The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $201,379 to the City of Rockford Human Services Department on June 1, 2026, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) to establish and operate projects addressing homelessness in Rockford, Illinois.
The CoC Program funds eligible costs across five components: permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing; transitional housing; supportive services only; Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS); and homelessness prevention. Funded activities include acquisition and rehabilitation of real property for housing or supportive services, new construction, CoC planning activities, United Funding Agency fiscal control and accounting functions, and thirteen additional eligible cost categories under the program.
Performance runs through May 31, 2027, with work performed in Rockford, Illinois. The award is structured as a project grant under the broader federal program designed to promote community-wide commitment to ending homelessness, minimize trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness, enhance access to mainstream programs for homeless individuals and families, and optimize self-sufficiency among persons experiencing homelessness.
Human Services Department operates as a subordinate division of the City of Rockford and serves exclusively as a prime grant recipient. The department's federal portfolio concentrates overwhelmingly on CoC homelessness interventions, accounting for the substantial majority of its recent awards.