Project Grant AK0136D0C002501

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $387,889 to Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (doing business as Neighborworks Alaska) on August 1, 2026, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) to address unsheltered and rural homelessness in Anchorage, Alaska through a Special Notice of Funding Opportunity.

Funding supports eligible costs including permanent supportive housing, rapid re-housing, transitional housing, supportive services only, coordinated entry, and Homeless Management Information Systems projects. For rural set-aside projects, eligible activities additionally include up to six months of rent or utility arrears after two months of nonpayment, short-term emergency lodging in motels or shelters, housing repairs up to $10,000 per structure necessary to make housing habitable for transitional or permanent use, emergency food and clothing assistance, costs associated with federal inventory property programs, and capacity building activities.

The award period runs from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027. Work is performed in Anchorage, Alaska. The Continuum of Care Program promotes community-wide commitment to ending homelessness and provides funding to nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation, promote access to mainstream programs, and optimize self-sufficiency.