The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking applications for its Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/14/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to: promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities, and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth experiencing homelessness while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; promote access to, and effective utilization of, mainstream programs and programs funded with State or local resources; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
The goal of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by the demonstration program is youth ages 24 and younger who are experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth.
Funding Information
Funding of approximately $3,918,000,000 is available through this NOFO.
Of the $3,918,000,000 HUD is making available:
- Approximately $52,000,000 in funding is available for Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Bonus (DV Bonus) projects, described in sections IV.D.1.e and IV.D.1.f of this NOFO.
- Approximately $129,000,000 for the renewal of projects originally awarded as part of the Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness Supplemental NOFO.
- Approximately $228,000,000 for the competitive renewal and replacement of expiring YHDP grants.
Project Period
- 12-month project period and budget period
- 18-month project period and budget period
- 24-month project period and budget period
- 36-month project period and budget period
- 42-month project period and budget period
- 48-month project period and budget period
- 60-month project period and budget period
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal
governments) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher
education - Faith-based organizations may apply on the same basis as any other organization.
For more information visit Grants.gov.
