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CPD-2600-DC-0025

Applications are due by 8:00 PM Eastern Time on 08/26/2026.

Community Planning and Development

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants NOFO

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I. BASIC INFORMATION

A. Summary

B. Agency Contact(s)

II. ELIGIBILITY

A. Eligible Applicants

B. Eligible Applications

C. Cost Sharing or Matching

III. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

A. Purpose

B. Goals and Objectives

C. Authority

D. Unallowable Costs

E. Indirect Costs

F. Program History

G. Other Information

IV. APPLICATION CONTENTS AND FORMAT

A. Standard Forms, Assurances, and Certifications 46

B. Budget

C. Narratives and Other Attachments

D. Other Application Content

V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

A. Threshold Review

B. Merit Review

C. Risk Review

D. Selection Process

E. Award Notices

VI. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND

DEADLINES

A. Deadlines

B. Submission Methods

C. Other Submission Information

D. False Statements

VII. POST-AWARD REQUIREMENTS AND

ADMINISTRATION

A. Administrative, National and Departmental Policy

Requirements, and General Terms and Conditions

B. Environmental Requirements

C. Remedies for Noncompliance

D. Reporting

VIII. CONTACT AND SUPPORT

A. Agency Contact

B. esnaps.hud.gov

C. SAM.gov

D. Debriefing and Appeals

E. Applicant Experience Survey

F. Other Online Resources

APPENDIX

Appendix I. Definitions

Appendix II. Endnotes

Appendix III. Application Process and Scoring for

Project Applicants in Geographic Areas in which a

CoC Has Been Found by HUD to not Meet the

Requirements of the Act, Under 42 U.S.C.

11360a(c) or its Implementing Regulations

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Before You Begin CPD-2600-DC-0025 Page 3 of 139

If you are a good candidate for this funding opportunity, register in the required systems and review the application materials. If you are already registered, confirm that your information is current and active.

SAM.gov Registration You must have an active and up-to-date account with SAM.gov, at the time of application and throughout the life of any award.

To register, go to SAM.gov Entity Registration and click Get Started. From the same page, you can also click the Entity Registration Checklist for the information you will need to register.

It can take several weeks to register in SAM.gov, so get started now if you are planning to apply. SAM.gov also provides each organization with a unique entity identifier (UEI). A valid UEI is required to apply for funding.

esnaps.hud.gov Registration You must have an active esnaps.hud.gov account to submit your application. See step-by-step instructions at the CoC Registration and Competition home page.

See Section VI.B. Submission Methods.

Find the Application Package Use the Grants Search at Grants.gov and search for opportunity number CPD-2600-DC-0025 . The application package has all the online forms you need to apply. You also need to access the Download Instructions link and review the content before you apply.

If you have other technical difficulties using Grants.gov, contact the Support Center on Grants.gov.

To get updates on changes to this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), click Subscribe from the View Grant Opportunity page on Grants.gov.

Application Deadline Applications are due by 8:00 PM Eastern Time on 08/26/2026.

See Section VI.A. of this NOFO.

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

https://sam.gov/ https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration https://sam.gov/ https://sam.gov/ https://esnaps.hud.gov/ https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/community-coc https://grants.gov/ https://grants.gov/ https://grants.gov/ https://www.hud.gov/subscribe/signup?listname=HUD%20Funding%20Opportunities&list=HUD-FUNDING-OPPORTUNITIES-L https://www.hud.gov/subscribe/signup?listname=HUD%20Funding%20Opportunities&list=HUD-FUNDING-OPPORTUNITIES-L

I. Basic Information

II. Eligibility III. Program Description

IV. Application Contents and

Format

V. Application Review

Information

VI. Submission Requirements and

Deadlines

VII. Post-Award Requirements and

Administration

VIII. Contact and Support

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I. BASIC INFORMATION

I. Basic Information

A. Summary

B. Agency Contact(s)

II. Eligibility III. Program Description

IV. Application Contents and

Format

V. Application Review

Information

VI. Submission Requirements and

Deadlines

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I. BASIC INFORMATION See Contact and Support section of this NOFO.

A. Summary Federal Agency Name:

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD Program Office:

Community Planning and Development Announcement Type:

Initial Program Type:

Discretionary Paperwork Reduction Act Information:

2501-0044 Due Date for Intergovernmental Review:

See Section VI.C.1.

