The Continuum of Care leads the effort to prevent and end homelessness, bringing together resources and partnerships to make homelessness rare, brief, and one time.
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, and State and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency amongst individuals and families experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness
The St. Johns County Continuum of Care (CoC) is a collaboration of stakeholders from across St. Johns County who are committed to ending homelessness through sharing expertise, using data to inform practices, monitoring system performance, and using our collective voice to advocate for our neighbors experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness. We collaborate with our members and work groups to develop performance standards in order to guide programs and determine the most effective and efficient use of funding in the community.
Lead Agency
UF Health St. Johns
COC Office Location:
100 Whetstone Place, Suite 303
St. Augustine, FL 32086
Vision - Believing housing is a human right, we envision a community where all people have access to safe, stable, and affordable housing.
View the 2022-2024 Strategic Plan
View the Governance Charter - updated 10/7/2024
View the CoC Anti-Discrimination Policy - new
Funded Agencies
St. Francis House
The mission of St. Francis House is to engage the homeless in achieving stability, self-sufficiency, and a viable plan for their future by providing a safe, stable environment, access to essential services, supportive connections, and to advocate for changes that address the needs of the homeless population.
homeless coalition of st. johns county
Emergency Services & Homeless Coalition (ESHC) provides innovative programs to assist the most chronic homeless families with children in Florida’s St. Johns County to get off the street and on the road to self-sufficiency.
Betty Griffin Center
The Betty Griffin Center offers protection and quality services for victims of Domestic Violence and their minor children and/or victims of Sexual Assault and their families in St. Johns County, through operation of a shelter offering assistance, counseling, and transitional support.
Catholic Charities
The mission of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Saint Augustine is to provide services to anyone in need, regardless of race or religion; to advocate justice, human dignity and quality of life; and to call all people to join in these efforts; thereby reflecting the compassion of God in Christ.
St. Johns County Health and human services
The Board of County Commissioners funds the St. Johns County Health and Human Services Department, which offers social support and assistance to needy members of the community by administering the County’s assistance programs.
Continuum of Care Network
Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County Wildflower Healthcare Discover & Recover
Lutheran Services Florida Port in the Storm Homeless Youth Center JASMYN
St. Francis Housing Crisis Center Operation Lifeline, Inc. Cammie Marti
St. Johns County Health and Human Services The Emmanuel Project SMA Healthcare
St. Johns County Legal Aid St. Gerard Campus
St. Johns County School Board Operation New Hope
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office Bridge of Life Church (Celebrate Recovery)
St. Johns County Veterans Services Jack Spence Law, PLLC
The Salvation Army Restore Community Counseling
United Way of St. Johns County Elder Source
Alpha-Omega Miracle Home
Betty Griffin Center
Catholic Charities
City of St. Augustine
Council on Aging
Home Again St. Johns
EPIC Behavioral Healthcare
Flagler Hospital
Florida Power & Light
Habitat for Humanity
Are you interested in becoming a CoC member?
If you would like to explore joining the St. Johns County CoC’s network and mission, please contact us for an official St. Johns County Continuum of Care Membership commitment form. We value your interest, expertise and passion to assist us in ending local homelessness. By becoming a CoC member, you will also be included on the St. Johns County CoC email list, where we often promote relevant events and information pertaining to our networked agencies, programs and endeavors.
St. Johns County CoC website support badges are available for all official CoC members. If you are a current member, and do not have a website support badge, please contact us.
Have you utilized services from any of the above programs and agencies?
The St. Johns County Continuum of Care strongly values community feedback. We would appreciate hearing your questions, concerns/grievances, suggestions, etc. in relation to the programs offered through the CoC network. Please help us in building a strong, equitable system of wraparound care in St. Johns County.
In addition to providing generalized feedback, via the above link, if you have concerns related directly to anti-discrimination practices that you may have experienced while interacting with any of our CoC-networked programs, please follow the link below and complete the requested fields.