Good afternoon all,
Each year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) solicits applications from non-profits and local units of government for the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition. HUD issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY 2022-23 on August 1, 2022 noting, “The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, Indian Tribes or tribally designated housing entities, and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; to promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and to optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.”[1]
Orange County, through the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH), is eligible to apply for up to $910,364 in total CoC funds.
Funding Amounts
|
Description |
Amount |
Eligible Applicants |
|
Annual Renewal Demand (ARD): Funding for reallocated, new, renewal, expansion and consolidated projects |
$796,633 |
Nonprofits, Governments, Public Housing Authorities |
|
Domestic Violence Bonus (DV): New or expansion project funding dedicated to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking |
$50,000 |
Nonprofits, Governments, Public Housing Authorities |
|
Bonus: Funding for reallocated, new, renewal, expansion and consolidated projects |
$39,832 |
Nonprofits, Governments, Public Housing Authorities |
|
CoC Planning: Funding for coordination (not direct service) projects |
$23,899 |
Collaborative Applicant (Orange County) |
Project Review Committee
Community members with a knowledge of homeless programs and community priorities serve on the Project Review Committee (PRC). PRC members work with funding recommendations for Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Continuum of Care (CoC) competitions, and monitor program performance throughout the year. Project Review Committee members revise the project rating and ranking tool used to score CoC & ESG project applications and draft a list of recommended and prioritized projects for OCPEH Leadership Team review.
Project Review Committee members complete Conflict of Interest Disclosure forms and abstain from discussing or voting on any agencies they have ties to during CoC and ESG funding competitions and serve July 2022 – June 2024.
Please email Rachel Waltz, rwa...@orangecountync.gov if you are interested in learning more about the Project Review Committee.
Project Applications
Orange County is soliciting agencies to submit new, renewal, expansion, bonus, DV bonus, and consolidated project applications. All project applications and supplementary materials are due by 12PM on Monday, August 29th at 12 noon. Application and materials to be emailed to rwa...@orangecountync.gov
Project application documents will be available on the HUD e-snaps system in the next two weeks: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/e-snaps/
Additional guidance including Detailed Instructions and Navigational Guides will be posted the CoC Program Competition page of HUD’s website between August 1, 2022 and August 22, 2022
Information about the local process and deadlines can be found on the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) website – documents and links will be continually posted throughout the competition: https://www.ocpehnc.com/current-coc-application
OCPEH staff will conduct a Local Applicant Briefing to review the CoC application process, including the CoC rating and ranking tool, process, and deadlines on Monday, August 15th from 2 – 3:30pm via Zoom https://orangecountync.zoom.us/j/83041185288?pwd=bk1hdzYxOExZclRSdFAwdkt4bnV6UT09
The recording of the local applicant briefing will be available on the OCPEH website on August 16th: https://www.ocpehnc.com/current-coc-application
Project applicants will be scored solely on materials submitted by the deadline, Monday, August 29th at 12PM. Applicants and OCPEH staff will continue to work on project applications after CoC submission per HUD guidelines. These application changes and additions will not be scored in the local competition. HUD will evaluate all locally approved projects using quality threshold reviews.
Timeline
Tuesday 8/2 Local competition information sent to service providers and community
Monday 8/15 Orange County CoC Local Applicant Briefing 2 – 3:30pm https://orangecountync.zoom.us/j/83041185288?pwd=bk1hdzYxOExZclRSdFAwdkt4bnV6UT09
Monday 8/29 Project applications due by 12PM
8/30 – 9/5 Project Review Committee scores project applications
Week of 9/4 Project Review Committee meeting to formulate recommendations and prioritization for CoC FY 2021-22 funding for Leadership Team review
Week of 9/11 OCPEH Leadership Team meeting to determine CoC FY 2021-22 funding recommendation
Wed. 9/14 OCPEH staff notify project applicants in writing whether projects will be included in Orange CoC application
Friday 9/23 Project applications revisions complete
Wed. 9/28 OCPEH staff posts CoC application on OCPEH website (CoC community application, project priority listing and project applications)
Friday 9/30 OCPEH sends completed CoC application (CoC community application, project priority listing and project applications) to HUD in advance of competition deadline
Thank you for sharing widely with your networks,
Rachel
Rachel B. Waltz, LCSW
Manager, Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness,
Orange County Housing and Community Development
Pronouns: she/her/hers
300 W. Tryon St, PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 | office phone: 919-245-2496 | cell phone: 919-895-0147 | fax: 919-644-3056 | rwa...@orangecountync.gov
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