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2022 Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care Year in Review
Join Texas BoS CoC General Meetings
Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care (TX BoS CoC) General Meetings are open to anyone who lives or works in the TX BoS CoC’s geographic area.
By joining, you have the opportunity to learn about TX BoS CoC programs and policy priorities, upcoming events, local initiatives to end homelessness, best practices, and more! Meetings are held bi-monthly via webinar, so there’s no need to travel.
Sign up to receive webinar invitations and other important BoS CoC news.
Previous General Meetings
Meeting recordings are available on the Texas Homeless Network YouTube channel.
To review previous years’ CoC General Membership Meeting Minutes and Materials, visit our Resources section.
Attend Our Next General Meeting
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held at the 2023 Texas Conference on Ending Homelessness in September of 2023.
Check back here for registration and agenda!
Become a TX BoS Member
The TX BoS CoC General Membership is made up of all service providers, advocates, local government officials, and individuals who work to eliminate homelessness in the TX BoS CoC’s geographic area.
General Members can:
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- Run or vote for CoC Board positions
- Participate in Local Homeless Coalition Meetings
- Attend CoC General Membership Meetings
- Respond to request for comment on proposed TX BoS CoC policies
- And much more!
Please note: CoC General Membership is different from THN Membership. While anyone who lives or works in the TX BoS CoC is considered a General Member, THN membership requires a separate sign-up and donation process. Learn more about THN membership here.
How to become a member:
Join Your Local Homeless Coalition
Local Homeless Coalitions are groups of organizations, individuals, and leaders interested in ending homelessness that meet face-to-face locally within TX Balance of State communities. LHCs make plans to address homelessness in their communities, pursue CoC goals, and lead local initiatives. There are approximately 25 Local Homeless Coalitions across the Texas Balance of State at this time.
Make Public Comment
THN considers public comment important to the development of the Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care and, therefore, provides for a formal public comment period on numerous draft and/or proposed plans, policies. The public is invited to make comments via the Public Comment Portal, at meetings when the draft or proposed version of a document is under consideration, or by submitting comments in writing during applicable public comment periods to THN via letter, fax, or email, as directed for each document.
Public comments received outside of the specified public comment period may not be forwarded to the TX BoS CoC’s Governing Board for consideration or considered as part of the official record of public comment requiring reasoned responses.
Participate in Consolidated Planning
The Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care for homeless assistance (TX BoS CoC) is required to consult with the Consolidated Plan Jurisdictions (CPJs) within the CoC on the development of Consolidated Plans, Annual Action Plans, and CAPERs. Consultation helps jurisdictions and the CoC align planning efforts, goals, strategies, and evaluation, and working together make the best use of resources.
Forty CPJs are in the geographic area covered by the TX BoS CoC. Find CPJs’ Consolidated Plans, Action Plans, and CAPERs on the HUD Exchange. Find HOME-ARP Allocation Plans on hud.gov.
The CPJs receive HUD funding from one or more formulary grants that can be used to address homelessness and housing:
The Consolidated Plan is designed to help states and local jurisdictions to assess their affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions, and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions. The consolidated planning process serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities that align and focus funding from the CPD formula block grant programs…The Consolidated Plan is carried out through Annual Action Plans, which provide a concise summary of the actions, activities, and the specific federal and non-federal resources that will be used each year to address the priority needs and specific goals identified by the Consolidated Plan. Grantees report on accomplishments and progress toward Consolidated Plan goals in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).” (from the HUD Exchange)
To consult with the CoC on a Consolidated Plan, Action Plan, CAPER, and HOME-ARP, contact engagement@thn.org.
The CoC recommends that jurisdictions also consult with their Local Homeless Coalitions (LHCs) who spearhead local planning, goals, strategy, and evaluation for homeless assistance in specific segments of the CoC. The LHCs know their communities’ needs and provide services. LHCs are an important component of CoC governance and are invaluable in Con Planning. Contact information for LHCs can be found here.
See these slides showing how jurisdictions and CoCs can coordinate.
See HUD’s guide to Consolidated Plan Jurisdictions and CoCs working together. To assist with planning, the CoC will provide data from the Point-In-Time (PIT) Count of persons experiencing homelessness and the Housing Inventory Count (HIC) that shows homeless assistance units (emergency shelter, transitional housing, and rapid re-housing beds) operating in the CoC. Each community may then conduct a basic gaps analysis by comparing the demand (number of people experiencing homelessness on the night of the PIT Count) with the supply (number of units and beds available to house people experiencing homelessness on the night of the PIT Count) to see the gaps in housing. Then, goals and strategies can be set to address the gaps.
For communities that did not conduct a PIT Count, the CoC will estimate PIT data for your CPJ. For communities where no housing for homeless assistance operates, there is no HIC data for your CPJ. To participate in the PIT Count and HIC, contact data@thn.org. Learn more about the PIT and HIC, including regional infographics, in the Data section of THN’s website.
TX BoS CoC General Meetings
CoC General Meetings are open to anyone who lives or works in the TX BoS CoC’s geographic area. Attendees learn about TX BoS CoC programs and policy priorities, upcoming events, local initiatives to end homelessness, best practices, and more!
