CoC Meetings

CoC Network Meetings

River Valleys CoC holds open meetings on a monthly basis to learn and coordinate our response to homelessness.

Due to public health conditions in the region, all CoC meetings are currently being held virtually. This will continue until further notice. When the Full CoC meets in person, meeting locations rotate between accessible spaces across the 20-county region to increase access for more people.

Calendar

Participating in CoC meetings

The Continuum of Care is open to anyone who wants to contribute to a systemic and regional approach to ending homelessness. Participants include agency representatives, homeless and formerly homeless persons, and other community members.

Virtual meetings

The CoC may meet virtually from time to time. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, all CoC meetings will be held virtually to protect the health and safety of our members, staff, partners, and communities. All CoC virtual meetings are being held via the Zoom meeting platform.

Using Zoom

Zoom Participants Quick Start Guide (CoC resource)
Zoom Help Center

Voting

All members in the CoC are allowed to vote on most items of business. For votes on project rankings and the regional application for HUD CoC funding, voting is limited to CoC members who have attended at least 50% of Full CoC meetings in the previous 12 months.

Bad Weather Policy

(For in-person meetings only) If schools are cancelled due to weather anywhere in the region, the meeting will be cancelled.

Agendas and notes

Full CoC

Meeting notes for the Full CoC are posted below for a period of at least one year. Notes from Full CoC meetings over one ago are available by request.

Committees & Workgroups

For notes from recent CoC committee meetings, visit the Committees page.
For notes from recent Workgroup meetings, visit the Workgroups page.

Other resources

Acronym List

The CoC includes people with many different experiences and backgrounds, so sometimes the acronyms and terms are confusing. Check out this acronym cheat sheet and don't be afraid to ask questions!

Participation Stipends

The CoC provides modest stipends for people with recent lived experience of homelessness to participate in CoC activities. Learn more.

River Valleys CoC a community-based coalition dedicated to working together to prevent and end homelessness in southern Minnesota.

River Valleys CoC is also a Continuum of Care region recognized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purposes of the HUD Continuum of Care funding program. The CoC's formal name with HUD is Rochester/Southeast Minnesota CoC (MN-502).