Balance of State Continuum of Care

Information and resources for the Balance of State Continuum of Care, a funding source which serves those at risk of or experiencing homelessness in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Continuum of Care Program

The Continuum of Care Program is designed to assist individuals, youth, and families experiencing homelessness and to provide such services needed to help them move into permanent housing, with the goal of long term-stability. The Continuum of Care promotes community wide planning and strategic use of resources to address homelessness, improves coordination and integration with mainstream resources and other programs targeted to people experiencing homelessness, and allows each community to tailor their programs to the particular strengths and challenges within that community. 

New Hampshire has three Continuums of Care (CoC): Greater Nashua (GNCoC), Manchester (MCoC) and Balance of State (BoSCoC). The Balance of State Continuum of Care covers 223 municipalities in NH. 

 

Balance of State Overview

The mission of the BoSCoC is to provide a coordinated and sustainable system of care to individuals, youth, and families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness within the BoSCoC geographical area.

The vision of success for the BoSCoC is of a community where homelessness no longer exists. In this community there would be an ample supply of safe, affordable, permanent housing and the supportive services that each individual and family may need to prevent homelessness and achieve greater self-sufficiency.

The Bureau of Homeless Services (BHS) is the Collaborative Applicant, which submits the CoC Consolidated Application for planning resources to HUD on behalf of the BoSCoC when funding is available. If awarded, they will administer these funds for the BoSCoC. They will also assist with advising and carrying out other HUD CoC requirements as needed.

 

Point in Time (PIT) Count

PIT Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Institute for Community Alliances NH PIT/HIC and HMIS Knowledge Base Page 

  • ICA has many PIT-related resources on their website for both Non-HMIS and HMIS agencies.
  • The PIT training for sheltered programs (Emergency Shelters, Safe Havens, and Transitional Housing) that enter into HMIS can be found here.
  • The Google Doc demo links and printable paper copy of the PIT survey may be found here.
  • The live Google Doc links will be available no earlier than Thursday 1/16/2025.

NH Point in Time Planning 2025: Google Form or Non-HMIS Session (YouTube)

  • This training is for agencies serving clients that enter into HMIS for unsheltered programs (Ex: Street Outreach) or that do not enter into HMIS at all for any program.
  • See the presentation slides.

NH Unsheltered Point-in-Time (PIT) Observation Count Guidance

  • This PDF contains guidance on how to complete an observation count for the unsheltered PIT count. This is not required, but a resource for those that wish to include observation counts into their process.

4/8/2025

Balance of State Continuum of Care Meeting, April 8, 2025

1/14/2025

Balance of State Continuum of Care Meeting, January 14, 2025

5/14/2024

Balance of State Continuum of Care Meeting, May 14, 2024

3/12/2024

Balance of State Continuum of Care Meeting, March 12, 2024

11/20/2024

Utilizing Data to Promote an Effective Housing Focused Coordinated Homeless Response

6/20/2024

Housing Focused Design Outreach, Day Center, and Shelter Design

5/15/2024

System Level Housing Focused Practices

Length: 1:29:03 | Transcript: System Level Housing Focused Practices

4/17/2024

Introduction to Housing First, History, Myth Busting