GrantSmall businesses not listed as eligible
FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants NOFO
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Award ceiling
$25,000,000
Award floor
$2,500
Program funding
$4,040,000,000
- Opportunity #
- CPD-2600-DC-0025
- Agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- ALN (CFDA)
- 14.267
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Jun 1, 2026
- Closes
- Aug 26, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Community Development
- Cost sharing required
- Yes
Who can apply
- •Special district governments
- •Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- •Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- •County governments
- •Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- •City or township governments
- •Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- •State governments
- •Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Eligible project applicants for the CoC Program Competition are found at 24 CFR 578.15 and include nonprofit organizations; state governments; local governments; instrumentalities of state and local governments; Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities, as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103); and public housing agencies, as such term is defined in 24 CFR 5.100, are eligible without limitation or exclusion. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Synopsis
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 [as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) (TDHEs)], and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or 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; andoptimize 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.
Contact
Department of Housing and Urban Development · CoCNOFO@hud.gov