The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program if funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is designed to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

The OR-500 Eugene, Springfield/Lane County Continuum of Care encompasses the full expanse of Lane County. Lane County Human Services Division is the Collaborative Applicant and Continuum of Care Lead Agency. In this role, Lane County is responsible for overseeing the work of the CoC, as well as applying for and securing over $4 million in annual funding to support housing programs and services operated through Co-Applicants St. Vincent de Paul and Homes for Good, and various other non-profit service providers in Lane County. The work of the CoC is governed by the Poverty and Homelessness Board and is carried out by a wide variety of stakeholders including non-profit providers, business community, people with lived experience of homelessness, healthcare providers, government partners, and community advocates, among others.

Continuum of Care funding primarily supports Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) programs, Rapid Re-housing (RRH) programs, Coordinated Entry, the Homeless Management Information System, and System Planning.