The Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness (GKCCEH) is the HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Lead Agency for Jackson County, Missouri and Wyandotte County, Kansas (CoC MO-604). We are not a direct service provider. As the CoC Lead Agency, we are responsible for planning, coordination, and oversight of the following activities: -Developing a community-wide process for coordination amongst relevant stakeholders -Preparing and submitting the application to HUD on behalf of the entire -Continuum of Care membership (Locally, the annual grant award for this program is approximately $13 Million) -Designing/Implementing a centralized, Coordinated Entry System for access to housing and supportive services -Conducting a sheltered and unsheltered Point-in-Time count -Collecting and reporting community data as required by HUD -Developing, in collaboration with ESG recipients, written standards for providing assistance within the CoC -Establishing performance targets and evaluating outcomes of projects for which -Continuum of Care and Emergency Solutions Grants funds are awarded -Monitoring grant recipients and sub-recipients and enforcing compliance with HUD program standards and requirements