Office to Prevent and End Homelessness

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703-246-5000 TTY 711
3700 Pender Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Thomas Barnett
Deputy Director

Department Resources

Continuum of Care

Continuum of Care Program

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.


Continuum of Care Builds 2025


Applications for 2025 CoC Builds Funding Being Accepted

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for organizations to request Continuum of Care (CoC) Builds funding to add new permanent supportive housing units through new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.  The NOFO outlines additional CoC Program eligible activities and costs, such as supportive services, that may be included in the application for funding.

Applications are to be completed by the organization that will administer the funds and must be sent to the CoC’s Collaborative Applicant, which, for Fairfax County, is the County’s Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH), for review and submission.  Eligible applicants include nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education) and County, City, or township governments.

OPEH is encouraging eligible organizations to submit applications for projects that meet the criteria outlined in the NOFO.  In accordance with the NOFO, only one application will be selected and submitted by OPEH to HUD, and the maximum amount that can be requested is $9,000,000.

Interested applicants are encouraged to go to the e-snaps loginpage, create a profile, review the NOFO, follow the instructions for preparing the application, and create the project application.  Completed applications must be submitted electronically to Stephen Knippler, CoC Manager, at stephen.knippler@fairfaxcounty.gov, by Monday, June 9, 2025.  Applications will be reviewed by a Selection Committee using the same criteria that HUD will use, as presented in the NOFO.

By June 3, 2025, potential applicants are to inform the CoC Manager at the email address above of the intent to apply.

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact Stephen Knippler at 703-246-5161 (phone), TTY 711, or stephen.knippler@fairfaxcounty.gov.
 

2024 HUD CoC Program Competition Information

2024 HUD CoC Program Competition is Open

 

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.

 

 

Date

Deliverable

08/27/2024

New Funding Opportunities | Application Available 

08/28/2024

New Funding Opportunities & Renewals | Meeting (Presentation Slides)

09/13/2024

New Funding Opportunities | Project Applications due to CoC Lead 

09/16/2024

HUD Grantees | Applicant Profile Draft from e-snaps due to CoC Lead

09/18/2024

HUD Grantees | Applicant Profile Final from e-snaps due to CoC Lead 

09/24/2024

Selection & Ranking Subcommittee meeting (new project selection & Priority List)

10/03/2024

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 following materials will be used to rate and rank renewal project applications during the FY2024 HUD CoC Program Competition.

The following materials are guides released by HUD to support the completion of the project applications in e-snaps:

Minutes of the 9/24/24 Selection and Ranking Committee Meeting

Minutes of the 6/17/24 Monitoring & Evaluation Workgroup Meeting

 

2023 HUD CoC Program Competition Information

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.

 

Date

Deliverable

07/31/2023

New Funding Opportunities | Application Available 

08/04/2023

New Funding Opportunities & Renewals | (presentation slides)

08/17/2023

New Funding Opportunities | Project Applications due to CoC Lead 
08/21/2023 HUD Grantees | Applicant Profile Draft from e-snaps due to CoC Lead
08/23/2023 HUD Grantees | Applicant Profile Final from e-snaps due to CoC Lead 

08/29/2023

Selection & Ranking Subcommittee meeting (new project selection & Priority List)

09/01/2023

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 following materials were used to rate and rank renewal project applications during the FY2023 HUD CoC Program Competition.

The following materials are guides released by HUD to support the completion of the project applications in e-snaps:

Minutes of the 8/29/23 Selection and Ranking Subcommittee Meeting

Archived Prior Year CoC Program Competition Information

Archived Competition Information

Continuum of Care Membership

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.

CoC Meeting Information

Continuum of Care Builds 2024

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.

Minutes of the 11/12/24 Selection and Ranking Committee Meeting

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