The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $547,133 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant (CFDA 14.267) to the Georgia Housing & Finance Authority on March 11, 2025. The CoC Program provides funding to nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and promoting self-sufficiency.
Through this CoC Program grant, the Georgia Housing & Finance Authority will deliver a range of eligible activities, including permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and potentially homelessness prevention. The specific sub-recipient activities are unknown at the time of the award. The grant aims to decrease the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the Atlanta metropolitan area and broader Georgia region by improving performance metrics such as length of homelessness, returns to homelessness, and exits to permanent housing.