In July, 1993, Miami-Dade County’s governing body, the Board of County Commissioners (the BCC), adopted a continuum of care plan entitled the "Miami-Dade County Community Homeless Plan" (the Plan).

This Plan delineates a comprehensive strategy for the delivery and coordination of homeless housing and services for the entire county, including all its municipalities and five entitlement jurisdictions, and is comprised of

• temporary care (emergency housing) for seven (7) to up to sixty (60) days;
• primary care (transitional housing) with intensive case management services for six (6) to nine (9) months, and
• advanced care (permanent) supported housing.

Services and housing are accessed through a coordinated, county wide outreach process and connected through an MIS system.

Concurrent with the adoption of the Plan, the BCC approved the levying of a one cent food and beverage tax to provide a unique, local dedicated source of funding for homeless programs, and approved the creation of the 27-member Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust (the Trust) to administer the proceeds of this tax and implement the Plan. The Trust is the overall coordinating body for the continuum of care.

Additional partners in the implementation of the Plan include the public housing agency, (the Miami-Dade County Housing Agency), the County department responsible for the development of the consolidated plan (the Miami-Dade Office of Community and Economic Development), the local homeless provider consortia, and the Trust’s private-sector partner, with its own diverse 65-member board.

A Super NOFA Working Group representing the phases of the continuum, homeless persons and staff, is convened annually to compile the gaps and needs data developed through various sources, and assist in the determination of priorities and preparation of the Consolidated Application to U.S. HUD.