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 $118,878 to Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services of Saratoga County (operating as Wellspring) on December 1, 2025, under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) Domestic Violence Bonus Grants component.

The award funds establishment and operation of housing and supportive services for survivors of domestic violence experiencing homelessness. Eligible uses include leasing of structures for housing or supportive services, rental assistance (short-term, medium-term, or long-term in tenant-based, project-based, or sponsor-based forms), supportive services to assist participants obtain and maintain housing through coordinated entry, operating costs of leased housing, HMIS implementation and operation, project administrative costs, relocation costs, and indirect costs per 2 CFR Part 200. The Continuum of Care Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to ending homelessness, provide funding for nonprofit providers and government entities to quickly house homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation, promote access to mainstream programs, and optimize self-sufficiency among persons experiencing homelessness.

Performance occurs in Ballston Spa, New York, with a period of performance from December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026. Wellspring is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that operates as a prime recipient of HUD Continuum of Care funding and delivers housing placement, rental assistance, and case management services to vulnerable populations in Saratoga County.

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.