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BACKGROUND: 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 2024-25 on July 31, 2024 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.”

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/coc

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Orange County, through the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH), is eligible to apply for up to $1,079,865 in total CoC funds. Please see the updated 2024 Annual Renewal Demand from HUD for more info.

 

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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 Monday, September 30th at 12 noon. Application and materials to be emailed to arubenstein@orangecountync.gov

 

Project application documents will be available on the HUD e-snaps system at: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/e-snaps/

 

Additional guidance including Detailed Instructions AND Navigational Guides has been posted on the CoC Program Competition page of HUD’s website. Please continue to check here for the most up to date guidance.

 

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 conducted a local applicant briefing to review the CoC application process, including the CoC rating and ranking tool, process, and deadlines on Wednesday 8/21 from 3 – 4:30pm via Microsoft Teams.

Skip ahead to 4:40. Access the PowerPoint slides here.

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​​​​Project applicants will be scored solely on materials submitted by the deadline, Monday September 30th 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.

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Timeline

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Tuesday 8/6                    Local competition information sent to service providers and community members

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Wednesday 8/21             Orange County CoC Local Applicant Briefing 3 – 4:30pm via Microsoft Teams

                                                                         

Monday 9/30                  Project applications due by 12PM

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10/1-10/8                        Project Review Committee scores project applications

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Friday 10/11                   Project Review Committee meeting to formulate recommendations for CoC FY 2023-24 funding for Leadership Team review

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Monday, 10/14              OCPEH Leadership Team meeting to determine CoC FY 2022-23 funding recommendation

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Tuesday, 10/15              OCPEH staff notify project applicants in writing whether projects included in Orange CoC application

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Tuesday 10/22               Project applications revisions complete

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Friday 10/25                   OCPEH staff posts CoC application on OCPEH website     

                                         (CoC community application, project priority listing and project applications)  

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Monday, 10/28             OCPEH sends completed CoC application (CoC community application, project priority listing and project applications)

                                          to HUD in advance of competition deadline

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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. Members serve from July 2023 - June 2025.

 

Please email Alex Rubenstein, arubenstein@orangecountync.gov if you are interested in learning more about the Project Review Committee.

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