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Opportunity Summary:

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number FR-5800-N-30) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under 24 CFR part 578. Its core purpose is to strengthen a community-wide, coordinated approach to ending homelessness. The funding is aimed at helping communities move people experiencing homelessness into stable housing as quickly as possible, while reducing the trauma and disruption that come with living unsheltered or cycling through temporary situations. In practice, the program is built around supporting local systems that connect people to housing and services efficiently, increase access to mainstream public benefits and programs, and help participants build long-term stability and self-sufficiency.

This opportunity uses a grant funding instrument and falls under the housing activity category, listed under CFDA 14.267 (Continuum of Care Program). It includes a cost-sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants should expect that HUD will require some level of match as part of the project budget and compliance framework (the detailed match rules and eligible sources are laid out in the full Notice of Funding Availability, or NOFA). The competition was posted on September 16, 2014, created on September 24, 2014, and had an original and current closing date of October 30, 2014, with the archive date listed as November 1, 2014.

A key administrative detail in this particular cycle is the emphasis on the FY 2014 Grant Inventory Worksheet (GIW) and the Approved Renewal Demand (ARD). HUD highlighted that final HUD approval for FY 2014 GIW changes was due by September 22, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. local time. Collaborative Applicants were required to attach the final HUD-approved FY 2014 GIW, including the final FY 2014 ARD, to the CoC Priority Listing. HUD also noted that it would not consider changes that would increase a CoC’s ARD to the FY 2014 GIW after a 7-day grace period. However, HUD reserved the right to reduce a CoC’s ARD if the GIW included an ineligible project, with the reduction equal to the amount of the ineligible award. This is essentially a warning that accuracy and eligibility screening in the project inventory and priority listing matter, and errors can directly reduce the amount of funding the community is allowed to renew or request.

Eligibility is broadly open to public and nonprofit entities involved in homelessness response systems. Under 24 CFR 578.15, eligible project applicants include nonprofit organizations, States, local governments, instrumentalities of State and local governments, and public housing agencies (as defined in 24 CFR 5.100). For-profit entities are explicitly not eligible to apply for CoC grants and cannot serve as subrecipients of CoC grant funds. The notice also addresses renewal eligibility: projects previously funded under the CoC Program, as well as legacy programs like the Supportive Housing Program (SHP) and Shelter Plus Care (SC), could be eligible for renewal with FY 2014 funds if they were currently operating and had a signed HUD grant agreement expiring during calendar year 2015 (January 1 through December 31, 2015). The announcement repeatedly points applicants back to the NOFA for detailed eligibility rules, thresholds, and any additional conditions that govern specific project types.

For applicant support and questions, HUD points people to CoC Program Competition Resources and indicates that local HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) Field Office staff can help community members identify organizations involved in developing the local CoC system. At the same time, HUD emphasizes a boundary around assistance: HUD staff and contractors are not allowed to provide guidance that would give any CoC or project applicant a competitive advantage. Technical assistance is referenced for issues related to e-snaps, HUD’s online application system used for CoC submissions.

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