Continuum of care program

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), awarded a $278,003 project grant to Razing The Bar, a minority-owned, Black American-owned non-profit organization in San Jose, CA. This one-year grant, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, supports Razing The Bar's comprehensive efforts to address homelessness in the community. The funded activities include providing permanent housing, transitional housing, rapid re-housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and potentially homelessness prevention. Razing The Bar's approach involves case management, housing counseling, rental assistance, job training, and mental health/substance abuse treatment, as well as broader community development initiatives like housing rehabilitation and public facilities improvements. The overarching goals are to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families, minimize trauma, promote self-sufficiency, and reduce the duration and recurrence of homelessness.