CONTINUUM OF CARE SUPPLEMENTAL TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS (SPECIAL NOFO) – COMPETITION RESOURCES
CoCs had the opportunity to submit projects for two funding opportunities through this Special NOFO: (1) Unsheltered Homelessness Set Aside and (2) Rural Set Aside. CoCs could apply for projects under one or both funding opportunities as follows:
- Unsheltered Homelessness Set Aside. Projects included in this funding opportunity may serve any geographic area within the CoC and must meet all eligibility and quality threshold requirements established in this Special NOFO. A CoC’s maximum award amount for this funding opportunity is described in Section III.J of the NOFO.
- Rural Set Aside. Projects included in this funding opportunity must serve geographic areas that meet the definition of “rural area” as defined in Section III.C.2.k of the NOFO and meet all eligibility and quality threshold requirements established in this Special NOFO. CoCs whose geographic areas do not include any rural areas are not eligible for funding under this funding opportunity. A CoC’s maximum award amount for this funding opportunity is described in Section III.J of the NOFO.
Applications for the Special NOFO were due to HUD on October 20, 2022.
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- Review NOFO Application Webinars
- Kick Off Webinar: Special NOFO to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness - June 28, 2022
- Rural Focus: Special NOFO to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness - June 29, 2022
- CoC and Special NOFO to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness Webinar with USDA - September 14, 2022
Navigational Guides
- CoC Application
- Priority Listing
- Accessing the Project Application
- CoC Planning Unsheltered Homelessness Set Aside Project Application
- UFA Costs Unsheltered Homelessness Set Aside Project Application
- Unsheltered Homelessness and Rural Set Aside New Project Application
- Submitting a Solo Appeal Project Application
Detailed Instructions
- CoC Application (revised August 10, 2022)
- CoC Planning
- UFA Costs
- Project Application
- Priority Listing
Technical Assistance Materials
The following technical assistance materials may be helpful to communities as they prepare to respond to HUD’s NOFO. The materials are organized by major policy areas addressed in the NOFO.
Please note these resources are prepared by technical assistance providers and intended only to provide information. The contents of these documents, except when based on statutory or regulatory authority or law, do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. These documents are intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.
Unsheltered Homelessness
- Ending Homelessness for People Living in Encampments: Advancing the Dialogue (USICH)
- Effective Police-Mental Health Collaboration Responses to People Experiencing Homelessness (Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance)
- Sharing the Solutions: Police Partnerships, Homelessness, and Public Health (Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and The Center for Court Innovation)
- Federal Health and Social Service Programs That Support People Experiencing Homelessness (USICH)
- 7 Principles for Addressing Encampments (USICH)
Service Delivery in Rural Areas
- SNAPS In Focus: Partnering to End Homelessness in Rural America
- Balance of State Continuum of Care Toolkit (hudexchange.info)
- Ending Youth Homelessness: Spotlight Series: Overcoming Rural Specific Obstacles
- Rural Governance and Capacity Building (Presentation)
- Service Delivery in Rural Areas (Presentation)
- Federal Funding Tool for Addressing Homelessness in Rural Communities
- Strengthening Systems for Ending Rural Homelessness: Promising Practices and Considerations (USICH)
- Challenges and Strategies for Serving Unstably Housed Veterans in Rural Areas: Evidence from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program (VA)
Stakeholder Engagement: Incorporating Those with Lived Experience/Expertise
- SNAPS In Focus: Integrating Persons with Lived Experience in our Efforts to Prevent and End Homelessness
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Engaging Individuals with Lived Expertise
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Guidance for Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining People With Lived Experience and Expertise of Homelessness
- Methods and Emerging Strategies to Engage People with Lived Experience: Improving Federal Research, Policy, and Practice(ASPE, HHS)
Leveraging Housing Resources
- Engaging PHAs
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Partnering with Local Public Housing Authorities (PHAs)
- CoC and PHA Collaboration: Strategies for CoCs to Start the Partnership Conversation
- The Business Case for Partnering with PHAs to Serve People Who are Homeless
- PHA 101 for CoCs (30-minute webinar)
- How PHAs Can Assist People Experiencing Homelessness (1.5-hour webinar)
- Recruiting landlords
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Landlord Engagement
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Landlord Engagement Spotlight: RentConnect in Miami-Dade County
- Housing Search Assistance Toolkit: Landlord Outreach and Recruitment Resources
- Rapid Rehousing Roundtable Discussion Series: Landlord Engagement and Unit Acquisition
- Leveraging other housing resources
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Long-Term Financing of Permanent Supportive Housing Projects
- COVID-19: Unit Acquisition Strategies and Examples to Support Housing Development
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Identifying Sources of Operating Funds to Support Affordable and Permanent Supportive Housing Projects
- HOME-ARP Webinar Series: Homeless System Overview
- HOME-ARP and Project Homekey Overview Webinar
Centering Equity
- General
- BIPOC
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Staff Orientation to Racial Equity
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Part 1: Equity as the Foundation
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: 5 Tips to Approaching Rehousing with Racial Equity
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Increasing Equity in the Homeless Response System Through Expanding Procurement
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Equity Capacity Building: Hiring, Supervision, Training
- LGBTQ people
- People with disabilities
- Survivors of Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Serving Survivors through Coordinated Entry
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Special Population Rehousing Strategy: Family Violence
- Creating Permanent Supportive Housing to Meet the Needs of Survivors of Domestic Violence (National Alliance for Safe Housing, Downtown Women’s Center)
- Youth
Leveraging Healthcare Resources
- H2 Toolkit
- Health Care Resources
- State and Territory Profiles: Healthcare Resources
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Managed Care Resource Brief
- COVID-19 Homeless System Response: Long-Term Financing of Permanent Supportive Housing Projects
- Housing First and Harm Reduction
- Permanent Supportive Housing Evidence-Based Practices (EBP KIT) (SAMHSA)
- The Homeless and Housing Resource Center (HHRC)
- Housing and Services Resource Center
- Interim Guidance on People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness | COVID-19 | CDC
Content current as of May 8, 2024