At a glance
The Continuum of Care and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program grants fund community efforts to end homelessness, quickly rehouse homeless people and families, and support coordinated services for homeless youth age 24 and younger. Eligible applicants include states, local governments, public housing authorities, tribes and tribal organizations, public and state colleges, and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations; individuals and for-profit entities may not apply. HUD says about $4.04 billion is available, with an estimated 7,000 awards, and project periods may run from 12 to 60 months. There is no cost-share or matching requirement stated in the text. The notice includes special funding and project types for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and some bonus amounts are limited by continuum type.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to:promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness;provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities [as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) (TDHEs)], and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth experiencing homelessness while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness;promote access to, and effective utilization of, mainstream programs and programs funded with State or local resources; andoptimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.The goal of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by the demonstration program is youth ages 24 and younger who are experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Special district governments
- State governments