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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.

ESG Recordkeeping Requirements

HUD’s CoC and ESG Interim Rule establish recordkeeping requirements and order of priority for verifying homeless status. To help agencies ensure compliance with these requirements, the Pasadena Partnership has established a standardized set of Recordkeeping Forms. All agencies receiving ESG-funding who are serving homeless clients should use the Homeless Status Verification Forms to ensure program eligibility. Agencies that receive Rapid Re-Housing funding should use the Rapid Re-Housing forms in addition to the Homeless Status Verification Forms to ensure program eligibility.

Homeless Status Verification Forms

In order of preference for documenting homeless status (as detailed by HUD), Pasadena Partnership’s Homeless Status Verification Forms include:

  1. HMIS Records (Updated HMIS Participant Organization Agreement and Interagency Data Sharing Consent Form are both required to verify individual clients)
  2. Written Third Party Verification of Homeless Status
  3. Observation of Homeless Status by Outreach Worker
  4. Oral Third Party Verification of Homeless Status
  5. Self-Declaration of Homeless Status

Rapid Re-Housing Eligibility Forms

For Rapid Re-Housing programs, additional documentation is required to verify program eligibility. This documentation includes:

HUD Recordkeeping Requirements

For more information on HUD’s recordkeeping requirements, see:

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