Working Together for a Housed and Healthy Brevard.

Brevard Homeless Coalition

The Brevard Homeless Coalition (BHC) was established in July 2015 with a mission to make homelessness a rare, brief and non-recurring experience in Brevard County. We are a 501(C)3 non-profit, membership-based organization designated as the Lead Agency for Brevard’s Continuum of Care (CoC), our homeless system of care. The BHC manages federal and state housing and services funding, coordinates local and national advocacy and planning efforts, and administers the Homeless Management Information System, our local information technology system which tracks and measures our success as a CoC.  We collaborate with communities and agencies throughout the County to help provide critical interventions to Brevard’s homeless individuals and families and those vulnerable to homelessness. Together, we are creating a housed and healthy Brevard. 

2023-2026 Housed & Healthy Brevard Strategic Plan

The Brevard CoC 2023-2026 strategic plan represents a year-long process filled with focused conversations, workshops, research, and trend analysis of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-required reporting such as the Point-In-Time Count (PITC). The update to our previous 3-year strategic plan began in earnest in May 2022. The BHC, serving as the Lead Agency for the Brevard CoC, began to hold focus group sessions within the existing CoC structure, including the General Membership and Advisory Council members. Focus group sessions were also held with the BHC’s Board of Directors. These conversations were invaluable and helped to guide further discussions with both member and non-member organizations. We are pleased to present our new strategic plan. Please click to learn more! 

The Brevard CoC 2023-2026 strategic plan represents a year-long process filled with focused conversations, workshops, research, and trend analysis of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-required reporting such as the Point-In-Time Count (PITC). The update to our previous 3-year strategic plan began in earnest in May 2022. The BHC, serving as the Lead Agency for the Brevard CoC, began to hold focus group sessions within the existing CoC structure, including the General Membership and Advisory Council members. Focus group sessions were also held with the BHC’s Board of Directors. These conversations were invaluable and helped to guide further discussions with both member and non-member organizations. We are pleased to present our new strategic plan. Please click to learn more! 

Our Impact: 2023 - 2026

Housed & Healthy Brevard remains our long term strategic plan. As we look to the next three years (2027-2030), let’s reflect back on our impact to date: 

  • CoC membership increased 270%! 85% of our membership attends quarterly meetings. We are a more engaged, collaborative membership body, and membership sees value in attending the meetings. 
  • In a challenging housing market, homelessness has decreased by 19% and 21% for households and individuals respectively. 
  • We are shortening the number of days in emergency shelter/temporary housing and increasing street outreach to positive destinations. 
  • We saw an 16% reduction in individuals accessing the CoC as first time homeless. This reflects commitment to homeless prevention services. 
  • We’ve also decreased the number of people who return to homelessness both within a year to two year period. 
  • While deeply affordable housing remains a challenge in Brevard and nationwide, we increased capacity across the spectrum of housing, especially in permanent supporting housing beds. 
  • Finally, we continued our commitment to high quality data, transparent reporting, and making data-driven program and policy decisions. 
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