The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition occurs annually. Each Fiscal Year (FY) Competition process begins with Registration of CoCs by CoC designated Collaborative Applicants, followed by the CoC’s review of Grant Inventory Worksheets (GIW) and the release of the CoC Program Notice of Funding Opportunity NOFO. Documents related to each process are listed below and additional Competition related materials are posted once the process opens and as documents become available. The FY Competition ends when the final funding announcement is released by HUD.
Electronic Special Needs Assistance Program System (e-snaps) Login Portal
- CPD-22-02: CoC Program Registration Notice
- CPD-22-01: Unified Funding Agency (UFA)
- CPD-22-03: Applying to be a High Performing Community (HPC)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the FY 2024 and FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and the Renewal or Replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program grants, authorizing homeless services organizations to apply for more than $3.6 billion in competitive funding to provide supportive services and housing programs for people experiencing homelessness.
This 2-year CoC Program NOFO is authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 and establishes application submission deadlines for each fiscal year.
FY 2024 Application Submission Deadline: October 30, 2024
FY 2024 – FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and the Renewal and Replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants NOFO publication - revised
The NOFO revision adds $93,000,000 from an additional funding source to the list of funding sources that will be used to award CoC grants. The added funding will cover the costs of applying FY 2025 Fair Market Rents to renewal projects. There are no other changes to rating factors, policies, or eligibility for new projects.
FY 2024 CoC Program Competition Registration Period
(CoC Collaborative Applicants Only):
January 9, 2024 – March 7, 2024
- FY 2024 Registration Guide
- CoC Number and Names
- FY 2024 CoC Geographic Code Report
- Rural Area Geocode Report
- Estimated Annual Renewal Demand Amount Report (FY 2024 - revised)
- Estimated Annual Renewal Demand Amount Report – UFA (FY 2024 - revised)
CoC Application Detailed Instructions and Navigational Guides (FY 2024)
- CoC Application Detailed Instructions
- CoC Priority Listing Detailed Instructions
- CoC Priority Listing Navigational Guide
- HUD-2991, Certification of Consistency with the Consolidated Plan
Project Application Detailed Instructions and e-snaps Navigational Guides (FY 2024)
- How to Access Project Applications in e-snaps
- Project Applicant Profile e-snaps Navigational Guide
- Renewal Projects Detailed Instructions
- New Projects Detailed Instructions
- Renewal YHDP Detailed Instructions
- Renewal YHDP Projects Navigational Guide
- YHDP Replacement and Reallocation Detailed Instructions
- CoC Planning Detailed Instructions
- UFA Costs Detailed Instructions
- FY 2024 Project Application FAQs
- Solo Appeal