The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $615,561 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant (CFDA 14.267) to the County of Santa Clara's Housing & Development Department on March 11, 2025. The CoC Program is designed to promote community-wide strategies to end homelessness by providing funding for nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and promoting self-sufficiency.
The award will support a range of eligible activities under the CoC Program, including permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and potentially homelessness prevention. The specific subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of the award. However, the funding is expected to contribute to decreasing the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the San Jose, CA area by improving performance metrics such as length of homelessness, returns to homelessness, and exits to permanent housing.