Marin Continuum of Housing and Services


The Marin Continuum of Housing and Services ("the Continuum") is a collaboration composed of 32 Marin organizations providing housing and related services to the community. Established in 1993, the Continuum is a collaborative vehicle for coordinating and creating effective change and for improving and increasing housing and services for low-income and homeless people in Marin beyond what can be achieved by member agencies individually.	Our mission is to lead the community to collectively ensure that families and individuals become and remain housed. We accomplish this by facilitating a system that houses everyone in need, with adequate support services to keep people housed, while concurrently advocating for systemic changes.	Contact Info For additional information regarding the Continuum, please contact: Andrea L. Bizzell Executive Director (415) 506-0125 abizzell@marincontinuum.org Joseph Hegedus Program Coordinator (415) 506-0112 jhegedus@marincontinuum.org 1455 North Hamilton Parkway Novato, CA 94949
Programs Hamilton Transitional Housing The Continuum, in partnership with EAH, has developed 101 units of transitional housing at the former Hamilton Air Field in Novato. the first families moved in to their homes in September 2003. Construction was completed in 2006, and over 200 formerly homeless people, including over 80 children are currently being housed. Residents may stay in their units for up to two years. During that time, they will receive a wide range of supportive services designed to assist them to move into stable housing in the community. Hamilton Employment Center The Continuum, in partnership with Homeward Bound of Marin, is in the pre-development process to create a training and service center at former Hamilton Air Field, adjacent to the Hamilton Transitional Housing Project. This entrepreneurial mixed-use project will create a commercial office center that will have both for-profit and non-profit tenants. Through agreements with the businesses located in the Center, the Continuum and its member organizations will provide on-the-job training to formerly homeless and low-income individuals. This project is designed to achieve the goal of assisting underemployed and low-income families to earn an a living wage and become financially self-sufficient. Marin County HUD-McKinney Continuum of Care Application Each year the Continuum facilitates a community-based planning process that results in the creation of our Continuum of Care Plan - a plan designed to end homelessness in our community. Based on the merits of this plan, the Marin community receives over $2 million annually in funding for housing and services serving homeless persons. Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) For the past eight years, the Continuum has spearheaded this a highly complex and ambitious data collection project, which produces an annual unduplicated count of homeless people in our community. The project involves the participation of over 20 data collection sites (most of them Continuum member agencies) and the aggregation of tens of thousands of pieces of data. The Continuum uses the data collected to produce an annual report on the state of homelessness in Marin, and to advocate for new policies, additional resources and greater community awareness of the problem of homelessness. System Planning and Public Policy The Continuum provides the Marin community with strategic system-wide planning and public policy analysis for the maintenance and preservation of affordable housing and services. Advocacy, Education, Community Information The Continuum conducts advocacy on behalf of homeless persons and member organizations, provides education to the community and member agencies on homeless and housing issues, and disseminates community information for low-income families and individuals pertaining to housing and services. Tam Cove The Continuum is taking the lead in a collaborative effort to create Tam Cove ? a Safe Haven serving homeless mentally ill adults. Donations Your support will help homeless, formerly homeless and very low-income individuals and families in Marin rebuild their lives and find a permanent exit from homelessness. Contributions may be sent to: Marin Continuum of Housing and Services 1455 North Hamilton Parkway Novato, CA 94949 Your donation is tax deductible and will be acknowledged in writing.		Members Adopt-A-Family of Marin Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunities Bank of Marin Bay Area Legal Aid Buckelew Programs Center Point, Inc. Community Action Marin Katherine Crecelius EAH Fair Housing of Marin Gilead House Homeward Bound of Marin Legal Aid of Marin Lifehouse Marin Abused Women's Services Marin Center for Independent Living Marin City Services Network Marin County Development Agency Affordable Housing Program Marin County Health & Human Services Marin Community Food Bank Marin Housing Authority Marin Jobs and Career Services Marin Services for Women Marin Treatment Center Northbay Family Homes Novato Housing Coalition Novato Human Needs Center Ritter Center Suburban Alternatives Land Trust St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin Sunny Hills Children's Garden West Bay Housing Corporation Women Helping All People YMCA 50+ Program