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Program Description

  Interagency Commission on Homelessness

The Montgomery County Continuum of Care (CoC) coordinates the community's policies, strategies, and implementation of a housing and services system to prevent and end homelessness through a collaboration of public and private sector groups. Responsibilities include promoting a community-wide commitment to ending homelessness, providing funding for efforts to promote community-wide planning and strategic use of resources to address homelessness, and improving coordination and integration with mainstream resources and other programs targeted to people experiencing homelessness. The Interagency Commission on Homelessness is a group of appointed leaders of the CoC who have authority to make decisions on behalf of the CoC.

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Program Contacts

Contact Christine Hong of the HHS - Services to End and Prevent Homelessness at 240-777-1179 or Deborah Lambert of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2794 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Number of total homeless individuals counted during the Annual Point in Time Count 18941,1441,4641,144915
Dollars brought into the continuum from non-County funds 2$8,130,512 $4,758,189 $3,270,424 $3,270,424 $3,270,424
1  The number of individuals experiencing homelessness increased due to systemic barriers such as high rent amounts, housing discrimination, lack of sufficient permanent supportive housing options. Prevention work alongside more permanent housing intervention are expected to help decrease number of homeless individuals after FY25.
2  COVID-related funding from local and State grants has diminished and will no longer be available in future fiscal years.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved40000.00
FY26 Recommended40000.00