Terms You’ll Likely Hear During the Town Hall
As you participate in the town hall and other discussions, it may be helpful to to familiarize yourself with some of the terminology that may be used.
- Continuum of Care: The CoC Program is designed to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
- Built for Zero: A network of communities with the mission to measurably and equitably end homelessness. This network works to shift methodology to bring together agencies serving the homeless population to have a shared goal and to be committed as to provide solutions as a community, not by agency. The goal of a Built for Zero community is to reach Functional Zero by using the By Name List and data to drive decisions.
- By Name List: A comprehensive list of every person experiencing homelessness that includes their name, homeless history, health and housing needs.
- Functional Zero: A term used to indicate that homelessness for a certain population of residents (i.e., veterans, youth, families, non-veteran adults) has ended. Functional Zero is achieved when the number of people experiencing homelessness is no longer greater than the number of monthly housing placements, so if eight veterans were housed each month, the number of veterans waiting for housing could not exceed eight.
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