(a) The County has a goal to ensure that everyone has a home in the County, and that homelessness will be rare, brief, and non-recurring. In order to achieve this goal, the County will:
(1) end homelessness among veterans;
(2) end homelessness among chronically homeless individuals;
(3) end homelessness among families with children;
(4) end homelessness among unaccompanied youth;
(5) end homelessness among seniors; and
(6) end homelessness among all individuals in the County.
(b) The County Council finds that ending and preventing homelessness require substantial coordination and cooperation among federal, state, and local governments, as well as private sector service providers and community organizations.
(c) Montgomery County Continuum of Care is a group of governmental entities and community representatives that carries out the responsibilities of the Continuum of Care program established pursuant to the federal Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (the HEARTH Act).
(d) The County Council intends that the Interagency Commission on Homelessness established under this Article be constituted and function in such a manner that it may serve as the governing board of Montgomery County Continuum of Care, and in serving this function comply with applicable federal regulations governing the Continuum of Care program. (2014 L.M.C., ch. 4, § 1; 2020 L.M.C., ch. 20, §1.)