Continuum of Care (CoC) – Regional Task Force on Homelessness San Diego

About the CoC

The Regional Task Force on Homelessness (RTFH) serves as the lead agency for the San Diego Continuum of Care (CoC), designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The CoC includes a broad coalition of stakeholders working together to end homelessness across the San Diego region, covering all cities and unincorporated areas within the county.

The San Diego CoC promotes a coordinated, community-based approach to addressing homelessness. It brings together service providers, people with lived experience, and local leaders to develop and implement strategies that meet the diverse needs of individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

The CoC Board oversees planning, funding coordination, and system-level performance to ensure resources are used effectively and equitably. This includes managing the annual competitive process to apply for HUD funding through the Continuum of Care Program, which primarily supports housing and services for people experiencing homelessness—especially those with the highest needs.

RTFH, as the CoC lead, ensures compliance with HUD regulations and facilitates regional collaboration to build a housing-focused system that promotes self-sufficiency and long-term stability.

Latest CoC Updates

2025 Point-in-Time Count Shows 7% Drop in Regionwide Homelessness

May 20, 2025

Release of CoC Board Application

April 30, 2025

Notice of Intent to Amend the CoC Charter

July 22, 2024

Release of CoC Board Application – NOW CLOSED

March 7, 2024

CoC Governance Charter Annual Review: Draft for Public Comment – NOW CLOSED

March 5, 2024 All updates >

CoC Board

The CoC Governance Board acts on behalf of the Continuum of Care (CoC) and is representative of the relevant organizations and projects serving homeless subpopulations throughout the San Diego region.

CoC Advisory Committees

Advisory groups of various types serve to provide expertise, guidance, and practical support informing the work of the Governance Board.

CoC Ad Hoc Committees

CoC Ad Hoc Committees consist of CoC members with specialized skills or expertise. Their primary function is to provide recommendations to the CoC that help address systemic impacts on various subpopulations, as well as addressing the needs of overrepresented and underserved homeless individuals within the homeless crisis response system.

CoC Membership

Learn more about the individuals and organizations working together in our mission to end homelessness, and consider joining us by becoming a CoC member.

CoC Monitoring

Tools and resources for effective monitoring of homelessness in our area.

CES (Coordinated Entry System)

CES is a list of all of the people in the region experiencing homelessness, prioritized by community standards, to be referred to available housing inventory.

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

HMIS is a local web-based information technology system that San Diego’s CoC uses to capture and report on client, project, and system level information regarding homeless services utilization, performance and outcomes.

Standards, Learning, and Training

Facilitating the exchange of provider expertise and intervention strategies through the establishment of written standards of practice, creation of specialized learning collaboratives, and access to community training.

WeAllCount (PITC)

San Diego’s annual homeless census that leverages community volunteers, outreach workers, and homeless service providers to engage and survey those experiencing homelessness on a given night in January.

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

The HUD NOFO establishes the funding criteria for the Continuum of Care (CoC) program. The NOFO is a notice published each year for HUD’s Discretionary Funding Programs.

CoC Builds NOFO

(HUD) released its first Continuum of Care Builds (CoC Builds) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on July 22, 2024