Continuum of Care Program Collaborative Applicant Registration (CoC)

Questions regarding specific program requirements should be directed to the local HUD Community Planning and Development Field Office.

Questions may also be submitted to the HUD Exchange help desk.

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program provides grants for local collaborative groups that assist individuals and families who are homeless by providing supportive care services as they move into transitional and permanent housing.

Projects must designate a collaborative applicant and successfully complete a collaborative registration process to be eligible to apply for funding. The registration process allows for:

• Confirmation of geographic service area
• HUD's preliminary appropriation of need to geographic areas
• Request for Unified Funding Agency designation
• Request for High Performing Community designation
• Confirmation of an intent to submit a proposal.

The funding opportunity for the current fiscal year has not yet opened. In the past, CoC funding provided:

• Permanent housing and rapid re-housing assistance
• Transitional housing
• Supportive services to homeless populations
• Homeless management information systems
• Safe havens
• Homelessness prevention activities

Eligible project applicants include:

• Nonprofit organizations
• States
• Local governments
• Instrumentalities of state and local governments
• Public housing agencies

Individual CoC program funding amounts are based upon HUD priorities, locally determined priorities, and overall demand for funds.

Collaborative Applicants are not required to complete the registration process unless they have changes to geographic codes, have merged, or intend to apply for Unified Funding Agency (UFA) and/or High Performing Community (HPC) designations. If a Collaborative Applicant does not submit its CoC Program Registration in e-snaps by March 7, 2024, HUD will move forward the previous year's CoC Program Registration for the Collaborative Applicant with no changes.

1. Collaborative applicant registration:
   • Links to guidance and information about online registration are available on the CoC program website.
   • Each local collaboration must register a collaborative applicant using the electronic registration in the HUD Exchange e-snaps system.
   • Collaborative applicant deadline is March 7, 2024.
   • Collaborative applicants that are approved by HUD are then eligible to apply for CoC funding.
2. CoC funding application:
   • Links to the full funding announcement and application procedures will be available through grants.gov once the funding announcement is posted.
   • The CoC funding application deadline for the current fiscal year has not yet been announced.

CoC Program Resources for Tribal Communities