The continuum of care (COC) program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, and local…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded ST Andrew's Residential Programs For Youth $1,032,947 under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) on November 1, 2025, as a Project Grant to serve domestic violence survivors experiencing homelessness.

The award funds three program components: permanent housing rapid rehousing (PH-RRH), joint transitional housing and PH-RRH, and supportive services only for coordinated entry. Eligible costs include structure leasing for housing or supportive services, rental assistance in short-term, medium-term, or long-term models (tenant-based, project-based, or sponsor-based), supportive services to help participants obtain and maintain housing through coordinated entry, operating costs for leased housing, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) implementation and operation, project administrative costs, relocation costs, and indirect costs under 2 CFR Part 200.

ST Andrew's Residential Programs For Youth is a nonprofit organization headquartered in San Jose, California. Performance occurs in San Jose, CA 95128. The period of performance runs from November 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026. The obligated amount is $1,032,947. The program's purpose is to promote community-wide commitment to ending homelessness, provide funding to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation, promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs, and optimize self-sufficiency among persons experiencing homelessness. The Domestic Violence Bonus Grants component specifically serves survivors of domestic violence.

Activities

Continuum of care program, DV bonus grants may be used to pay for the eligible costs used to establish and operate projects under three program components: 1. Permanent housing- rapid rehousing (PH-RRH); 2. Joint transitional housing/PH-RRH; 3. Supportive services only for coordinated entry; eligible costs within these projects include: 1. Leasing of a structure or structures, or portions thereof, to provide housing or supportive services; 2. Rental assistance, which may be short-term, medium-term, or long-term, as well as tenant-based, project-based, or sponsor-based, for transitional or permanent housing; 3. Supportive services to assist program participants obtain and maintain housing through coordinated entry; 4. Operating costs of leased housing; 5. Costs of implementing and operating hmis; 6. Project administrative costs; 7. Relocation costs; and 8. Indirect costs in accordance with 2 CFR parts 200, as applicable. No assistance provided under program (or any state or local government funds used to supplement this assistance) may be used to replace state or local funds previously used, or designated for use, to assist homeless persons or persons at-risk of homelessness.

Expected outcomes

Decrease in the number of survivors of domestic violence experiencing homelessness. Decrease in the number individuals and families experiencing homelessness, more specifically using performance indicators such as the length of time homeless, returns to homelessness over time, and exits to permanent housing. COC performance profile reports can be found at https://WWW.hudexchange.info/programs/COC/COC-performance-profile-reports/.

Intended beneficiaries

Survivors of domestic violence who are experiencing homelessness.

Subrecipient activities

The subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of award.