Continuum of Care (CoC) Board
The Coalition to End Homelessness and the Continuum of Care (CoC) Board demonstrate a communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness in our community. The CoC program provides funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, state and local government to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families to minimize the trauma of dislocation experienced by homeless individuals and families in the community; promote access and utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
Purpose & Activities
- Promote community-wide goals to end homelessness;
- Provide funding to quickly rehouse homeless persons;
- Promote access to mainstream resources; and
- Improve self-sufficiency among people experiencing homelessness.
Responsibilities of the CoC
- System Governance and Structure
- System Operations and Planning
- Designating and Operating a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
- Designing a Coordinated Entry System
The Path Home and The 2022 Progress Report
The Office of Community Partnerships worked with the Howard County Coalition to End Homelessness to update and further the work of the 2010 Plan. The title of the new plan, The Path Home, refers to the Coalition’s goals to strengthen the Coordinated Entry System – the path – to allow clients to return to stable, sustainable housing. It is a five-year strategic plan to end homelessness in Howard County, and will be implemented by the Coalition through annual action plans to ensure that homelessness is rare, brief and nonrecurring. “The Path Home” has been developed in partnership with the Coalition to End Homelessness Board (CoC) with input from: the State of Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development, The National Alliance to End Homelessness, various Howard County Departments and Offices, and the community-wide Coalition to End Homelessness.
Board Information
Meeting and Board Recruitment Information
Board Meetings
The board meets in-person at 9830 Patuxent Woods Drive, Columbia, MD 21046. Beginning during the pandemic, the board started meeting via Webex. The board now alternates between meeting in-person and via Webex. Please contact Cara Baumgartner if you would like to attend an in-person or virtual meeting: cbaumgartner@howardcountymd.gov.
Joining the Board
The Coalition to End Homelessness Governance Charter provides details on how to join the Governance Board. Please click the link below for information on joining the Howard County Coalition to End Homelessness, its Board and/or committees. Email any questions regarding joining the Coalition to End Homelessness Governance Board to: CoC@howardcountymd.gov .
Board Members
Chairs
Chair - Kelly Cimino
- Howard County Department of Housing and Community Development
- Government-CDBG/HOME entitlement jurisdiction
Vice-Chair - Peter Engel
- Howard County Housing Commission
- Local PHA/Commission
Mandated
Roe Bonaccorsy
- Howard County Health Department
- Health care related organization
Margaret Chippendale
- Howard County Department of Corrections
- Government/Corrections
James Le'Mon
- Howard County Public School System
- Local public school system
Ngozi Obineme
- HopeWorks of Howard County, Inc.
- Domestic violence services
Jacqueline Scott
- Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services
- Government/CoC-ESG Recipient/Lead Agency
Fran Trout
- Howard County Office of Workforce Development
- Government/mainstream benefit
Linda Zumbrun
- Howard County Department of Social Services
- Government/mainstream benefit
Christopher Cromwell
- Howard County Police Department
- Government/law enforcement
Term Limited
Bill Salganik
- Community Advocate
Catherine Blessing
- Community Advocate
Jennifer Broderick
- Bridges to Housing Stability, Inc.
- Organization serving homeless population
Tracy Broccolino
- Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland, Inc.
- Organization serving homeless population
Kim Eisenreich
- Howard County Office of the Local Children's Board
- Government/special population
Mariana Izraelson
- Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Inc.
- Organization serving homeless population
Leslie Lampieri
- Howard County General Hospital
Healthcare Related Organization
Stan Levi
- Community Advocate
Grace Morris
- Community Advocate
Sheryl Neverson
- Volunteers of America of the Chesapeake, Inc.
- Organization serving homeless population
Rich Pardoe
- Community Advocate
Lisa Terry
- Howard County Office of Veteran and Military Families
- Veteran service organization
Mailing Address:
Continuum of Care Program
Howard County Department of Housing & Community Development
9820 Patuxent Woods Drive, Suite 224, Columbia, MD 21046
Meeting Agendas & Minutes
2023
2022
2021
December
- Minutes (Board to End Homelessness)
- Agenda (Board to End Homelessness)
- Minutes (System Performance)
- Agenda (System Performance)
November
October
September
- Minutes (Board to End Homelessness)
- Agenda (Board to End Homelessness)
- Minutes (System Performance)
- Agenda (System Performance)
- Agenda (HMIS Committee)
August
- Minutes (Board to End Homelessness)
- Agenda (Board to End Homelessness)
- Minutes (System Performance)
- Agenda (System Performance)
July
- Minutes (System Performance)
June
- Minutes (Board to End Homelessness)
- Agenda (Board to End Homelessness)
- Minutes (System Performance)
- Agenda (System Performance)
May
- Minutes (Board to End Homelessness)
- Agenda (Board to End Homelessness)
- Minutes (HMIS Committee)
- Agenda (HMIS Committee)
April
March
February
January