The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $397,043 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant to the Georgia Housing & Finance Authority on March 11, 2025. The CoC Program is designed to promote community-wide strategies to end homelessness by providing funding for nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and promoting self-sufficiency.
The grant funds will support eligible activities such as permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention. Specific services may include case management, job training, mental health and substance abuse treatment, rental assistance, and other comprehensive social support to help vulnerable populations achieve self-sufficiency. The sub-recipient activities are not known at the time of the award. This funding is expected to contribute to the program's performance goals of decreasing the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness, reducing the length of time homeless, and increasing exits to permanent housing.