The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $332,256 to The Salvation Army Sarasota County Area Command Division on February 1, 2026, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267).
The award funds eligible costs for establishing and operating projects within the program's five components: permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention. Eligible activities include COC planning, United Funding Agency costs for fiscal control and accounting to subrecipients, acquisition and rehabilitation of real property for housing or supportive services, and new construction.
The Salvation Army operates the program from Sarasota, Florida. The period of performance runs from February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2027. The assistance type is a Project Grant.
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.