The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded County of Pierce, Washington $300,233 under the Continuum of Care (COC) Program on May 1, 2026.
The award funds eligible costs to establish and operate projects under five COC program components: permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and in some cases homelessness prevention. Permissible activities include COC planning and design, unified funding agency fiscal control and accounting, acquisition and rehabilitation of real property for housing or supportive services, and new construction.
County of Pierce, headquartered in Tacoma, operates as a local government entity delivering HUD-funded homelessness prevention and housing assistance programs. The county serves as a unified funding agency managing allocations to subrecipient nonprofits and community-based organizations serving homeless populations in Pierce County and the Tacoma metropolitan area.
Period of performance runs from May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027. Place of performance is Tacoma, WA 98402.