Continuum of care program

The City of Mount Vernon, New York, has been awarded a $335,893 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. This grant will enable the Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency, the city's local government entity, to provide a range of housing and supportive services to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families in the Mount Vernon community, while minimizing the trauma of homelessness and promoting self-sufficiency. Eligible activities under this CoC Program grant include permanent supportive housing, rapid re-housing, transitional housing, homelessness prevention, and homeless management information systems (HMIS) implementation. The grant funding will support the delivery of critical services such as rental assistance, housing relocation and stabilization, operating costs for supportive housing, and administrative support, with the goal of reducing the overall number of homeless persons in Mount Vernon.