Continuum of Care (CoC) Builds (CoCBuilds) Notice of Funding Opportunity

The Office of Special Needs Assistance (SNAPS) is excited to announce the opening of the CoCBuilds application process.

Purpose

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Builds (CoCBuilds) NOFO will add new units permanent supportive housing (PSH) for individuals and families experiencing homelessness through new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation. The CoCBuilds NOFO outlines additional CoC Program eligible activities and costs that may be included in your application. Additionally, CoCs are encouraged to leverage funds provided for construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of new PSH units with other funding sources to maximize the amount of housing that can be directed to meeting the needs of individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

Available Amounts:

A total of $175,000,000 is available under this NOFO. Of this amount, $65,000,000 is available only for CoCs that are located in states with populations of fewer than 2.5 million people.

Applications

The application for the CoCBuilds NOFO is available through the CoCBuilds NOFO funding opportunity located at grants.gov. This is not an e-snaps-based application.

·       Applications are to be completed by the organization that will administer the funds and must be sent to the CoC’s Collaborative Applicant for review and submission.

o   The application may include one or more subrecipients and we encourage collaborative efforts.

·       The CoC’s Collaborative Applicant must submit the project application(s) through grants.gov.

·       Number of applications permitted by CoC:

o   1 application if there are no Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities.

o   2 applications if the CoC includes Tribes or TDHEs where one application must be specifically for new PSH units on Tribal reservation or trust land and one application from a non-Tribe or TDHE.

Carefully review the CoCBuilds NOFO application and submission requirements.

Questions

Submit questions to CoCBuilds@hud.gov. Reponses will be provided during normal business hours Monday through Friday. Questions submitted on weekends and Federal holidays may take longer to receive responses.

Listserv Notifications

If you are aware or suspect that the Collaborative Applicant or project applicant for your CoC is not currently receiving these listserv messages, please forward the following link so the Collaborative Applicant or project applicant can register to receive listserv messages as this is the only form HUD uses to communicate CoC Program information to the public:

·       SNAPS Competitions, specifically for Competition related messages; and

·       SNAPS Program Information, general information regarding SNAPS programs.