The Sacramento Continuum of Care (CoC) includes a diverse body of stakeholders throughout the entire geographic area of the CoC to ensure a community-wide commitment to preventing and ending homelessness. The CoC Board and CoC Committees, listed below, are intended to ensure that the core responsibilities of the Sacramento CoC are carried out efficiently and effectively to meet its mission. Within the CoC Board and Committees sections below, access the CoC meetings overview, schedule, Zoom details, work plans, rosters, materials and more!
Coordinated Entry System Committee | HMIS & Data Committee | Point-In-Time Count Committee | Project Review Committee | Racial Equity Committee | System Performance Committee | Youth Advisory Board | Executive Committee | Governance Committee
2022 CoC Activities
The Sacramento CoC hosted its 2022 Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 21 via Zoom. This half-day session provided information on Sacramento’s homeless response system and gathered stakeholder input to develop a local action plan to address homelessness. Learn more here.
Welcome to our new Sacramento CoC Members! We are looking forward to collaborating with our diverse membership representing entities that ensure access to preventative or supportive services to individuals and families facing homelessness in Sacramento. Check out our new member orientation fact sheet and orientation presentation!
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2022-2023 CoC Board Recruitment
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 – Monday, January 30th, 2023
The annual Continuum of Care (CoC) Board recruitment for new members is accepting applications Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 through Monday, January 30th, 2023. Review the CoC Membership Application today! All CoC Board applications are due Monday, Jan. 30th, 2023 by 5:00 PM.
Share the application link with your network and community today. In addition to applying to join the CoC Board you can apply to join the CoC Committees. Please see the beginning of the application for details. If you have any questions, please email Michelle Charlton.
The Sacramento CoC Board is a 25-member board that is responsible for managing community planning, coordination, and evaluation to ensure that the system of homeless assistance resources are used effectively and efficiently to rapidly and permanently end people’s homelessness. This includes planning for the use of HEARTH Act Continuum of Care resources and State or local funds allocated to the Sacramento CoC and coordinating these funds with other relevant resources in the CoC geography. The Sacramento CoC Board will also share its data and analyses to inform the use of State, local, and private resources throughout Sacramento County.
The Sacramento CoC Board shall have a minimum of fifteen (15) and a maximum of twenty-five (25) seats. Board membership shall be representative of relevant and diverse organizations and projects serving homeless subpopulations and include at least one individual either currently experiencing homelessness or formerly homeless.
For more details about the CoC Board history, accomplishments, responsibilities, and more, please review the CoC Board Member Orientation presentation.
Meeting Schedule: Monthly Meetings, Second Wednesday of the Month, 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Meeting Location: Public Zoom Meetings until further notice
Zoom Details:
Chair: Erin Johansen
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Michelle Charlton
Status: Active
January 11th, 2023 Meeting Materials | January 11th, 2023 Meeting Minutes
To access 2022 CoC Board documents click here.
To access 2021 CoC Board documents click here.
To access 2020 CoC Board documents click here.
To access 2019 CoC Board documents click here.
Coordinated Entry System Committee Meeting
Coordinated Entry System Committee Roster | Coordinated Entry System Committee Work Plan
The Coordinated Entry System Committee (CESC) oversees the design and implementation of the local coordinated entry system (CES) and evaluates its functioning and impact on improving access and connection to services to resolve homelessness. Responsibilities include:
- In consultation with ESG jurisdictions and CoC recipients, establishing policies and procedures, including specific policies to guide operation for persons fleeing domestic violence to ensure HUD requirements and local goals are met;
- Developing performance metrics and evaluative tools specific to oversight and administration of the CES;
- Regularly seeking feedback from providers, consumers, and others engaging with the CES; and
- Reporting regularly on the activities of the CES to Sacramento CoC Board and broader CoC community on access, resources, and functioning.
For more details about the CESC purpose, responsibilities, and more, please review the CESC Member Orientation materials and recording.
Meeting Schedule: Monthly Meetings, Second Thursday of the Month from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Meeting Location: Public Zoom Meetings until further notice
Zoom Details:
Co-Chairs: John Foley and Monica Rocha-Wyatt
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Peter Bell
Status: Active
January 12th, 2023 Meeting Materials | January 12th, 2023 Meeting Minutes
December 2022 Meeting was canceled.
November 10th, 2022 Meeting Materials | November 10th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
October 13th, 2022 Meeting Materials | October 13th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
September 8th, 2022 Meeting Materials | September 8th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
August 11th, 2022 Meeting Materials | August 11th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
July 14th, 2022 Meeting Materials | July 14th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
June 9th, 2022 Meeting Materials | June 9th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
May 12th, 2022 Meeting Materials | May 12th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
April 14th, 2022 Meeting Materials | April 14th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
March 10th, 2022 Meeting Materials | March 10th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
February 10th, 2022 Meeting Materials | February 10th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
January 13th, 2022 Meeting Materials | January 13, 2022 Meeting Minutes were not recored.
