Making Homelessness Rare, Brief, and One-Time

 

2022-2025 Blue Ridge CoC Strategic Plan – June 2023 Update

The Blue Ridge Continuum of Care is the region’s local planning group working to end homelessness. The lead entity for the Blue Ridge Continuum of Care planning process is the Blue Ridge Interagency Council on Homelessness(BRICH). This leadership group includes twenty-one members, drawn from the general public, seven local governments, mental health programs, state and federal programs, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and colleges/universities throughout the Roanoke region, including a formerly homeless person. The BRICH serves as the facilitator and coordinator of our community’s efforts to prevent, treat, and end homelessness. The BRICH ensures the planning, coordination, and implementation of an effective and efficient system-wide response to homelessness within the Roanoke region; promotes community-wide planning and commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; coordinates funding for efforts to rapidly rehouse homeless individuals and families; promotes access to and strategic use mainstream resources; optimizes self-sufficiency among persons experiencing homelessness, and analyzes community performance by data collection and measurement. BRICH oversees and coordinates the delivery of prevention and homeless services and the implementation of the strategic plans.