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The Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless, Inc. (PCCH) is an independent, community-based, tax-exempt, nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve and support the communities, agencies, and organizations concerned with homelessness by providing community education, advocacy, program support, capacity building and technical assistance.
The Coalition has led the way in serving as our community’s lead entity to identify needs, maintain inventories of beds and services, identify gaps, develop a continuum of strategies to respond to those gaps, and to advocate for and solicit funds to move those strategies forward. The work done by PCCH provided a strong foundation for the development of the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Pinellas County.
PCCH partners with local, state, and federal agencies concerned with homelessness. The Coalition pushed for supportive reforms such as the establishment of the state office on homelessness. Through grant funding, advocacy and coordination, these agencies have been instrumental in assisting PCCH in its mission to end homelessness in Pinellas County.
The Coalition serves as a public operations network fostering coordination and integration of services. PCCH is the lead agency for the Pinellas County/St. Petersburg/Clearwater/Largo Continuum of Care, and it conducts the Annual Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey. PCCH, serving as the operational arm, works hand-in-hand with the Homeless Leadership Network, the policy arm, to end homelessness in Pinellas County. |