1. NOFO Summary The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is a national competition between geographic areas designed to:

• promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness;

Key Facts Opportunity Name:

FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants NOFO Opportunity Number:

CPD-2600-DC-0025

Federal Assistance Listing(s):

14.267

Key Dates Application Due Date:

8:00:00 PM Eastern Time on:

08/26/2026 Anticipated Award Date:

12/01/2026 Estimated Performance Period Start Date:

01/01/2027 Estimated Performance Period End Date:

12/31/2027

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• provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities [as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) (TDHEs)], and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and homeless youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness;

• promote access to, and effective utilization of, mainstream programs and programs funded with State or local resources; and

• optimize self-sufficiency among homeless individuals and families.

Self-sufficiency, consistent with the purposes of the McKinney-Vento Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11381(4), means the ability to meet basic needs, including a place to live, without public or private assistance. This is consistent with dictionary definitions of the term. The Oxford English Dictionary defines self-sufficiency as the "state or condition of not needing or relying on external assistance, support, or aid." Similarly, Merriam-Webster defines self-sufficient as "able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid: capable of providing for one's own needs."

The goal of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by the demonstration program is homeless youth ages 24 and younger, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth.

2. Funding Details Type of Funding Instrument G (Grant)

Available Funds Funding of approximately $4,040,000,000 is available through this NOFO.

Additional funds may become available for award. Use of these funds is subject to statutory constraints. All awards are subject to the selection process contained in this NOFO.

On February 3, 2026, the President signed H.R. 7148 authorizing the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75) which makes approximately $4,010,000,000 in CoC Program funding available.

Of the $4,010,000,000, HUD is making available at least $52,000,000 for Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Bonus (DV Bonus) projects.

Additionally, HUD is making available approximately $52,000,000 in funding from the Full- Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4) for Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Bonus (DV Bonus) projects, described in section II.B.3.eof this NOFO. HUD reserves the right to use the earliest available

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I. Basic Information CPD-2600-DC-0025 Page 7 of 139 fiscal year funds for projects that are able to meet the FY 2025 CoC DV Bonus obligation deadline (September 30, 2027), so long as the total amount awarded for each DV Bonus project is consistent with the funding process outlined in V.D3.d.

HUD may add to the total amount with available funds that have been carried over or recaptured from previous fiscal years. All requirements in the FY 2026 application process, including requirements for the entire CoC Consolidated Application and the total amount of funds available, are included in this NOFO.

Estimated Number of Awards 7000 awards from available funding Length of Performance Period:

12-month project period and budget period 18-month project period and budget period 24-month project period and budget period 36-month project period and budget period 42-month project period and budget period 48-month project period and budget period 60-month project period and budget period Length of Periods Explanation:

B. Agency Contact(s) See Contact and Support section of this NOFO.

II. ELIGIBILITY

II. Eligibility

A. Eligible Applicants

B. Eligible Applications

C. Cost Sharing or Matching

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II. ELIGIBILITY

A. Eligible Applicants If your organization is not an eligible applicant, your application won't be reviewed or scored, and you won't receive funding from HUD.

1. Eligible Entity Types:

00 (State governments) 01 (County governments) 02 (City or township governments) 04 (Special district governments) 06 (Public and State controlled institutions of higher education) 07 (Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)) 08 (Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities) 11 (Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)) 12 (Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education) Additional Information on Eligibility You cannot apply as an individual.

For-profit entities are not eligible to apply for grants or to be subrecipients of grant funds.

To be eligible for funding under the FY 2026 Continuum of Care and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants NOFO, project applicants must meet all statutory and regulatory requirements in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, (42 U.S.C. 11381– 11389) (the Act) and the CoC Program Rule found in 24 CFR part 578 (the Rule).

Project applicants can obtain a copy of the Act and the Rule on HUD's website or by contacting the NOFO Information Center at 1-800-483-8929. Individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities may visit https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs for more information on how to make an accessible telephone call to HUD.

A faith-based organization may apply on the same basis as any other organization, subject to the requirements in 24 CFR 5.109, and receive the full protections for religion in Federal law, including the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the Constitution, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C.

§§ 2000e-1(a), 2000e-2(e), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12113(d)).

HUD does not engage in any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target faith-based organizations.

An organization may seek a religious accommodation from any requirements of this program or other HUD requirement that substantially burden its religious exercise under the Religious https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/community-coc https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-24/part-5/appendix-Appendix%20A%20to%20Subpart%20A%20of%20Part%205 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/12/2025-02611/eradicating-anti-christian-bias https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/12/2025-02611/eradicating-anti-christian-bias

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Freedom Restoration Act or other applicable law, consistent with 24 CFR 5.109(c). If such an accommodation is requested, HUD will not deny the organization unless it determines that doing so is necessary to further a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of achieving that interest, consistent with applicable law.

