Continuum of Care Program
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The Continuum of Care Program is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) initiative that funds and coordinates community-based efforts to end homelessness through housing and supportive services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Continuum of Care Program canonical | 2 |
| HUD Continuum of Care Program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1022239 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Continuum of Care Program Context triple: [Emergency Solutions Grants Program, relatedProgram, Continuum of Care Program]
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A.
Drug-Free Communities Support Program
The Drug-Free Communities Support Program is a federal grant initiative that funds and supports local community coalitions in their efforts to prevent youth substance use across the United States.
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B.
Mental Health Program
The Mental Health Program is a Carter Center initiative dedicated to improving access to mental health care, reducing stigma, and advancing mental health policies worldwide.
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C.
Rural Health Care program
The Rural Health Care program is a U.S. federal initiative that subsidizes telecommunications and broadband services to help healthcare providers in rural areas improve patient care and access to medical resources.
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D.
Lifeline program
The Lifeline program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounted phone and broadband services to low-income consumers to help ensure affordable access to communications.
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E.
The Transitional Program
The Transitional Program is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 manifesto for the Fourth International, outlining a strategy of transitional demands intended to bridge workers’ immediate struggles with the goal of socialist revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Continuum of Care Program Target entity description: The Continuum of Care Program is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) initiative that funds and coordinates community-based efforts to end homelessness through housing and supportive services.
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A.
Drug-Free Communities Support Program
The Drug-Free Communities Support Program is a federal grant initiative that funds and supports local community coalitions in their efforts to prevent youth substance use across the United States.
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B.
Mental Health Program
The Mental Health Program is a Carter Center initiative dedicated to improving access to mental health care, reducing stigma, and advancing mental health policies worldwide.
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C.
Rural Health Care program
The Rural Health Care program is a U.S. federal initiative that subsidizes telecommunications and broadband services to help healthcare providers in rural areas improve patient care and access to medical resources.
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D.
Lifeline program
The Lifeline program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides discounted phone and broadband services to low-income consumers to help ensure affordable access to communications.
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E.
The Transitional Program
The Transitional Program is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 manifesto for the Fourth International, outlining a strategy of transitional demands intended to bridge workers’ immediate struggles with the goal of socialist revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
HUD grant program
ⓘ
federal homelessness assistance program ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CoC
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surface form:
CoC Program
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| administeredBy |
HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
ⓘ
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| eligibleApplicants |
instrumentalities of state or local governments
ⓘ
local governments ⓘ nonprofit organizations ⓘ public housing agencies ⓘ state governments ⓘ |
| evaluationCriterion |
employment and income growth for program participants
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number of homeless persons ⓘ returns to homelessness ⓘ successful placement in or retention of permanent housing ⓘ system performance measures such as length of time homeless ⓘ |
| fundingSource | federal appropriations to HUD ⓘ |
| fundingType | competitive grant ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage | local Continuum of Care geographic areas designated by HUD ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
CoC planning component
ⓘ
HMIS component ⓘ permanent housing component ⓘ supportive services only component ⓘ transitional housing component ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
HEARTH Act of 2009
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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ⓘ |
| policyEmphasis |
Housing First approach
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data-driven performance and outcomes ⓘ |
| purpose |
to minimize the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities
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to optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness ⓘ to promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless persons ⓘ to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness ⓘ to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers and state and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Emergency Solutions Grants Program
ⓘ
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness strategic plans to end homelessness ⓘ |
| replaced |
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program for Homeless Individuals
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Shelter Plus Care program ⓘ
surface form:
Shelter Plus Care Program
Continuum of Care homeless assistance programs ⓘ
surface form:
Supportive Housing Program
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| requires |
adoption of written standards for providing assistance
ⓘ
collaborative applicant to submit consolidated application ⓘ local Continuum of Care planning body ⓘ operation of a coordinated entry process ⓘ use of Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) for data collection ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
Homeless Management Information System implementation
ⓘ
coordinated entry system development and operation ⓘ homelessness prevention for persons fleeing domestic violence and other special populations (through certain components) ⓘ permanent supportive housing ⓘ rapid rehousing ⓘ supportive services for homeless persons ⓘ transitional housing ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
chronically homeless individuals and families
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families experiencing homelessness ⓘ individuals experiencing homelessness ⓘ youth experiencing homelessness ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Continuum of Care Program Description of subject: The Continuum of Care Program is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) initiative that funds and coordinates community-based efforts to end homelessness through housing and supportive services.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
HUD Continuum of Care Program