Akron / Barberton/ Summit County COC

Akron / Barberton/ Summit County COC, doing business as Summit County Continuum Of Care Or Sccoc, is a minority-owned, Black American-owned nonprofit organization that receives federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to operate homelessness prevention and housing programs serving the Akron, Barberton, and Summit County region of Ohio. The organization acts as a prime grant recipient (56% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient to the City of Akron on related homelessness-assistance grants (44% of recent awards), with no federal contracting activity.

SCCOC is headquartered at 23 S Main Street, Suite 302, Akron, Ohio. The organization's federal grant work centers on two HUD programs under the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development: the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) and the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP). Recent prime grants include a $156,825 CoC award (November 1, 2025, completion October 31, 2026) for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, Homeless Management Information Systems implementation, and homelessness prevention; a $150,000 CoC award (November 1, 2024, completion October 31, 2025) for emergency shelter, case management, youth housing, and community prevention strategies; and multiple YHDP awards (October 1, 2024 and earlier) supporting youth-focused coordinated housing and supportive services with completion dates extending into 2027. Sub-recipient work flows through the City of Akron on CoC program grants and Emergency Solutions Grant COVID-19 (ESG-CV) funding; representative sub-awards include a March 18, 2025 sub-award supporting CoC development and implementation, a November 8, 2023 sub-award for CoC services, a January 26, 2022 ESG-CV sub-award for a Housing Locator and landlord mitigation fund, and a July 30, 2021 ESG-CV sub-award for a Homeless Youth Outreach program and Youth Coordinator position.

All sixteen awards in the recent footprint (total $3.8 million obligated) flow from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounting for 81% of award count. Activity has grown from two awards annually in 2021–2022 to six in 2024, with five awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete or renewal decision.