Continuum of Care Program Funding
Overview
HUD’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Program funds housing and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness. It’s the largest funding source for housing and services in the LA BOSCOC; in many of our communities, it funds more than half of all homeless housing and services.
The LA BOSCOC applies for CoC Program funding every year. It submits one large application to HUD (the consolidated application) for its entire geography. The consolidated application includes both information about the LA BOSCOC and individual project applications that fund housing and supportive services.
Organizations can submit project applications to fund housing and supportive services directly to the LA BOSCOC. The LA BOSCOC announces its request for project applications through its email list.
What does the CoC Program fund?
There CoC Program offers two kinds of funding: new and renewal.
Renewal funding is available exclusively to existing CoC Program projects. For more information about CoC Program renewal funding, please contact the Continuum of Care Manager.
New funding is available to fund (1) existing activities that do not currently receive CoC Program funding and (2) completely new activities. The amount of new funding available and the activities it can fund vary from year to year; however, new funding has historically been available for the following activities:
Rapid Re-Housing (RRH) — scattered site rental assistance and supportive services. RRH projects can offer either short term (3-12 months) or medium term (12-24 month) assistance. RRH projects can serve people experiencing literal homelessness (which means living in a shelter, on the streets, or in a place not meant for human habitation), people fleeing domestic violence (which includes family violence, dating violence, stalking, and human trafficking), or both.
Joint Rapid Re-Housing - Transitional Housing (TH-RRH) — single site or scattered site transitional housing (TH) and supportive services plus all of the RRH services above. TH generally offers 6 months of assistance with an option to extend. Participants can receive TH, RRH, or both, as needed. TH-RRH projects can serve people experiencing literal homelessness, people fleeing domestic violence, or both. NOTE: TH-RRH projects are challenging to administer; the LA BOSCOC does not recommend them to organizations that are not already receiving CoC Program funding for another project.
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) — single site or scattered site rental assistance and supportive services. PSH projects must offer unlimited duration assistance. PSH projects must serve people experiencing chronic homelessness (which means having lived on the streets or in a shelter for at least 12 months in the last 3 years AND having a severe and persistent physical or mental disability).
For more information about the CoC Program, including eligible activities and grant administration requirements, refer to 24 CFR Part 578, also called the CoC Program Interim Rule. Click here to read more about the CoC Program Interim Rule and its amendments from HUD.
What does the CoC Program NOT fund?
The CoC Program does not fund:
Emergency shelter;
Assistance for people who are currently housed, including people who are doubled up (“couch surfing”);
New transitional housing except as part of a TH-RRH project;
New street outreach except as part of another eligible new project.
How to apply for CoC Program funding
FY 2024 CoC Program Funding. HUD released it’s Funding Year (FY) 2024 CoC Program Notice of Funding Opportunity July 31, 2024. The LA BOSCOC Local Competition opened on August 28, 2024. Click here for the FY 2024 CoC funding application page.
CoC Program funding archive
FY 2023 CoC Program Funding. HUD released its Funding Year (FY) 2023 CoC Program Notice of Funding Opportunity July 5, 2023; the LA BOSCOC Local Competition opened on August 2, 2023 and closed August 28, 2023. Click here for the FY 2023 CoC funding application archive.
FY 2022 CoC Program Funding. HUD released the FY 2022 CoC Program NOFO August 1, 2022. The LA BOSCOC Local Competition opened August 10, 2022 and closed August 29, 2022. Click here for the FY 2022 CoC Program funding application archive.
FY 2021 CoC Program Funding. HUD released the FY 2021 CoC Program NOFO in August 2021. The LA BOSCOC’s Local Competition opened September 7, 2021 and closed November 17, 2021. Click here for the FY 2021 CoC Program funding application archive.
FY 2020 CoC Program Funding. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HUD did not conduct a national competition for this funding year. All existing programs were renewed and no new funding was made available.
FY 2019 CoC Program Funding. HUD released the FY 2019 CoC Program NOFA in July 2019. The LA BOSCOC’s Local Competition opened July 16, 2019 and closed August 27, 2019. Click here for the FY 2019 CoC Program funding application archive.
FY 2018 CoC Program Funding. HUD released the FY 2019 CoC Program NOFA in June 2019. The LA BOSCOC’s Local Competition opened July 12, 2018 and closed August 16, 2018. Click here for the FY 2018 CoC Program funding application archive.
FY 2017 CoC Program Funding. HUD released the FY 2017 CoC Program NOFA in July 2017. The LA BOSCOC’s Local Competition opened August 1, 2017 and closed August 21, 2017. Click here for the FY 2018 CoC Program funding application archive.