Notice Of Funding Opportunity

NOFO

ABOUT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM COMPETITION

The FY Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (24 CFR part 578) is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; to promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and to optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) establishes the funding criteria for the FY Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. Every year the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases a several billion dollars available to the CoC upon application. HUD may add to the total amount with any available funds that have been carried over or recaptured from previous fiscal years. Keep posted for the most update to information on the FY CoC Program Competition.

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📌 Important Note:
This new NOFO replaces the previous CoC Builds opportunity that was announced in 2024 but ultimately not funded. If your organization applied for that initial round, you must reapply under this new NOFO to be considered for funding.

FY25 CoC Builds Competition RFP Questions & Answers:

  • Yes, applicants to submit the updated lease and/or deed as required by HUD.

  • Yes, a lease is an acceptable form of site control. Site control includes evidence such as a deed or lease, per pg. 21 of the NOFO. No, the applicant does not need to have ownership over the site.

  • Yes, all applications must be submitted with 5 hard copies and 1 original hard copy and 1 digital copy on a flash drive. Standard 3 ring binder will be accepted.

  • Yes, all applicants must have an active esnaps.hud.gov account to submit an application, per pg. 3 of the NOFO.

  • Yes, HUDuser.gov updates the FMRs annually and that data can be found at this link: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/FY2025_code/2025summary.odn

  • Yes, all recipients and subrecipients that receive grant funds must operate the housing or provide supportive services for at least 15 years from the date of initial occupancy or date of initial service provision, per 24 CFR 578.81.

  • For the purpose of this NOFO, “new PSH units” are defined as: any units that will be created for PSH that haven’t existed prior to the grant award.

  • Yes, as long as a lease or deed is able to be obtained and the property is able to be rehabilitated within the time frame required by HUD, per 24 CFR 578.85.

  • Yes, as long as a lease or deed is able to be obtained and the property is able to be rehabilitated within the time frame required by HUD, per 24 CFR 578.85.

  • Match is historically 25% of the requested amount, meaning an applicant will need to meet the match amount by the end of the grant. (i.e. match could either be attained within the first year or collectively over the years applied for).

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*Please be aware that updates to the RFP and other application documents have been made. You must use updated forms for this competition.

HUD NOFO Ranking

A panel of impartial evaluators reviewed and ranked all applications, as shown below. Historically, HUD has funded Tier One projects, while Tier Two projects receive funding when possible. This ranking chart, along with all CoC competition applications, was submitted to HUD.

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Although the CoC established rankings for the 2024-2025 applications, HUD made adjustments, providing additional funding to various agencies and defunding those ranked at the bottom (highlighted in peach)

FY ‘24 NOFO APPLICATIONS:

Fy ‘24-’25 NOFO RESOURCES:

APR GUIDANCE VIDEO

*Please Note: The RFP information and Q&A sessions are for informational purposes only and does not take place as a qualifier for the application.

FY24-25 CoC Competition RFP Information and Q&A Session

August 19, 2024

FY24-25 CoC Competition RFP Information and Q&A SessioN

August 20, 2024

FY24-25 CoC Competition RFP Questions & Answers:

  • DV providers can utilize the HUD APR from Sage. Providers are reminded to ensure that dates on their APR reports align with the dates asked in the RFP.

  • Yes, Renewal Applications will be need to also have a completed expansion request for increased funding.

  • The 15% de minimis indirect rate is effective starting October 1, 2024, and that grantees with executed grant agreements prior to October 1, 2024 can use the 15% de minimis indirect rate, if the executed grant agreement already indicated that the grantee is using the de minimis rate, and only for costs incurred on or after October 1, 2024.

  • Yes, the budget template is required for all project types. The performance and drawdown schedule is also required for all project types.

  • No, applications must be printed on one side only for hard copies.

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