About the CoC
The St. Louis City Continuum of Care is a membership organization comprised of more than 100 organizations and individuals from the private and public sector who work in partnership to prevent and end homelessness in the City of St. Louis.
Mandated by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the CoC strategizes and plans a coordinated, comprehensive approach to providing housing and services for people in danger of becoming homeless or experiencing homelessness.
The St. Louis City CoC works to:
- Promote integrated, community-wide strategies and plans to prevent and end homelessness;
- Provide coordination among the numerous local organizations and initiatives that serve the homeless population, and
- Manage the CoC’s single, comprehensive grant application to HUD for McKinney-Vento funding which includes Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds.
Download a copy of the St. Louis City CoC Governance Charter.
What We Believe, Our Vision, and Our Mission
We believe that including all voices in our work is necessary to shape solutions that are grounded in individual rights, shaped by our pursuit of equity, acknowledging our own bias, and made stronger through our collaboration. But that’s just part of what we believe…
Board of Directors
Meet the team of board members who run CoC.
Member Agencies
View the list of agencies and individuals who make up the CoC.
Programs & Best Practices
The St. Louis City Continuum of Care is committed to helping the community implement and utilize proven, effective, and efficient best practices with a focus on permanent housing as the means to end homelessness in the City of St. Louis.
Best practices are models of care that have been successfully utilized in other communities as proven by positive outcomes of moving homeless individuals and families from homelessness to permanent housing.
Funding
Learn more about how St. Louis Continuum of Care is funded and how we help throughout the St. Louis region.