CoC Program
Competition
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency those experiencing homelessness.
Emergency Solutions Grant
The ESG program provides funding to: engage homeless individuals and families living on the street; improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; help operate these shelters; provide essential services to shelter residents, rapidly rehouse homeless individuals and families, and prevent families/individuals from becoming homeless.
CoC Funding Documents
- CoC's written standards for all CoC funded projects
- (Written standards for all CoC funded projects. Effective Nov 2024)
- CoC Governance Charter
- (Overview of CoC operations. Effective April 2024)
Documents are available upon request - please email elise@bceh.org
CoC Program Competition
Please email elise@bceh.org for more information and to request documents on previous competitions.
FY 2025 CoC Program Competition
- PA-506 GIW 2025
- Final CoC Collaborative Application
- Export of full Approved CoC Collaborative Application to be submitted to HUD. Approved by Board TBD; Posted TBD
- Final Priority Listing
- Export of full Approved Priority Listing to be submitted to HUD. Approved by Board TBD; Posted TBD
- FY24 New Project RFP and New Project Budget Form
- To be used for new project proposals. Posted Nov 25, 2025
- New Project Scoring Tool
- Posted TBD
- Renewal Project Scoring Tool
- Posted Dec 11, 2025
- Priority List
- Priority list of all projects. Posted TBD
Important Dates:
- November 21: Intent to renew / Intent to transition due to elise@bceh.org.
- Week of November 24: Funding committee meets to approve and accept renewal/transition projects.
- December 3 at 10am: webinar about new projects (email rachael@bceh.org for the link)
- December 12: New project proposals due
- TBD: Renewal / transition projects due in esnaps
- TBD: Funding committee meets to accept new applications and determine priority list. New project applicants will be notified shortly after
- TBD: New projects due in esnaps; feedback will be provided to applicants by TBD
- TBD: Final new project applications due to esnaps