General Knowledge
What areas does our CoC cover?
What are Nassau & Suffolk?
A local planning body tasked by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to coordinate housing and services for homeless people in a specific region.
What is a Coc?
What is the definition of chronic homelessness?
What is one year or more (12 months or more in the last three years), and the person must have a permanent documented disability?
What is our title within the CoC?
What is a collaborative applicant?
Is the Boutique a CoC or LICH activity?
What is a LICH activity?
Who does our CoC prioritize for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)?
What are chronically homeless houeholds?
True or false. There is a closed-nomination process for our CoC’s Governance Board.
What is false?
Is coordinated entry a CoC or LICH activity?
What is a CoC activity?
What is Housing First?
What is an evidence-based practice that removes barriers to being able to enter housing programs that require people to become sober, increase their income, and agree to participate in all services available.
What are the 3 functions of a Collaborative Applicant within a CoC?
What are: 1. Have a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) to identify all households experiencing homelessness and track important information to identify demographics. 2. Submit regional application for funding from HUD 3. Monitor performance of Rapid Rehousing (RRH) and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) 4. Bring together community stakeholders to end homelessness 5. Implement Coordinated Entry (CE) to ensure all homeless households are identified, assessed and prioritized to limited housing opportunities, in the same way.
Are events (such as Backpack Pirates, Keys Conference, & Candelight Vigil) CoC or LICH activities?
What are LICH activities?
Who does our CoC prioritize for Rapid Rehousing (RRH)?
What are families experiencing homelessness the longest?
What are 2 functions of the CoC Governance Board?
What are: reviews local data, trends and feedback, determined the greatest unmet needs, determines strategies and policies to best respond to challenges, and responds to change in needs such as the need to adapt services, shelters and protocols during COVID-19.
Is HMIS a CoC or LICH activity?
What is a CoC activity?
True or false. HUD expanded participant eligibility for CoC and ESG homeless programs for those fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence to include:
1. is experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to fleeing or attempting to flee; domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous, traumatic, or life-threatening conditions related to the violence against the individual or a family member in the individual’s or family’s current housing situation, including where the health and safety of children are jeopardized.
What is True?