The County of San Luis Obispo is requesting proposals for the FY 2024 & 2025 Continuum of Care Program competition administered by HUD, and accepting applications for renewal projects, as well as new bonus funding projects.
Donor Name: County of San Luis Obispo
State: California
County: San Luis Obispo County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:09/06/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (24 CFR part 578) is designed to promote a communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, Indian Tribes or tribally designated housing entities (THDEs) as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103), 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.
The Continuum of Care program seeks to:
- Promote a communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness;
- End homelessness by providing funding for efforts to quickly re-house homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless persons and communities by homelessness;
- Promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and
- Optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
HUD’s Homeless Policy Priorities
- Ending homelessness for all persons.
- Use a Housing First Approach.
- Reducing Unsheltered Homelessness.
- Reducing Unsheltered Homelessness.
- Partnering with Housing, Health, and Service Agencies.
- Racial Equity.
- Improving Assistance to LGBTQ+ Individuals.
- Persons with Lived Experience/Expertise.
- Building an Effective Workforce.
- Increasing Affordable Housing Supply.
Funding Information
- Estimated ARD: $1,337,357
- Estimated Tier 1: $1,203,621
- Estimated New Bonus Projects: $121,173
- Estimated DV Bonus (New Projects): $173,104
Eligible Activities
The CoC Program Competition Grant may be used to fund the following eligible activities:
- Permanent supportive housing
- Supportive services (including Coordinated Entry)
- Rapid re-housing programs
- Transitional housing
- Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
Eligibility Criteria
The San Luis Obispo County Continuum of Care will accept project proposals from non-profit organizations.
For more information, visit County of San Luis Obispo.