Continuum of Care

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Purpose

• Strengthen a community-wide system committed to ending homelessness through coordinated services, housing, and planning.
• Fund nonprofit organizations, governments, and Tribes to quickly rehouse individuals, families, youth, and people fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking—while minimizing trauma and disruption.
• Improve access to mainstream resources and local support systems to stabilize people experiencing homelessness.
• Support the renewal of existing CoC, DV, Unsheltered/Rural, and expiring YHDP projects, and provide funding for new projects through DV Bonus, CoC Bonus, or reallocation.
• Require Collaborative Applicants to rank all project applications (except CoC Planning and UFA Costs) to ensure transparent, performance-driven prioritization.

Objectives

1. Ending the Crisis of Homelessness on Our Streets
2. Prioritizing Treatment and Recovery
3. Advancing Public Safety
4. Promoting Self-Sufficiency
5. Improving Outcomes
6. Minimizing Trauma

Project Quality Threshold – Key Points

1. Eligibility for New Projects: HUD will only fund new projects if they are created through reallocation or if the CoC demonstrates that projects are ranked based on system performance improvements.
2. Renewal Projects: Renewal projects (including YHDP and Special NOFO renewals) are generally assumed to meet the threshold unless there are compliance or performance issues.
3. YHDP Replacement/New Projects: YHDP Replacement or Reallocation projects are considered to meet threshold requirements if activities and costs are eligible under the NOFO. Ineligible activities/costs must be corrected before grant execution, not rejected outright.
4. UFA Costs: HUD will review UFA-designated Collaborative Applicant costs for eligibility and proper matching.
5. Minimum Standards for New Projects: Applicants must demonstrate capacity, performance, and timeliness, including: Proper management of existing CoC grants, timely subrecipient reimbursements, and resolution of monitoring findings. Clear description for expansion projects, showing they are not replacing other funding; Ability to meet timeliness standards per 24 CFR 578.85.
6. Prohibited Activities: Projects will be disqualified or reviewed if evidence exists of: Racial or other illegal discrimination or misuse of gender definitions, Conducting or facilitating drug injection/safe consumption sites, or distribution of illicit drugs/paraphernalia under the guise of “harm reduction.”

Important Note on Program History

The FY 2025 CoC NOFO rescinds and supersedes any prior references to FY 2025 awards in the FY 2024–2025 two-year CoC competition and introduces several changes. All CoCs must submit a Consolidated Application with projects ranked according to NOFO criteria. The program increases national competition by capping Tier 1 at 30% of a CoC’s Annual Renewal Demand (ARD) and limits Permanent Housing funding to 30% of ARD to encourage Transitional Housing and Supportive Services Only (SSO) projects. Eligible project components include Transitional Housing, SSO (including outreach), Permanent Housing, and HMIS, with renewal of certain Joint TH/PH-RRH projects allowed but no new applications. Grants from the Special NOFO addressing unsheltered and rural homelessness expiring in 2026 are eligible to renew, and CoCs may reallocate eligible renewal grants to new projects. YHDP projects will be competitively renewed, replaced, or reallocated to create new grants, with flexibility for project changes as outlined in the NOFO.

Next Steps for Providers

• Review the NOFO in full on Grants.gov.
• Webinar- Friday, November 14^th: HUD will host an informational webinar at 3pm (EST), Friday, November 14th. All potential applicants are encouraged to attend. The webinar will be recorded. You do not need to register in advance. To join click on the link below: FY25 CoC NOFO Webinar. If you cannot join by computer, you may dial in by phone only at 202-735-3323 with access code 5006287#.

• Begin internal planning for renewals, expansions, and new project proposals.
• Watch for follow-up communication from us with detailed timelines for the local competition, technical assistance sessions, and required submissions.
• Questions: Questions regarding the FY 2025 CoC Program Competition process must be submitted to CoCNOFO@hud.gov.

Questions related to e-snaps functionality (e.g., password lockout, access to user’s application account, updating Applicant Profile) must be submitted to e-snaps@hud.gov.

We will share the full local competition schedule, scoring tools, and TA webinar information shortly. Please reach out to us if you have any questions in this regard on NOFO@austinecho.org

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