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.

Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)

A Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is the information system designated by a local Continuum of Care (CoC) to comply with the requirements of CoC Program rule 24 CFR 578. It is a locally-administered data system used to record and analyze client, service and housing data for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. HMIS is a valuable resource because of its capacity to integrate and unduplicated data across projects in a community. Aggregate HMIS data can be used to understand the size, characteristics, and needs of the homeless population at multiple levels: project, system, local, state, and national.

LA/OC HMIS

LA/OC HMIS is a response to the HUD mandated implementation of a HMIS database. The LA/OC HMIS is an online database used by homeless and at-risk service providers that records demographic and service usage data and produces an unduplicated count of the people using those services.

The LA/OC HMIS implementation is led by the LA/OC HMIS Collaborative which is comprised of the three Continua of Care (CoCs) in Los Angeles County (Pasadena, Glendale, and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)), along with the Orange CoC.

The LA/OC Collaborative brings the following advantages:

  • Comprehensive, consistent and coordinated provision of services to homeless persons between CoCs to meet the specific needs of the homeless persons.
  • Enhanced understanding of homeless needs, service usage, effectiveness and gap through the use of regional data and reports to make informed decisions.
HMIS Forms

To ensure privacy and consistency in documentation, the LA/OC HMIS Collaborative had developed a number of HMIS forms including participation agreements for both clients and organizations as well as assessment forms.

HMIS Policies & Procedures

The LA/OC HMIS Policies & Procedures describe HMIS roles and responsibilities as well as implementation, security, operational, and data policies and procedures.

HUD Guidance on HMIS

HUD provides guidance on HMIS through the HEARTH Interim Rule, various HUD Notices, FAQs, and published guides.

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