Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care Program

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly re-house homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, 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.

Continuum of Care Program and Prospective Applicants

THN serves as the “Collaborative Applicant” for the TX BoS CoC and leads the HUD CoC Grant process. THN provides technical assistance and guidance to agencies and communities applying for funding to create new housing and service programs. Applicants must submit proposals through THN in the annual CoC Program Competition. This Prezi is a great overview of HUD’s CoC program.

CoC General Resources

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CoC Governance Charter and Policies
CoC Written Standards for Service Delivery
CoC Program Funding Competition Policies:
Texas Continuum of Care Contacts

Competition Application Materials

THN is pleased to announce the opening of the Intent to Apply stage of the FY2021 Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care (TX BoS CoC) Local Competition! If you missed the webinar on Friday, June 16th, you can find that recording here. New Applicants that have never administered CoC Program Funding are encouraged to apply!

In general, the CoC program will fund Rapid Re-Housing, Permanent Supportive Housing, Joint Transitional Housing & Rapid Re-Housing (TH/RRH), HMIS, and Coordinated Entry. To learn more about each of these activities, please click the hyperlinks above. Please note, the availability of funding and required applicant eligibility for each of the activities above is dependent on the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) FY2021 CoC Program Notice Of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which has yet to be released, to learn more about the release of the NOFO, please visit this page.

The Intent to Apply stage of the FY2021 TX BoS CoC Local Application process was open from Monday, July 19, 2021, at 9:00 AM, to Friday, July 30, 2021, at 4:59 PM CST. The Intent to Apply stage will re-open Monday August 30, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM to Tuesday August 31, 2021 at 11:59:59 PM CST. The Full Application will open Thursday September 2, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM and close Wednesday September 22, 2021 at 11:59:59 PM CST To access the Intent to Apply, please visit our Competition Portal. All applicants must submit an Intent to Apply for each anticipated project submission.

All new applicants must attend a required Technical Assistance session prior to 9/17/2021

To Schedule your Technical Assistance please visit this link