Meetings are held bi-monthly via webinar, so there’s no need to travel. Sign up to receive webinar invitations and other important BoS CoC news.
2019-2020 Meeting Minutes
2018-2019 Meeting Minutes
- September 26, 2018, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- November 14, 2018, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- January 9, 2019, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- February 13, 2019, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- March 13, 2019, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- April 10, 2019, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- May 8, 2019, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- June 12, 2019, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- July 10, 2019, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
- August 14, 2019, CoC General Meeting Minutes and Materials
2018-2019 Meeting Recordings:
- November 14, 2018, General Meeting Recording
- December 12, 2018, General Meeting Recording
- January 9, 2019, General Meeting Recording
- February 13, 2019, General Meeting Recording
- March 13, 2019, General Meeting Recording
- April 10, 2019, General Meeting Recording
- May 8, 2019, General Meeting Recording
- June 12, 2019, General Meeting Recordings
- July 10, 2019, General Meeting Recording
- August 14, 2019, General Meeting Recording
- December 11, 2019, General Meeting Recording
Texas Balance of State CoC News
Local Homeless Coalitions
Local Homeless Coalitions are groups of organizations, individuals, and leaders interested in ending homelessness that meet face-to-face locally within TX Balance of State communities. LHCs make plans to address homelessness in their communities, pursue CoC goals, and lead local initiatives. There are approximately 25 Local Homeless Coalitions across the Texas Balance of State at this time.
For more information, click HERE
Public Comment
THN considers public comment important to the development of the Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care and, therefore, provides for a formal public comment period on numerous draft and/or proposed plans, policies. The public is invited to make comments via the Public Comment Portal, at meetings when the draft or proposed version of a document is under consideration, or by submitting comments in writing during applicable public comment periods to THN via letter, fax, or email, as directed for each document.
Public comments received outside of the specified public comment period may not be forwarded to the TX BoS CoC’s Governing Board for consideration or considered as part of the
official record of public comment requiring reasoned responses.
Click here to access the TX BoS CoC Public Comment Portal
HUD Listservs
Subscribe to receive updates on the Homeless Assistance Program.
Consolidated Planning Jurisdictions
The Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care for homeless assistance (TX BoS CoC) is required to consult with the Consolidated Plan Jurisdictions (CPJs) within the CoC on the development of Consolidated Plans, Annual Action Plans, and CAPERs. Consultation helps jurisdictions and the CoC align planning efforts,
goals, strategies, and evaluation, and working together make the best use of resources.
Forty CPJs are in the geographic area covered by the TX BoS CoC. Find CPJs’ Consolidated Plans, Action Plans, and CAPERs on the HUD Exchange.
The CPJs receive HUD funding from one or more formulary grants that can be used to address homelessness and housing:
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
HOME Investments Partnership Program (HOME)
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG)
“The Consolidated Plan is designed to help states and local jurisdictions to assess their affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions, and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions. The consolidated planning process serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities that align and focus funding from the CPD formula block grant programs…The Consolidated Plan is carried out through Annual Action Plans, which provide a concise summary of the actions, activities, and the specific federal and non-federal resources that will be used each year to address the priority needs and specific goals identified by the Consolidated Plan. Grantees report on accomplishments and progress toward Consolidated Plan goals in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).” (from the HUD Exchange)
The CoC recommends that jurisdictions also consult with their local homeless coalitions (LHCs) who spearhead local planning, goals, strategy, and evaluation for homeless assistance in specific segments of the CoC. The LHCs know their communities’ needs and provide services. LHCs are an important component of CoC governance and are invaluable in Con Planning. Contact information for LHCs can be found here.
- Consultation template for the Consolidated Plan — how the CoC consultation and homeless assistance data can inform Consolidated Plans and Action Plans
- Consultation template for the Action Plan — how the CoC consultation and homeless assistance data can inform Consolidated Plans and Action Plans
- Consultation template for the CAPER — how the CoC consultation and homeless assistance data can inform the CAPER
- Slides showing how jurisdictions and CoCs can coordinate
See HUD’s guide to Consolidated Plan Jurisdictions and CoCs working together. To assist with planning, the CoC will provide data from the Point-In-Time (PIT) Count of persons experiencing homelessness and the Housing Inventory Count (HIC) that shows homeless assistance units (emergency shelter, transitional housing, and rapid re-housing beds) operating in the CoC. Each community may then conduct a gaps analysis by comparing the demand (number of people experiencing homelessness on January 23, 2020) with the supply (number of units and beds available to house people experiencing homelessness on January 23, 2020) to see the gaps in housing. Then, goals and strategies can be set to address the gaps.
For communities that did not conduct a PIT Count, the CoC will estimate PIT data for your CPJ. For communities where no housing for homeless assistance operates, there is no HIC data for your CPJ. To participate in the PIT Count and HIC, contact data@thn.org. Learn more about the PIT and HIC, including regional infographics, in the Data section of THN’s website.
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