To read 2021 CESC documents click here.
To read 2020 CESC committee documents click here.
To read 2019 committee documents click here.
HMIS & Data Committee Meeting
HMIS & Data Committee Roster | HMIS & Data Committee Workplan
With assistance from the HMIS Lead Agency, the HMIS and Data Committee is responsible for carrying out responsibilities of Part II. C. within the 2021 Governance Charter, including:
- Ensuring HMIS is operated in compliance with HUD;
- Reviewing local reports to HUD to ensure accuracy;
- Ensuring accurate, timely and comprehensive data is available to inform Sacramento CoC activities;
- Reviewing and recommending changes to the Sacramento CoC Board on privacy, security, and data quality plans consistent with HUD regulations and notices;
- Developing and regularly reviewing HMIS policies and procedures materials; and
- Assisting in the evaluation of the HMIS Lead, as requested by the Sacramento CoC Board and ensuring the Lead Agency successfully completes the following:
- The annual Housing Inventory Count,
- The biennial Homeless Point-in-Time Count,
- HUD System Performance Measures (SPMs), and
- Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA)
For more details about the HDC purpose, accomplishments, responsibilities, and more, please review the HDC Member Orientation presentation and recording.
Meeting Schedule: Quarterly Meetings, Second Thursday of the Month from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
2023 Meeting Dates: Jan 12, 2023 | April 13, 2023 | July 13, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023
Meeting Location: Public Zoom Meetings until further notice
Zoom Details:
Co-Chairs: Erica Plumb and Jameson Parker
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Wendy Huynh
Status: Active
January 12th, 2023 Meeting Agenda | January 12th, 2023 Meeting Minutes
To read 2019 to 2022 committee documents click here.
The role of Point-In-Time (PIT) Count Committee is to engage the broader CoC community in the planning, implementation, and debriefing of biennial PIT Counts. Activities include:
- Serving as the formal mechanism for the CoC Board to engage with staff and consultants in the planning and implementation of the count;
- Engage with the Lead Agency, including the selection of research consultant, to review and provide input on the process, methodology and survey content and the final reporting of results after the count;
- Provide regular updates, as well as recommendations as needed, to the System Performance Committee and/or the CoC Board on the planning of the unsheltered count efforts of the biennial homeless PIT Count; and
- Research and define best practice to ensure representation of all community subpopulations in the PIT Count.
Meeting Schedule: Monthly Meetings, Third Thursday of the Month from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Meeting Location: Public Zoom Meetings until further notice
Zoom Details:
Co-Chairs: Cynthia Hunt, Jeffery Tardaguila, and Joseph Smith
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Michelle Charlton
Status: Active
January 19th, 2023 Meeting Materials | January 19th, 2023 Meeting Minutes
To read 2019 – 2022 committee documents click here.
Project Review Committee Meeting
Project Review Committee Roster | Project Review Committee Work Plan
The Project Review Committee holds primary responsibility for overseeing a collaborative process to select projects for the HUD CoC funding application and for evaluating project performance of HUD-funded activities. Activities include:
- In consultation with funding recipients, establishing performance targets by population and program type, which includes soliciting the review and input of the Systems Performance Committee;
- Implementing the review and rank process, including determining funding priorities, and making funding recommendations for the CoC funding application, which reflect established performance targets;
- In consultation with funding recipients and ESG jurisdictions, establish written standards as described in Part I. A. 6; within the 2021 Governance Charter and
- Evaluating year-round performance of recipients and outcomes as required for HUD-funded CoC and ESG activities and report to HUD and Sacramento CoC Board.
Meeting Schedule: Monthly Meetings, Fourth Tuesday of the Month from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Meeting Location: Private Zoom Meetings until further notice
Co-Chairs: Angel Uhercik and Sarah Bontrager
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Michelle Charlton
Status: Active
Project Review Committee Private Webpage (password required). Please contact Michelle Charlton, SSF CoC Coordinator, for more details.
Racial Equity Committee Meeting
Racial Equity Committee Roster | Racial Equity Committee Work Plan
The 25-member committee is comprised primarily of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), many with lived experience of homelessness and seeks to uncover the ways in which BIPOC experience homelessness and our local homelessness system. Activities include:
- Developing an action plan to guide the decision-making process of the CoC Board over the next three to five years;
- Incorporate racial equity goals and tools into each of the CoC Board’s committees when they develop their annual work plans; and
- Advise on the development and implementation of the CoC’s work, goals, and tools.
For more details on our work, trainings, Action Plan, and more, explore the Racial Equity webpage.
Meeting Schedule: Monthly Meetings, Third Wednesday of the Month from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Meeting Location: Public Zoom Meetings until further notice
Zoom Details:
Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 838 5034 2087
Passcode: 033400
Dial by your location: 1-669-900-9128 US (Sacramento)
Co-Chairs: Angela Upshaw and Ardy Akhzari
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Rachel Bereza
Status: Active
January 18th, 2023 Meeting Materials | January 18th, 2023 Meeting Minutes
December 2022 Meeting was canceled.
