Register: Heading Home Hennepin Annual meeting Eventbrite

Heading Home Hennepin Annual Meeting details:

Opening Session

The opening session will be from 1:00 - 2:00 pm in Pohlad Hall.

zAmya Theater Project presents: Living in America: The Waiting List is Full
David Hewitt, Director of Hennepin County's Housing Stability
Keep Showing up - The video follows Tnanita, a social worker in Minneapolis, who works to help her unhoused neighbors move into housing and thrive. Keeping hope alive in others as well as in herself is a beautiful struggle that takes solid partnerships and dedication to keep showing up.
Marney Thomas, System Improvement Advisor at Community Solutions - works closely with the Hennepin County Chronic Team and the Twin Cities Veterans Team, both of which are committed to ending chronic and veteran homelessness in Hennepin County.

Breakout sessions:

Each breakout session is 45 minutes. There will be two rounds of breakout sessions

Session 1: Solutions that are making homelessness rare:

Learn how Emergency Rent Assistance is reducing evictions in Hennepin County through innovative programs, partnerships, and collaboration. Topics include:

Emergency rent assistance being combined with case management to prevent homelessness
Learn how changes and innovation are impacting residents.

Session 2: Solutions that are making homelessness brief:

Learn about the system-wide effort to end chronic homelessness using the Built-for-Zero framework -- a methodology, being used in over 100 cities and counties around the United States. Communities in the Built for Zero movement are proving homelessness is solvable.

Session 3: Solutions that are making homelessness nonrecurring:

A focus on how we are increasing the quality and quantity of supportive housing. Topics include:

A new metro sales tax: how much money will it generate and how will that money be used?
Recent changes to Housing Support: Learn about recent legislative changes to Housing Support
Supportive housing: quality, quantity and variety of supportive housing. What’s coming in the future and what is the Supportive Housing Strategy?

Registration:

The event is free to attend but registration is required. You can register here: Heading Home Hennepin Annual meeting Eventbrite

CoCBuilds Notice of Funding Opportunity

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for new permanent supporting housing projects under the CoCBuilds initiative (Federal Funding Opportunity: FR-6800-N-25A). Hennepin County CoC will hold a Local CoC Program Competition to evaluate and select one project from our community to put forth as an application to HUD. Visit the HUD CoCBuilds Notice of Funding Opportunity website to learn more about this funding opportunity.

The information on this page provides guidance to applicants seeking CoCBuilds funds in Hennepin County CoC (MN-500).

HUD CoCBuilds Notice of Funding Opportunity resources

CoCBuilds project application package

Intent to apply letter is due to Laura.DeRosier@Hennepin.us by Wednesday, October 2nd.

Intent to apply (DOCX)

Project application package is due to Laura.DeRosier@Hennepin.us by 5 p.m. on October 11^th. All required documents must be submitted.

CoCBuilds Pre-proposal overview meeting

Hennepin CoCBuilds Program Competition timeline

September 23 – Hennepin CoCBuilds Project Application package release
September 30 – CoC Builds Overview meeting
October 2 - Intent to apply letter is due to Laura.DeRosier@Hennepin.us
October 11 - Project Pre-Application package due to Laura.DeRosier@Hennepin.us
October 14 - October 25th – Project review/selection
October 25 - Selection Notification
October 28 to November 14 - CoC Builds Application work with CoC
November 15 - Final application narrative and documents due
November 18 to 20 - Project Application submitted by CoC to HUD

Governing boards and committees

Hennepin County is proud to be the collaborative applicant on behalf of the Hennepin Continuum of Care. In this capacity, our responsibilities include:

Preparing and submitting an annual collaborative application to HUD
Submitting the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), Housing Inventory Count (HIC), Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, and System Performance Measurement (SPM) data
Convening and providing staff support as needed for CoC boards and committees

The Hennepin CoC boards and committees contribute to the governance structure of the Hennepin CoC. The Executive Committee is the lead decision-making body. Several active and engaged CoC committees, subcommittees, and working groups in Hennepin County contribute to and lead efforts to prevent and end homelessness.

