Who We Are
The Northeast Continuum of Care (NE COC) is a broad coalition of community partners that have been working, since 1997, to apply for and oversee HUD Homeless funding and to coordinate efforts to address homelessness in Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching & Lake counties.
It includes representatives from homeless service providers, county social service agencies, community action agencies, county Veteran’s Service officers, mental health providers, housing and redevelopment authorities, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless, family service collaboratives, and organizations that address domestic violence.
The Heading Home Northeast Plan was spearheaded by Plan to End Homelessness Committee of the NE CoC, but most of the planning and prioritizing was done on the county-level by homeless coalitions that meet on a regular basis to quantify the numbers and needs of homeless people, develop housing and programs to meet needs, oversee government homelessness funding, provide public education about homelessness, and engage citizens and the private sector in ending homelessness. The Plan’s goals were approved in April 2008.
It includes representatives from homeless service providers, county social service agencies, community action agencies, county Veteran’s Service officers, mental health providers, housing and redevelopment authorities, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless, family service collaboratives, and organizations that address domestic violence.
The Heading Home Northeast Plan was spearheaded by Plan to End Homelessness Committee of the NE CoC, but most of the planning and prioritizing was done on the county-level by homeless coalitions that meet on a regular basis to quantify the numbers and needs of homeless people, develop housing and programs to meet needs, oversee government homelessness funding, provide public education about homelessness, and engage citizens and the private sector in ending homelessness. The Plan’s goals were approved in April 2008.
What We Do |
In the NE Continuum of Care region, key organizations participate in the CoC and organize and participate in local homeless coalitions (including the Aitkin Homeless Coalition, the Itasca and Koochiching Housing Issues Advisory Committees and the Lake and Cook Counties Family Homeless Prevention Advisory Committee).
These organizations and local coalitions do the critical grass-roots work of developing services and housing options for homeless people; running high quality programs; coordinating resources efficiently, identifying people who do not have housing; educating the public about homelessness, and advocating for the creation of new resources to meet needs. Their efforts are the backbone of the accomplishments that have been made toward ending homelessness in Northeast Minnesota. |