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 rachael@bceh.org
Please email rachael@bceh.org for more information on the CoC Program Competition and to request documents on previous competitions.
FY 2026 CoC Program Competition
- FY 2026 CoC Program Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity
- HUD opened the competition on June 1 and the application due date is August 26
- GIW for FY26
- FY26 New Project RFP and New Project Budget Form
- To be used for new project proposals. Posted July 23, 2026.
- New Project Scoring Tool
- Coming soon
- Renewal Project Scoring Tool
- Priority List
- Priority list of all projects. Posted TBD.
- CoC Funding Policies FY26
- Guide the funding process for the CoC Program Competition. Coming soon.
- Final CoC Collaborative Application
- Export of full Approved CoC Collaborative Application to be submitted to HUD. Posted TBD
- Final Priority Listing
- Export of full Approved Priority Listing to be submitted to HUD. Posted TBD
Important Dates:
- June 22: New project RFP posted
- Week of June 29: Funding committee meets to approve and accept renewal/transition projects. Applicants will be notified shortly after.
- June 30 at 12:30: webinar about new projects (email rachael@bceh.org for the link)
- July 15: New project proposals due to rachael@bceh.org
- End of July: Funding committee meets to accept new applications and determine priority list. New project applicants will be notified of their project status and all projects will be notified of the priority list shortly after.
- August 7: New, renewal, and transition projects due in e-snaps; feedback will be provided to new project applicants by TBD
- TBD: Final new project applications due to e-snaps
- August 26: CoC Collaborative Application and Priority List due to HUD
Note: these dates are subject to change depending on HUD's release of e-snaps applications and detailed instructions, and depending on ongoing court cases (read more here). The community will be notified of any date changes as quickly as possible.
FY 2025 CoC Program Competition
Due to court orders, HUD rescinded the FY25 CoC Competition NOFO and noncompetitively renewed all eligible projects.
Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
The Berks County Continuum of Care (CoC) is pleased to announce the release of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) Request for Proposals (RFP).
The purpose of this RFP is to identify innovative, high-quality housing and supportive service projects for inclusion in Berks County's Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Important Dates:
- July 6: RFP posted
- July 13: Project webinar; email tasha@bceh.org for the registration link
- July 20 by 11:59pm: Proposals due to tasha@bceh.org and copy intern@bceh.org
- Week of July 24: Funding committee meets to approve and accept applications. Applicants will be notified shortly after.
- August 3: Applications due in e-snaps
- August 7: Application due to HUD