The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a $448,622 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant (CFDA 14.267) to the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Delaware. The CoC Program is designed to promote community-wide efforts to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and promoting self-sufficiency.
The YMCA of Delaware, as the grantee, will use the funds to provide a range of eligible activities under the CoC Program, including permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems (HMIS). Specific sub-recipient activities are not known at the time of the award. The grant period is from March 11, 2025 to an unspecified end date. The funding aims to decrease the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the Wilmington, Delaware area by improving performance metrics such as length of time homeless, returns to homelessness, and exits to permanent housing.