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Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont

The Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont (HHAV) works toward a future in which all people living in Vermont have safe, stable, affordable homes and if homelessness occurs, it is brief, rare, and non-recurring.

New and Renewal Applications Available for FY26 CoC Program Grant NOFO

Housing and Homelessness Alliance of VT (HHAV) in our role as Collaborative Applicant for the VT Balance of State CoC, is releasing the linked Request for Proposals (RFP) for local competition for the HUD CoC program, along with several documents needed for submitting applications:

Applications for the local competition are due by July 15, 2026, before 5:00 pm.

This RFP is based on priorities and terms outlined in HUD’s FY2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) as well as local community priorities, needs, and opportunities.  (You can find the NOFO details here: https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/coc-program-competition)

Please note: we are issuing this RFP as scheduled even though we do not yet have two pieces of information that we would normally have from HUD at this point in the process:

1. the Annual Renewal Report from HUD, which will confirm the amounts of funding available in each category.  The RFP we are sharing now includes estimates for those amounts; we will update/confirm those amounts as soon as we receive the information from HUD.

2. the application questions that will be included in the formal application to HUD for any projects selected through the local competition.  We are sharing (attached) a draft set of questions to be used in the local competition, based on what we anticipate will be the sections required by HUD.  We will update the local application questions, if needed, as soon as HUD releases their application questions.  

We offered two information sessions for those interested in applying and/or learning more about this opportunity.  Both sessions covered the same information.  Below, you can review the slides from the info sessions and watch the recordings. You can also review questions that were answered during the sessions here.

If you will or may submit a project application for the local competition, please prepare now by:

  • confirming your organization’s SAM registration is up to date and that you have an active and accurate organizational account in e-snaps — HUD’s application portal for those projects selected through the local competition.   (Please note: your organization’s name must be entered exactly the same for SAM and e-snaps — make sure you enter the same words, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.)

Project Submission Form & Deadline

  • Apply by July 15th at 5 pm
  • Use the following link to submit: NEW FORM
    • To view all questions while filling out this form, open this document.
  • Use the following link to submit: RENEWAL FORM

We strongly encourage you to attend one of the information sessions if you have any interest in learning more about this funding opportunity and the local competition.

CoC NOFO Policy Changes Voted on at the 6/16 BoS CoC Board Meeting

We will continue to share updates and information as we move through this process. Please reach with any questions! 

FY2026 Continuum of Care Program Grant Funding NOFO Released 

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program for FFY2026.  You can find the NOFO details here: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/361999 (click on Related Documents to find link to full NOFO) or attached HERE.

Our next step is to finalize a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the local competition, based on priorities and terms outlined in the NOFO, as well as local community priorities and opportunities. 

We plan to issue the RFP for the local competition by June 16. We will hold two information sessions for those interested in applying and/or learning more about this opportunity. We will be sharing out these dates. 

If you will or may submit a project application for the local competition, you can prepare now by confirming your organization’s SAM registration is up to date and that you have an active and accurate organizational account in e-snaps — HUD’s application portal. Please note: your organization’s name must be entered exactly the same for SAM and e-snaps — make sure you enter the same words, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.

We will continue to share information and updates about this process over the coming weeks.

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