FY 2024/2025 COC Application (Renewal, New or Reallocated)

What is a Continuum of Care (CoC) and what does it do for our community?

A Continuum of Care is a regional of local planning body that coordinates housing and services for families and individuals experiencing homelessness. The Clark County Continuum of Care body is made up of over 100 people across eight regularly held meetings. The governing body is the CoC Steering Committee and the lead agency is Council for the Homeless.

How does the Continuum of Care receive funding from HUD?

Annually the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Federal funding for COC Homeless Assistance Program funding. It is a collaborative application process – each CoC submits a Consolidated Application, which includes an individual project application for each program for which we hope to receive CoC funding per their identified process. All programs must submit their application through their local CoC – HUD will not review any applications that are submitted independent from a CoC. (For this, CFTH is the designated Collaborative Applicant.) We encourage new organizations to apply for new projects. All new project applications will be competitively ranked against renewal applications.

8/23/24 FY 2024/2025 COC NOFO (Notice Of Funding Opportunity)

For The Clark County/City of Vancouver, WA fiscal year 2024, US Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care (CoC) application community competition will be opened on August 29th, 2024. All requirements will be updated on by the August 29th. The Collaborative Application and project priority listing will be submitted by October 30th, 2024. For any questions, please contact Katie Martin.

Notifications and Instructions for FY2024/2025 Applications, All Projects, are Available Below. (updated 08/29/2024)

8/29/2024: FY 2024/2025 HUD Continuum of Care Request for Project Applications are now open. Project Applications are due September 30th, 2024, by 11:59pm in one format: Jot Form and on October 18th at 5:00pm in ESnaps. (See instructions for both below.) NOTE: The September 30th deadline is for the CoC’s local competition for CoC Program Funding.

On behalf of the Clark County’s CoC Steering Committee, please see important information below regarding the FY2024/2025 CoC Funding Opportunity for Renewal, New or Reallocated Projects. For a complete timeline of the local process, see the “Important Dates” section below.

9/30/24 reminder notice: ESnaps project applications are due 10/18, the consolidated CoC application will be submitted 10/25, and the deadline for all FY2024 applications to HUD is 10/30.

10/25/24: The COC Steering Committee has approved the public posting of the FY 2024 Collaborative Application, and FY 2024 Priority Listing for project applications. For any questions or corrections to the application documents, please contact Katie Martin.

CoC Application Background & Funding

Directly from HUD’s FY2024/2025 NOFO: “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 [as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) (TDHEs)], and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth experiencing homelessness 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.”

For FY2024/2025, Vancouver/Clark County CoC has the ability to apply for $2,220,680 in renewal projects or if there are renewal projects that are reallocated or not renewed in part or in whole, that money can be used for new projects. The NOFO lists what types of new projects are eligible for funding. The CoC encourages new organizations to apply for new projects. All new project applications will be competitively ranked against renewal applications.

Interested Applicant Meeting

If your organization is considering applying for these funds and you have not received HUD CoC funding before through this process, we highly encourage you to attend the virtual CoC Interested Applicant meeting on September 3rd 9:30-11am. If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to Katie Martin to receive the meeting link

Also, here are some general guidelines for HUD applicants: RFP Applicant Agency Minimum Requirements.

Interested Applicant Video & Slideshow

2024 CoC Interested App Meeting Presentation

Reasonable Accommodation Requests & Questions

Reasonable Accommodation requests related to this application may be made by contacting Katie Martin (360-993-9590).

General Questions may be directed to Katie Martin (360-993-9590).

HMIS Questions & Project Data may be directed to Dale Whitley (360-993-9571).

* Please note each agency is responsible for its own HMIS data, including obtaining data on time to submit full and accurate applications.

FY 2024/2025 Request for Project Applications – All Types of Information

Clark County Continuum of Care FY 2024 New Project Applications: https://form.jotform.com/242407518578060

Clark County Continuum of Care FY 2024 Renewal Project Applications: https://form.jotform.com/242394973399071

Important Dates

Local competition will open August 29th. An information session will be held September 3rd. Local competition will close September 30th at 5:00 pm. Esnaps submission deadline will be October 18th at 5:00 pm.