The continuum of care (COC) program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, and local…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded the City of Boston, Department of Neighborhood Development, $778,357 on December 1, 2025, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) to establish and operate housing and supportive services for domestic violence survivors.

The award funds three eligible program components: permanent housing rapid rehousing, joint transitional housing and permanent housing rapid rehousing, and supportive services only for coordinated entry. Eligible costs include leasing of structures for housing or supportive services, short-term through long-term rental assistance in tenant-based, project-based, or sponsor-based formats, supportive services to help participants obtain and maintain housing, operating costs, Homeless Management Information Systems implementation and operation, project administration, relocation costs, and indirect costs per 2 CFR 200.

The City of Boston serves as the prime recipient and administrator. Performance occurs in Boston, Massachusetts, with a period of performance from December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026.

The Home For Little Wanderers, Inc., a Boston-based nonprofit, received a sub-award effective December 23, 2025, to operate joint transitional housing and rapid rehousing services for victims of gender-based violence under the fiscal year 2023 CoC competition cycle.

The assistance type is a project grant.

Activities

Continuum of care program, DV bonus grants may be used to pay for the eligible costs used to establish and operate projects under three program components: 1. Permanent housing- rapid rehousing (PH-RRH); 2. Joint transitional housing/PH-RRH; 3. Supportive services only for coordinated entry; eligible costs within these projects include: 1. Leasing of a structure or structures, or portions thereof, to provide housing or supportive services; 2. Rental assistance, which may be short-term, medium-term, or long-term, as well as tenant-based, project-based, or sponsor-based, for transitional or permanent housing; 3. Supportive services to assist program participants obtain and maintain housing through coordinated entry; 4. Operating costs of leased housing; 5. Costs of implementing and operating hmis; 6. Project administrative costs; 7. Relocation costs; and 8. Indirect costs in accordance with 2 CFR parts 200, as applicable. No assistance provided under program (or any state or local government funds used to supplement this assistance) may be used to replace state or local funds previously used, or designated for use, to assist homeless persons or persons at-risk of homelessness.

Expected outcomes

Decrease in the number of survivors of domestic violence experiencing homelessness. Decrease in the number individuals and families experiencing homelessness, more specifically using performance indicators such as the length of time homeless, returns to homelessness over time, and exits to permanent housing. COC performance profile reports can be found at https://WWW.hudexchange.info/programs/COC/COC-performance-profile-reports/.

Intended beneficiaries

Survivors of domestic violence who are experiencing homelessness.

Subrecipient activities

The subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of award.