The County’s Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) is applications applications for the 2025-2026 Homelessness and Housing Fund (HHF) Grant Awards.
Donor Name: Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD)
State: Hawai’i
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/29/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Homelessness and Housing Fund (HHF) supports initiatives that reflect the County Administration’s vision and strategic goals. The HHF seeks to fund programs and services that make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring, with a focus on prevention, diversion, and stabilization through access to shelter and long-term housing.
The goal of the fund is to effectively reduce the amount, duration, and recurrence of homelessness, with a focus on prevention, diversion, and stabilization, by addressing the Priorities outlined in the Strategic Roadmap for Homelessness and Housing. Applications shall present projects, services, or programs that:
- Align with OHCD’s goal to expand and promote pathways to housing to individuals at risk of or experiencing homelessness
- Prevent and divert from homelessness
- Offer stabilization services that help end episodes of homelessness and prevent future episodes
- Partner and collaborate with other community-based agencies to connect individuals experiencing homelessness with resources, services, support, and community
- Demonstrate an effective program, supported by a documented history of experience, with the ability to deliver on OHCD’s priority outcomes
- Demonstrate an impactful use of funds
This year’s RFGA introduces a more targeted funding structure to address specific service gaps. Eligible proposals will fall within one of four focus areas, each with defined funding allocation ranges:
- Outreach: 10% to 20%
- Shelter & Short-Term Housing: Up to 15%
- Long-Term Housing: 30% to 45%
- Support Programs: 35% to 55%
In addition to the RFGA process, OHCD will also use a portion of the HHF to support several critical, island-wide initiatives that respond to urgent community needs. These include but are not limited to:
- Safe Overnight Sleeping
- Emergency Shelters
- Permanent Housing with Supports
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an award through this RFGA, the Applicant shall:
- Have at least one (1) year of verifiable experience, within the most recent three (3) years, with the project or in the program area being proposed, as evidenced by similar past programs serving the intended Participant group. The Housing Administrator has sole discretion to grant an exception from this requirement if the entity can show it has the equivalent level of expertise and experience, which may include proof of project management capabilities and understanding of the program area for which the entity is applying; and
- Be licensed and accredited, in accordance with the applicable statutes, codes, or ordinances of the federal, state, and county governments; and
- Have bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which business is conducted including management, fiscal policies and procedures, and policies on nepotism and the management of potential conflicts of interest; and
- Have staff or authorized representatives adequately trained to administer and conduct the service described; and
- Meet all the requirements set forth in this RFGA; and
- Be a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Hawaiʻi, or a non-profit organization exempt from federal income tax by the internal Revenue Service. In the case of a non-profit organization, members of its governing board shall have served without compensation and have no material conflict of interest
For more information, visit OHCD.
