The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program provides significant financial resources to communities throughout the country and mandates procedures and policies for implementing a local housing crisis response system. Notices regarding the Fairfax CoC Program local competition and Fairfax County's CoC Consolidated Application (our community's request for funding) are available on this page, which will be updated throughout the competition.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FY2024 HUD Continuum of Care Program Competition on July 31, 2024. Detailed information regarding this national competition can be found here.
As noted in the FY2024 CoC Program Competition Estimated Annual Renewal Demand (ARD) Report released on August 22, 2024, Fairfax County CoC (VA-601) is eligible to apply for up to $13,087,355 for renewal and new projects. This includes:
$10,279,862 In Renewal Funding (Supports existing projects)
$1,233,583 In Bonus Funding (New Funding Opportunity)
$1,059,917 In DV Bonus Funding (New Funding Opportunity)
$513,993 In Planning Grant Funding (available to the Collaborative Applicant)
As the Collaborative Applicant for Fairfax County's CoC (VA-601), the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness is responsible for conducting a local funding competition to evaluate, select, and rank projects as part of the CoC Consolidated Application and the CoC Priority List.
Fairfax County CoC's local competition schedule, which includes information for renewal project applications and how to apply for the new funding opportunities, can be found below. These deliverables have been established no later than 30 days before the FY2024 CoC Program Competition Application submission deadline on October 30th in accordance with the NOFO. Information due to the CoC Lead should be submitted by 4:00 pm on the date requested. Renewal and new project applicants will be notified in writing whether or not their applications were accepted for inclusion in the CoC Consolidated Application and ranked on the CoC Priority Listing at least 15 days before the FY2024 CoC Program Competition Application submission deadline on October 30th.
Please review the documents linked under Application Materials for New & Renewal Projects for more details on the new funding opportunities available to the Fairfax County CoC as part of the HUD FY2024 CoC Program Funding Competition.
HUD Grantees | Draft Renewal Project Applications from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
10/09/2024
HUD Grantees | Final Renewal Project Applications from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
10/10/2024
New Funding Opportunities | Draft Project Applications from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
10/16/2024
New Funding Opportunities | Final Project Applications from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
The following documents are the final collaborative application materials submitted by the Fairfax County Continuum of Care (CoC) Lead Agency on behalf of the Fairfax County CoC (VA-601) to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the FY2024 HUD CoC Program competition:
The following materials will be used to submit applications to CoC for the Bonus and DV Bonus funding opportunities available during the 2024 HUD CoC Program competition.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FY2023 HUD Continuum of Care Program Competition on July 5, 2023. Detailed information regarding this national competition can be found here.
As noted in the FY2023 CoC Program Competition Estimated Annual Renewal Demand (ARD) Report released on July 25, 2023, Fairfax County CoC (VA-601) is eligible to apply for up to $11,853,046 for renewal and new projects. This includes:
$10,067,742 in Renewal Funding (Supports existing projects operated by current HUD Grantees)
$704,742 in Bonus Funding (New Funding Opportunity)
$577,175 in DV Bonus Funding (New Funding Opportunity)
$503,387 in Planning Grant Funding (available to the Collaborative Applicant)
As the Collaborative Applicant for Fairfax County's CoC (VA-601), the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness is responsible for conducting a local funding competition to evaluate, select, and rank projects as part of the CoC Consolidated Application and the CoC Priority List.
Fairfax County CoC's local competition schedule, which includes information for renewal project applications and how to apply for the new funding opportunities, can be found below. These deliverables have been established no later than 30 days before the FY2023 CoC Program Competition Application submission deadline on September 28th in accordance with the NOFO. Information due to the CoC Lead should be submitted by 4:00 pm on the date requested. Renewal and new project applicants will be notified in writing whether or not their applications were accepted for inclusion in the CoC Consolidated Application and ranked on the CoC Priority Listing at least 15 days before the FY2023 CoC Program Competition Application submission deadline on September 28th.
Please review the documents linked under Application Materials for New & Renewal Projects for more details on the new funding opportunities available to the Fairfax County CoC as part of the HUD FY2023 CoC Program Funding Competition.
HUD Grantees | Draft Renewal Project Applications from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
09/07/2023
HUD Grantees | Final Renewal Project Applications from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
09/8/2023
New Funding Opportunities | Draft Project Applications from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
09/14/2023
New Funding Opportunities | Final Project Applications from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
The following documents are the final collaborative application materials submitted by the Fairfax County Continuum of Care (CoC) Lead Agency on behalf of the Fairfax County CoC (VA-601) to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the FY2023 HUD CoC Program competition:
The following materials were used to submit applications to the CoC for the Bonus and DV Bonus funding opportunities available during the 2023 HUD CoC Program competition.
The Fairfax County Continuum of Care (CoC) strives to ensure that membership and participation in the CoC includes a diverse and broad representation of all the necessary voices needed to accomplish the goal of ending homelessness. Any organization or individual connected to Fairfax County that is interested in preventing and ending homelessness in our community, including but not limited to representatives outlined in 24 CFR § 578.3, can become a member of the CoC at any time. The CoC encourages organizations serving culturally specific communities experiencing homelessness (including but not limited to Black, Latinx, Indigenous, other People of Color, people identifying as LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, etc.), to become a part of the CoC. To join, please subscribe to the CoC's listerv under 'Prevent and End Homelessness' then "Homeless Services" at E-Mail Subscriptions (fairfaxcounty.gov). The CoC engages the membership through this listserv by distributing monthly newsletters and CoC announcements, including invitations to the Bi-Annual CoC Meetings. If you are new to the CoC, please complete 2024 General CoC Membership survey so we can learn more about you. Thank you for your partnership in preventing and ending homelessness in Fairfax County!
Continuum of Care Meetings
The goal of the CoC (Continuum of Care) meetings is to connect partners in the Fairfax-Falls Church community and to build and strengthen common understanding of homeless system initiatives and performance outcomes.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) accepted applications for Continuum of Care (CoC) Builds funding. This funding allows for the addition of new permanent supportive housing units through new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Fairfax County solicited project applications, the Selection and Ranking Committee selected a project (Fairfax County could submit only one project in accordance with the Notice of Funding Opportunity), and the Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness submitted the application to HUD as the Collaborative Applicant for the Fairfax County CoC by the November 21, 2024 deadline.
