The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) has published the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 – FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and the Renewal or Replacement of Youth Homeless Demonstration Program grants. This 2-year Continuum of Care (CoC) Program NOFO is authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 and includes an application submission deadline for FY 2024 funding and a deadline for FY 2025 funding.
The application and selection process for the FY 2024 funds awarded through this NOFO will proceed much like it has in prior-year competitions. However, CoCs are only required to submit one CoC application that will be applicable to both FY 2024 and FY 2025 funds. Additionally, projects that are awarded FY 2024 funds may be eligible for award of FY 2025 funds using their FY 2024 application submission and are not required to apply for renewal for FY 2025 funds. Projects that did not meet the eligibility criteria to renew in FY 2024 but are eligible for FY 2025 renewal funding must submit a renewal application by the FY 2025 application submission deadline established in the NOFO.
The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations expressed that for projects awarded for specific subpopulations (e.g., homeless youth or survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking), before funding for such projects may be reallocated to other populations, HUD must consult with relevant stakeholders. Therefore, in this NOFO, HUD requires funding reallocated from projects previously funded with YHDP or DV Bonus funding to be used for projects serving the same subpopulation and expanded the definition of reallocation to include DV Reallocation and the definition of YHDP Replacement to include YHDP Reallocation. HUD establishes these terms to distinguish between funding sources that must continue to serve the same populations of the projects being reallocated or, in the case of YHDP, replaced.
For more information see HUD’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) here.
Additional resources will be available on the Continuum of Care Program Competition page of HUD’s website.
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 8:00 PM EDT
The FY 2024/FY 2025 CoC Application, the FY 2024 CoC Priority Listing, and FY 2024 Project Applications should be available in e-snaps on August 1, 2024.