On July 3, 2019 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program.

The NOFA can be accessed at https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/5842/fy-2019-coc-program-nofa/. It establishes this year’s funding criteria for the Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Programs (sometimes also referred to as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act programs).

Potential applicants meeting

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 from 1-2pm pm at HSA's office at 1 Davis Drive, Belmont in the Montara Room This meeting is for any agency interested in learning about applying for new or renewal funding. The meeting will provide details on our local process and will include opportunities to ask questions. This meeting is open to anyone interested in learning more about this funding opportunity.

New Project Applications

New project applications are due by August 26, 2019 at 5:00 pm to Lody Saba, Lsaba@smcgov.org, Ana Morales, AMorales1@smcgov.org, and Brian Eggers, BEggers@smcgov.org. More information about the funding and application process is available in the document below titled Information for New Applicants 2019 CoC NOFA and the application template is available below, titled New Project Narrative Application Template 2019. The Project Review and Ranking Process document is also available below.

Renewal Applications

Renewal project applications are due by August 26, 2019 at 5:00 pm to Lody Saba, Lsaba@smcgov.org, Ana Morales, AMorales1@smcgov.org, and Brian Eggers, BEggers@smcgov.org. More information is available in the document below titled Information for Renewal Applicants 2019 CoC NOFA. The Project Reivew and Ranking Process document is also available below.

If you have questions about the NOFA process, please contact Brian Eggers, 650-802-5083, BEggers@smcgov.org or Jessica Silverberg, 650-802-3378, JSilverberg@smcgov.org

Please see the documents below for information about the NOFA process.

UPDATE- Project Priority List:

The project priority list has been posted below as Project Priority List 9-4-19 and Review Panel Minutes.  Please note this is the ranking pending resolution of any appeals and final approval by the CoC Steering Committee.  The project priority list will be reviewed and approved by the CoC Steering Committee during its meeting on September 20, 2019 (10:30am-12 noon, HSA office, 1 Davis Drive, Belmont).  The final ranking will be posted after the approval by the CoC Steering Committee. 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 UPDATE:

The Consolidated Application has been posted. The two components have been posted below as “2019 CoC Consolidated Application – CoC Application” and “2019 CoC Consolidated Application – Project Priority Listing.” If you have any questions or comments, please contact Jessica Silverberg (JSilverberg@smcgov.org) and Brian Eggers (BEggers@smcgov.org).