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Continuum of Care Competition

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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, Indian Tribes or tribally designated housing entities (as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) (TDHEs)), 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.

2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity CoC Program Competition and Sonoma County CoC Request for Proposals

Release Date: December 01, 2025

Notice: On Monday, December 8th, HUD withdrew its 2025 CoC Compeition Notice of Funding Opportunity for revisions. All dates listed within the local Request for Proposals are now considered invalid. Staff will provide additional information regarding the availability of funding for applications once confirmed through HUD.

Project Submission Deadline: To be determined based on release of revised HUD NOFO

On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued the Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for 2025 Continuum of Care Funds.

Sonoma County applicants are eligible to compete for a combined total of approximately $4.2 million in new and renewal FY 2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) project funding. In total, $4,261,805 is available for both existing renewals and new project proposals. A major change in this year’s competition is the introduction of community caps on permanent housing (PH). HUD now limits permanent housing to 30% of the CoC’s Annual Renewal Demand (ARD), and Tier 1 is similarly restricted to 30%. Under this new cap, our CoC is eligible to apply for only $1,278,542 in permanent housing projects this year. Current permanent supportive housing renewals total $3,327,627, which means $2,049,085.50, in existing PH renewal projects will be reallocated within the local competition.

The following funds are available for NEW projects:

  • A total of $852,361 in CoC Bonus funding is competitively available for one or more permanent supportive housing projects (PSH), rapid rehousing projects (RRH), transitional housing (TH), Supportive Services Only projects (SSO), or HMIS projects.
  • A total of $365,625 in Domestic Violence (DV) bonus funding is competitively available for one more projects serving victims of domestic violence; may only be used to create new SSO-Coordinated Entry, Rapid Re-housing (RRH), and Transitional Housing (TH) projects.
  • A total of $2,049,086 is currently available in reallocated funding from permanent housing projects; this will be limited to SSO, TH and HMIS project funding. In addition, this could increase if the evaluation process leads to the reallocation of any other underperforming projects.

Local application guidance for both new and renewal projects is included in the Request for Proposals (RFP).

Deadline for Project submissions (e-snaps application and local supplemental scoring materials): December 15, 2025, no later than 12pm.  It is highly advised you submit your applications in e-snaps prior to this deadline. As this date is also the HUD deadline, the application system will be overwhelmed and historically causes submission issues when used on the due date.

Prospective applicants should review the Continuum of Care NOFO in full at:
https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/360861

New Applicants: Prior to starting any application materials, if you are interested in this funding opportunity, your organization must have an active sam.gov account with a registered Unique Entity ID (UEI) number. This can take weeks to process and must be done immediately as noticed from our office on November 17th. If you are unable to register your organization to receive a UEI, you will not be able to access the online application from HUD in e-snaps: https://sam.gov/ 

Mandatory Bidder’s Conference for New and Renewal Projects, December 4th   (virtual meeting)

10:00 am-11:30 am

This meeting will be held virtually through Zoom. Login information can be accessed in the RFP, Attachment 1- Continuum of Care Application Detailed Timeline, and is also listed below:

Zoom Meeting Link:
https://sonomacounty.zoom.us/j/82627938904?pwd=dSIhCNOyipbTmHnLd3eUa9s4jEZxGf.1  
Meeting ID: 826 2793 8904
Passcode: 016799
Phone: +1 669 900 9128 US

Technical Assistance Session for Applicants, Canceled (pending release of HUD applications)

Introduction to e-snaps and Applications in e-snaps review (in person, please bring your laptops if you would like assistance walking through opening your application). Brand new organizations to the CoC Program must register with sam.gov to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number prior to creating an e-snaps account. This could take up to two weeks. Registering is the first step for new providers if submitting an application. Note this session is not required, providers may use detailed navigational instructions provided by HUD to access applications.

HUD e-snaps resources: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/e-snaps/ 

2025 CoC Competition Open Office Hours (optional) December 11th  (virtual session)

2 - 4 pm

login information listed below Zoom Meeting Link:
https://sonomacounty.zoom.us/j/83611447799?pwd=38CD04aNB10L60FZhhlRhZEluXh8De.1
Meeting ID: 836 1144 7799 
Passcode: 774519
Phone: +1 669 444 9171 US

Applicants new to the Continuum of Care funding stream are strongly encouraged to apply and should contact Continuum of Care Coordinator Karissa White directly at Karissa.White@sonomacounty.gov  or by telephone at 707-565-4080 as soon as possible.

Please review the provisions of this local RFP in full, and note the local and final deadlines as follows:

  • Bidder’s Conference- December 4th
  • Technical Assistance Session New and Renewal Applicants (e-snaps/project applications)- December 8th  
  • Office Hours- December 11th  
  • Local Submissions in E-Snaps and project supplemental materials- December 15th by 12pm
  • Final approval by the Homeless Coalition- (December, date to be determined)

2025 Continuum of Care Competition Request for Proposals (PDF: 442 kB)

2025 Continuum of Care Competition Project Scoring

2025 Supplemental Application Questionnaire:

2025 HUD New Project Threshold Criteria Form: