<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</dc:creator><dc:description>The Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Programs administered by HUD award funds competitively and require the development of a Continuum of Care system in the community where assistance is being sought. A continuum of care system is designed to address the critical problem of homelessness through a coordinated community-based process of identifying needs and building a system to address those needs. The approach is predicated on the understanding that homelessness is not caused merely by a lack of shelter, but involves a variety of underlying, unmet needs - physical, economic, and social. Funds are granted based on the competition following the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).</dc:description><dc:format>ArcGIS FeatureLayer</dc:format><dc:identifier>c930d736b1764c259371fc7111e02740_0</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>HUD-eGIS Geospatial Data Storefront</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>Continuum of Care (CoC) Grantee Areas [United States]</dc:title><dc:type>Web services</dc:type><dc:coverage>United States</dc:coverage><dc:date>Last Modified: 2025-08-19</dc:date></oai_dc:dc>