Housing For The Homeless Consortium

South Dakota Housing For The Homeless Consortium

The Consortium was formed to access HUD's Continuum of Care funding, which has provided over $23 million dollars of capital and operating funds to South Dakota since 2000. In addition, the Consortium has also expanded its efforts and knowledge of homelessness in South Dakota by facilitating meetings and events for individuals and organizations and analyzing homelessness information.

Annually the Consortium completes a statewide homeless count and survey. The count and survey provide historical and current information regarding who our homeless are, where they are located, and what services they need to become self-sufficient. This information is utilized by service agencies and government officials when evaluating programs and allocating resources.

The Consortium invites all persons with an interest in preventing and resolving homelessness and persons with a lived homelessness experience to become members of the Consortium. Membership is open and continuous and there are no dues or direct costs for becoming a member. Consortium members meet quarterly to problem solve, create action steps, and incorporate activities on a variety of important topics related to homelessness awareness, prevention, resolution, and data collection. The Consortium believes that collaboration is the key to successfully ending homelessness. Anyone interested in Consortium membership and other information pertaining to homelessness in South Dakota may contact CoC Administrator via the link at the bottom of this page.

South Dakota implemented a statewide Coordinated Entry System (CES) in 2018. CES is a process in which persons experiencing homelessness are consistently assessed, are prioritized for housing based on their needs, and are referred to the available housing and services resources that will most successfully end the experience of homelessness. The consortium believes that by working together as a collaborative system, as opposed to working as individual groups and programs, the limited homeless housing and service resources will be utilized most efficiently and effectively to end homelessness in South Dakota.

Every year in the summer the Consortium organizes a local competition for the funds available through the Continuum of Care and Youth Homeless Demonstration Project grants. In 2024 there was over $4 million in funding available across both project types.

CoC Consolidated Application

SDHHC is currently soliciting pre-applications from agencies interested in providing housing opportunities designed to resolve homelessness experiences for individuals and families. Applicants interested in developing permanent supportive housing opportunities, should make plans to complete the pre-application for the 2023 Continuum of Care Competition.

Policies

CoC Governance Charter Agreement

SD-500 CoC Written Standards

Coordinated Community Plan to End Youth Homelessness

SD-500 Coordinated Community Plan and YHDP - Year One Debrief

Policy and Advisory Committee (PAC)

Code of Conduct
PAC Member List

Agendas & Minutes

SDHHC

SDHHC Policy and Advisory Committee

PAC