November 16th, 2022 Meeting Materials | November 16th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
October 19th, 2022 Meeting Materials | October 19th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
September 21st, 2022 Meeting Materials | September 21st, Meeting Minutes
August 17th, 2022 Meeting Materials | August 17th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
July 20th, 2022 Meeting Materials | July 20th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
June 15th, 2022 Meeting Materials | June 15th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
May 18th, 2022 Meeting Materials | May 18th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
April 20th, 2022 Meeting Materials | April 20th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
March 16th, 2022 Meeting Materials | March 16th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
February 16th, 2022 Meeting Materials | February 16th, 2022 Meeting Minutes
January 19th, 2022 Meeting Materials | January 19th, 2022 Meeting Minutes were not recorded.
To read 2021 committee documents click here.
System Performance Committee Meeting
System Performance Committee Roster | System Performance Committee Work Plan
The System Performance Committee supports system wide planning to help the overall housing and service system meets the needs of individuals, including unaccompanied youth, and families experiencing homelessness. Working with the CoC Lead Agency who prepares the documents and reporting out to the Sacramento CoC Board for approval or adoption, areas of responsibility for this committee include:
- Mapping how the homeless system of services functions, including inventorying of major programs, services and resources, to inform the Sacramento CoC Board and public;
- Conducting the annual gaps analysis and presenting to the Sacramento CoC Board;
- Evaluating system-level performance using HUD and community performance measures;
- Reviewing and providing feedback as needed on aspects related to the CoC NOFA Competition and its components:
- Project priorities list,
- Community narrative (HUD calls this the CoC Application), and
- Planning application
- Reviewing and providing feedback as needed on aspects related to system performance and planning activities, such as:
- The annual Housing Inventory Count,
- Performance targets set in the project review tools developed by the PRC,
- Point-in-Time Counts,
- The annual CoC application,
- Strategic plans and community initiatives
For more details about the SPC purpose, accomplishments, responsibilities, and more, please review the SPC Member Orientation materials and recording.
Meeting Schedule: Monthly Meetings, Fourth Thursday of the Month from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Meeting Location: Public Zoom Meetings until further notice
Zoom Details:
Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 834 1484 2046
Passcode: 087264
Dial by your location: +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
Co-Chairs: Lisa Bates and Stefan Heisler
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Jesse Archer
Status: Active
The Sacramento Youth Action Board (YAB) is a formal committee of the Sacramento CoC Board. Membership consists of persons between ages 18 and 24 years at the time initial appointment to the YAB, and at least two thirds of YAB members must be experiencing homelessness or formerly experienced homelessness. The YAB advises the Sacramento CoC Board on policies and activities that relate to preventing and ending youth homelessness. Specific areas of work include:
- Informing CoC’s written plans or strategies relative to preventing and ending youth homelessness;
- Informing the design of the PIT Count; and
- Informing other CoC Committee work, such as the CES Committee, Project review Committee and System Performance Committee, as it relates to preventing and ending youth homelessness.
Please check back at a later time for details.
The Executive Committee is comprised of the three Sacramento CoC Board officers to carry out officer responsibilities as described in Section III.D. within the 2021 Governance Charter. The Executive Committee calls all meetings of the Sacramento CoC and Sacramento CoC Board. The Executive Committee may act for the Sacramento CoC Board for urgent decisions where a regular or special meeting of the Sacramento CoC Board cannot be scheduled. In such a case, decisions are then referred to the full Sacramento CoC Board for ratification.
Meeting Schedule: Monthly Meetings, Fourth Thursday of the Month from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Meeting Location: Private Zoom Meetings until further notice
Chair: Erin Johansen
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Michelle Charlton
Status: Active
The Governance Committee is responsible for ongoing evaluation of the CoC structure and operations, including:
- Annual review of the governance charter and making recommendations for changes to the Sacramento CoC Board;
- Overseeing Sacramento CoC Board member appointment process, including reviewing applications and nominating candidates to the Sacramento CoC Board;
- Annually inviting membership to the Sacramento CoC and developing strategies to ensure broad participation, including persons with lived experience on the Sacramento CoC, Sacramento CoC Board, and its committees; and
- Reviewing the annual budget and year-end reconciliation of the CoC Lead Agency and HMIS Lead Agency, relative to Sacramento CoC activities and reviewing activities broadly carried out by these entities outside of the Sacramento CoC activities.
Meeting Schedule: Quarterly Meetings, Third Wednesday of the Month from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Meeting Location: Private Zoom Meetings until further notice
Chair: Julie Hirota
Sacramento Steps Forward Contact: Michelle Charlton
Status: Active
For any questions or concerns, please contact Michelle Charlton, CoC Coordinator, Sacramento Steps Forward