Membership in NACCL
Membership is held at the CoC level, and every member CoC has one vote regardless of size or dues tier.
Why it matters
CoC leaders coordinate the housing, data, and service networks their communities rely on — work that calls for a national professional association of its own.
NACCL is that association: governed by CoC leaders, it exists to strengthen leadership capacity, connect peers across communities, and support the work of the field nationwide.
While membership is held by the CoC and one membership covers the whole team, NACCL's focus is the people who lead and coordinate that work. It is a professional association for CoC leaders, not a general membership body for everyone connected to a CoC.
Who can join
Any HUD-designated Continuum of Care. Membership is held by the CoC, not by an individual or a single agency, and your CoC decides locally which entity enrolls, pays dues, and designates the voting representative: a collaborative applicant, a city or county department, a housing authority, or the governance body itself. One membership covers the whole team, and one vote is cast through the designated representative.
Dues
Dues are calculated on an eight-tier scale keyed to your CoC's HUD Estimated Annual Renewal Demand, a figure HUD publishes for every CoC. Larger systems pay more, and every CoC still gets the same single vote. CoCs with zero Annual Renewal Demand may participate without dues while they stabilize.
Paying for membership
That is a local decision. Use an allowable fund source and follow your own approval, procurement, and grants-compliance requirements, in consultation with your fiscal agent, collaborative applicant leadership, or local counsel. Virginia and Maryland worked within their networks and decided to cover dues statewide, through Virginia Housing and the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development.
Joining NACCL
Membership is open to every HUD-designated CoC. A CoC that joins and is current on its dues before voting opens can take part in this fall's Board election, and every member CoC has the same single vote.
What membership is for
Professional development
Support for the people who lead and coordinate Continuums of Care.
Peer learning
More regular ways to connect with people doing the same work, so what works in one community reaches another.
Shared resources
Practical tools, shared information, and materials CoC leaders can own and maintain together.
A collective voice in federal policy
NACCL can take positions on federal issues identified by its members without asking any one CoC or lead agency to take that on.
Developing core competencies
Building the technical skills it takes to run a CoC — HMIS and data, funding competitions, compliance, and coordinated entry — not just the soft skills.
Governance
Nominations for the Board of Directors open this fall. Every HUD region and every CoC type holds seats, so small, rural, and balance of state CoCs all have a voice at the table. Four standing committees run alongside the board, all open to members: Advocacy Steering, Finance, Governance and Nominating, and Membership and Engagement.
Any member CoC that is current on its dues when voting opens may vote, through the representative it has designated. If your CoC has not named a representative, that is the thing to take care of before nominations open.
Ready to get involved?
Join the interest list for updates on membership, the board election, and the December convening.