Since 1995, the Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness has served as the lead agency for the Pasadena Continuum of Care. The Continuum of Care (CoC) is a planning process implemented by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1994. As one of the largest sources of federal funding for programs that address the needs of people who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless, HUD recognized the need for a more coordinated, collaborative, and community-driven approach to allocating resources to communities. The Continuum of Care process is the process by which communities identify local needs, develop strategies, and submit a single application to HUD for funding for programs designed to meet the needs in the community.

The Pasadena Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the community. In its role as the lead agency for the CoC, the Pasadena Partnership promotes integrated, community-wide strategies and plans to prevent and end homelessness; provides coordination among the numerous local organizations and initiatives that serve the homeless population, and manage the CoC’s single, comprehensive grant application to HUD for McKinney-Vento funding which includes Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds.

Our Mission

The Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness is dedicated to planning and developing evidence-based strategies to prevent and end homelessness in Pasadena, CA.

How We Help

The Pasadena Partnership develops strategies to end homelessness, manages the CoC’s grant application to HUD for Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds, and increases public education and participation.

Board of Directors

The Pasadena Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the community who together provide proactive leadership that engages policy makers as well as the community to work to end homelessness in Pasadena.

Our Solutions

We believe that the solution to homelessness in Pasadena is simple: permanent housing. In our role as the lead agency for the CoC, the Pasadena Partnership promotes integrated, community-wide strategies to prevent and end homelessness.

2024-2025 WINTER RESOURCES

Pasadena 2025 Bad Weather Shelter Program

Pasadena is pleased to announce the operation of the Bad Weather Shelter Program for 2025, hosted by our partners at Friends In Deed.

The Bad Weather Shelter operating at Trinity Lutheran Church has a tentative start date of January 9, 2025

Weather-activated nights include:

1. The NWS forecast calls for overnight low wind chill temperatures of 40 degrees or below.

2. The NWS forecast calls for a 40% or greater chance of rain with at least ¼” of precipitation accumulation in a 24-hour period.

3. The NWS forecast calls for 40 mph or greater wind gusts.

4. The NWS issues a flood watch or warning.

5. Conditions not previously identified by the plan but for which it would be prudent to do so based upon critical need, as recommended by the Housing Director and Fire Chief and approved by the City Manager or their designees.

The criteria apply to overnight forecasts between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

More details about the Bad Weather Shelter Program can be found on the link as well as the flyer below:

Bad Weather Shelter – Friends In Deed (friendsindeedpas.org)