Federal Grant Award Summary

The State of Connecticut Department of Housing received a $868,191 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). The CoC Program supports Connecticut's efforts to establish and operate projects addressing homelessness across five core components: permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS). The award funds eligible costs including CoC planning activities, fiscal control and accounting functions, real property acquisition and rehabilitation, new construction, rental assistance, case management, and operating expenses.

Through this funding, the Department of Housing serves as Connecticut's administrative lead in coordinating community-wide homelessness response initiatives with nonprofit providers and local governments. The grant enables the state to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation, promote access to mainstream programs, and optimize self-sufficiency among persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness. This award represents Connecticut's participation in HUD's competitive annual CoC competition, which has distributed $26.9 billion across 83,905 project grants since 2011 to support evidence-based strategies for ending homelessness nationally.