Read the full description of the CoC governance structure (DOCX).

Continuum of Care governance committees

Heading Home Hennepin Executive committee

Act as champions for efforts to prevent and end homelessness, as evidenced through public advocacy, funding and external communications.
Provide an enduring forum for broad-based, collaborative and strategic leadership on homelessness in Hennepin County

Upcoming meetings:

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon
Join the meeting via Microsoft Teams

Previous meetings:

Friday, September 27, 2024

Thursday June 20, 2024

Wednesday March 27, 2024

Friday, December 15, 2023

Previous meeting recordings

Contact

Email David at david.hewitt@hennepin.us.

HUD McKinney Vento CoC funding committee

Monitors and evaluates performance of all projects funded by Continuum of Care, per HUD guidance
Solicits new project applications (if new funds are available), and recommends the ranking of current projects submitted annually — HUD makes final funding allocations based on a competitive national application score and process, based on how our CoC is moving the gauge on HUD System Performance measures

Meetings

First Monday of the month, 1–2:30 p.m.
Attend virtually through Microsoft Teams

Contact

Email Laura at laura.derosier@hennepin.us.

Homeless prevention and rapid rehousing advisory committee

This committee helps the county develop and oversee homeless prevention and rapid rehousing services.

Meetings

Third Tuesday of the month, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Meetings held virtually

Hennepin coordinated entry leadership committee

Informs policy and procedure development and revisions for the family Coordinated Entry System
Provides guidance to help ensure consistent application of CES policies and procedures

Meetings

First Tuesday of the month, 10 - 12 p.m.
Attend virtually through Microsoft Teams

Contact

Email Susannah at susannah.king@hennepin.us or Cassie at cassiek@cornerstonemn.org.

Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG)

A committee of community members, that draw from their own lived experiences to be voices for those that otherwise go unheard
Work with government officials and grant administers to influence how money is spent and decisions are made
Partner with neighbors and community members to educate and advocate for a better future where homelessness no longer exists in our community.

Meetings

Second Monday of the month, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
Meeting held virtually

Contact

Email Eric at eric.richert@hennepin.us

2024 and 2025 CoC notice of funding opportunity (NOFO)

Grants to reduce homelessness

Hennepin County applies for federal funding on behalf of our partner nonprofits, to help their work to reduce homelessness.

Federal money comes from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) McKinney Vento Continuum of Care
Money goes for grants to local partners
Partners help people find and stay in housing
People served are single adults, families and youth who meet HUD’s criteria for homelessness
The county and its partners compete nationally to receive the money

Grant application documents

Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition website
Notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 (DOCX)
2024 Point In Time Count (coming soon)
2024 Housing Inventory Count (coming soon)
2024 CoC approved Needs and Gaps Analysis (PDF)
FY2024 NOFA overview and timeline (DOCX)
- All new and renewal project application drafts should be exported to PDF and sent to Laura.Derosier@hennepin.us for review by September 16, 2024. DO NOT SUBMIT in eSnaps until review is completed.
- The deadline for submitting all Hennepin CoC New and Renewal Project Applications in eSnaps is September 27, 2024,
FY2024 CoC priorities, ranking process, procedures & appeal process (DOCX)
FY2024 CoC final priority list ranked (posted October 14, 2024) (DOCX)
FY2024 collaborative application (posted October 25, 2024) (PDF)
- For comments or Questions about the Approved Application, E-mail laura.derosier@hennepin.us

FY 2024 and FY 2025 NOFO overview meeting

Meeting details:

Description: Hennepin County's collaborative applicant team will host an overview meeting to discuss the NOFO process.
Date: Friday, August 16, 2024, from 1:00-2:00 p.m.

2023 HUD Continuum of Care Program Awards

In fiscal year 2023, our community was awarded $17,941,640 in homeless assistance funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) program. That award represented a significant increase of more than $2 million from the previous year's allocation of $15.9 million.

For further details and to view the complete list of funded projects, please visit the Continuum of Care Competition Homeless Assistance Award Report for the state of Minnesota (PDF).

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