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 as well as mandating procedures and policies for implementing a local housing crisis response system. Notices regarding the CoC Program competition and Fairfax County's Collaborative Application (our community's request for funds) are available here.
2019 HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition is now open!
HUD has approximately $2.3 billion available this year to fund new and renewal projects. Detailed information about the HUD CoC Program Funding can be found at FY 2019 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition: Funding Availability.
Fairfax County CoC (VA-601) is eligible to apply for up to $9,855,237 for both renewal and new projects. This includes $449,843 in funding for a new CoC Bonus Project, $408,538 for a Domestic Violence Bonus Project, and $15,000 in Reallocation to expand renewal projects.
Fairfax County CoC Competition Timeline
| Monday, July 15 | HUD Grantees Meeting |
| Monday, July 22 |
New Funding Opportunities Informational Meeting 10am, Government Center, Conference Room 8 |
| Monday, August 5 | Notify CoC Lead of intent to apply |
| Thursday, August 8 | New Project Applications due to CoC Lead by 4:00 pm |
| Friday, August 16 | CoC Committee meets to select New Projects |
| Monday, August 19 | Draft Renewal Project Applications due to CoC Lead by 4:00 pm |
| Thursday, August 22 | Final Renewal Project Applications due to CoC Lead by 4:00 pm |
| Monday, August 26 | If selected by CoC Committee, Draft NEW Project Applications due to CoC Lead by 4:00 pm |
| Thursday, August 29 | If selected by CoC Committee, Final NEW Project Applications due to CoC Lead by 4:00 pm |
| Wednesday, Sept. 4 | Ranking Committee meets to establish Priority Listing |
All project applications (new and renewal) are due according to the Competition Timeline. As required by the NOFA, these deadlines are established no later than 30 days before the FY 2019 CoC Program Competition Application submission deadline on September 30th. Applicants will be notified if their applications were rejected at least 15 days before the FY2019 CoC Program Competition Application submission deadline on September 30th. Applicants will be notified if their applications were accepted and ranked on the CoC Priority Listing at least 15 days before the FY2019 CoC Program Competition Application submission deadline on September 30th.
Please review the documents below for more details regarding the Fairfax County CoC local process for the HUD FY2019 CoC Program Funding Competition.
Additional information about the Fairfax County CoC Competition will be posted on the website as it becomes available.
