On Wednesday, July 31 HUD announced the largest-ever single-year investment in communities’ homelessness response systems; providing more than $3.5 billion in competitive funding to homeless services organizations across the country for supportive services and housing programs for people experiencing homelessness. And for the first time, HUD is issuing a 2-year Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Communities will now only be required to submit one application for both FY2024 and FY2025 funding. This change will dramatically simplify the application process for the Montana Continuum of Care Coalition, and project applicants.
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (24 CFR part 578) is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, 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.
Due Dates and important information
Final New Project Selection
The Montana Continuum of Care Board of Directors will meet on Wednesday, August 21 @ 1pm to finalize the selection of new projects moving forward in the FY2024-2025 NOFO (to be included in the CoC’s Consolidated Application). Applicants will be notified by 5pm(MDT) on Wednesday, August 21st – Applicants will be notified via email and selection results will be posted to www.mtcoc.org
Project Application Due Date
e-snaps Project Applications for New and Renewal Projects will need to be completed in e-snaps by 5pm(MDT) Friday, August 30th You will also need to send a PDF copy of your completed Project Application to submit@mtcoc.org Do not submit the Project Application in e-snaps. The CoC will notify applicants when to submit Project Applications. This is to allow the CoC time to review Project Applications for accuracy before submission.
Technical Assistance
Technical assistance will be extremely limited for the FY2024-2025 NOFO as the CoC is also applying for the FY2024 CoC Builds NOFO. Technical Assistance from Housing Innovations WILL NOT be available this year.
We encourage applicants to take advantage of the expertise of other CoC applicants if they have questions on preparing their project applications in e-snaps. If you need assistance in identifying a partner with the same project type, please contact david@mtcoc.org and we will get you connected with some peer support.
Information from HUD on setting-up an Applicant Profile and completing an e-snaps Project Application can be found here:
FAQs for the CoC Program Project Application can be found here: