On July 3, 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the FY 2019 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFA) to help fund housing and services for persons experiencing homelessness with approximately $2.3 billion available in this Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition, including up to $50 million available for Domestic Violence (DV) Bonus projects. In Southern California, there are several CoCs competing for renewed and increased funding totally over $200 million:
CA-600 - Los Angeles City & County CoC $ 122,457,061
CA-602 - Santa Ana/Anaheim/Orange County CoC $ 23,388,929
CA-601 - San Diego City and County CoC $ 20,809,562
CA-606 - Long Beach CoC $ 8,077,755
CA-607 - Pasadena CoC $ 3,466,789
CA-608 - Riverside City & County CoC $ 9,754,646
CA-609 - San Bernardino City & County CoC $ 9,767,625
CA-611 - Oxnard/San Buenaventura/Ventura County CoC $ 2,180,607
CA-612 - Glendale CoC $ 2,373,290
CA-613 - Imperial County CoC $ 165,691
Total $ 202,441,955
Data Source: www.hudexchange.info/resource/5845/fy-2019-coc-program-competition-estimated-ard-report/
HUD expects CoCs to reallocate funding from renewal projects that are not improving system performance measures like reducing length of time homeless, the extent of repeat incidences of homelessness, overall reductions in homelessness based on the point-in-time count, jobs and income growth, and success at reducing the number of families and individuals who become homeless. The NOFA points out that consistent with the requirements of the FY 2019 Appropriations Act:
CoCs cannot receive grants for new projects, other than through reallocation, unless the CoC competitively ranks projects based on how they improve system performance;
HUD is increasing the share of the CoC score that is based on performance criteria; and
HUD will prioritize funding for CoCs that have demonstrated the ability to reallocate resources to higher performing projects.
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