Continuum of care program

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $215,893 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant (CFDA 14.267) to the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The grant funding supports the city's efforts to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families, minimize the trauma of homelessness, and promote self-sufficiency and access to mainstream resources.

The City of Winston-Salem has sub-awarded portions of the CoC grant to local non-profit organizations, Bethesda Center for the Homeless and City With Dwellings: Community First Initiative. These sub-awards, totaling over $75,000, provide rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, emergency shelter case management, street outreach, and other services aimed at transitioning people out of homelessness and ensuring they receive appropriate information and referrals to available resources. The sub-grant activities focus on making homelessness in the community "rare, brief, and one-time" through collaborative, community-based solutions.