FY2026 Overall Homelessness Funding
- $4.417 billion ($290 million for ESG; $4.010 billion for CoC)
- Tier 1 funding cannot be less than 60% of Annual Renewal Demand
- Requires HUD to publish the FY2026 CoC NOFO by June and make awards by December 2026
We are expecting the 2026 NOFO to drop by June 1st, and plan to run the local Vermont competition on the following timeline (any dates below are subject to change):
- Evaluating renewals June 15-19, notifying renewal project recipients of their acceptance, reduction, or rejection by June 19
- Opening the local NEW project competition June 17 – July 14
- Notifying new project applicants of acceptance, reduction or rejection by August 8
- Submitting final application to HUD by August 26
Information Session
Wednesday, May 27th at 10 am
This was an informal information session for the Continuum of Care Program Grant NOFO (Notice of Funding Opportunity) Grant FY26 cycle. We reviewed how the grant process works, including project types and requirements/standards, local application and local competition, national competition and collaborative application, and more. We discussed what we anticipate for FY26 and outlining our anticipated timeline.
At this time, we can share these concrete timelines:
- NOFO drops June 1
- VT BoS CoC competition for new projects opens mid-June and closes mid-July
- Consolidated application due to HUD by August 26