Faith-based organizations may also hire, fire, and make other employment decisions on the basis of their sincerely held religious beliefs, including requiring employees to adhere to religious tenets, practices, and standards of conduct, without jeopardizing their eligibility to receive HUD funds, consistent with applicable law.

A faith-based organization may not use direct financial assistance from HUD to support or engage in any explicitly religious activities except where consistent with the Free Exercise Clause and Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and any other legal protections for religious exercise. Such an organization also may not, in providing services funded by HUD, or in their outreach activities related to such services, discriminate against a program beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice.

2. Restrictions

a. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements You must meet the current General Statutory and Regulatory Eligibility Requirements. If you do not meet these requirements, your application won't be scored, and you won't receive funding from HUD. This is a threshold requirement for all HUD funding.

b. Resolution of Civil Rights Matters If you have any outstanding or unresolved judgments for violating civil rights laws, you must settle them before you apply. If you don't, settle the civil rights law violations before you apply, your application won't be scored, and you won't receive funding from HUD. This is a threshold requirement for all HUD funding.

Applicants with outstanding, unresolved judgments against them for violations of civil rights laws must resolve those judgments before the application submission deadline or the applicant will be deemed ineligible.

(1) An applicant is ineligible for funding if the applicant has received notice of a judgment imposed against them for violations of:

(a) the Fair Housing Act or a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing law for discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or familial status; or

(b) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the Violence Against Women Act or substantially equivalent state or local laws.

(2) HUD will determine if actions to resolve the judgment taken before the application deadline date will resolve the matter. Examples of actions that may be sufficient to https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/OCHCO/documents/Eligibility-Requirements-Addendum-FY2025.pdf

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(a) Current compliance with a voluntary compliance agreement signed by all the parties;

(b) Current compliance with a HUD-approved conciliation agreement signed by all the parties;

(c) Current compliance with a conciliation agreement signed by all the parties and approved by the state governmental or local administrative agency with jurisdiction over the matter;

(d) Current compliance with a consent order or consent decree; or

(e) Current compliance with a final judicial ruling or administrative ruling or decision.

B. Eligible Applications

1. An application from an eligible entity is considered for funding if it meets basic threshold requirements and passes merit review.

2. Your application must support the goals of this NOFO.

3. The following types of project applications will be eligible for completion and submission under this NOFO. For FY 2026, HUD requires Collaborative Applicants to rank all project applications, except for CoC Planning, and if applicable, UFA Costs project applications.

Eligible project applicants may submit applications directly to HUD for the following type of applications, except where explicitly barred (i.e. CoC Planning projects and UFA Cost projects), because the eligible projects are located in a geographic area in which a CoC has been found by HUD to not meet the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11360a or its implementing regulations.

a. CoC Planning projects. All Collaborative Applicants are eligible and encouraged to apply for CoC Planning funds which they may use according to 24 CFR 578.39. CoC Planning project applications must be submitted by the CoC-designated Collaborative Applicant and the Collaborative Applicant organization must match the organization listed as the Collaborative Applicant in the CoC Applicant Profile in e-snaps. Planning projects will not affect a CoC's available amount for new and renewal project applications because it is not included in the CoC's ARD calculation.

b. UFA Costs projects. Only those CoC-designated Collaborative Applicants approved for UFA designation by HUD are eligible to apply for UFA Costs project funds as described in 24 CFR 578.41. UFA Costs project applications must be submitted by the CoC-designated Collaborative Applicant and the Collaborative Applicant organization must match the organization listed as the Collaborative Applicant in the CoC Applicant Profile in e-snaps. UFA Costs projects will not affect a CoC's available amount for new and renewal project applications as it is not included in the CoC's ARD calculation.

c. CoC Bonus Project. The CoC Bonus allows CoCs to use up to 15 percent of their Final Pro Rata Need (FPRN) to create one or more new project applications with the following limitations:

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(1) The CoC Bonus amount for a Split CoC that is not a New Tribal CoC will be no less than $250,000 and no more than $3,000,000;

(2) The CoC Bonus for a Merged CoC will be no less than $750,000 and no more than $10,000,000;

(3) The CoC Bonus for a CoC that is neither a Split CoC nor a Merged CoC will be no less than $500,000 and no more than $5,000,000.

(4) The CoC Bonus for a New Tribal CoC will be no less than $500,000 and no more than $5,000,000.

Definitions:

Split CoC is a CoC that has newly registered during the prior three registration periods (FY 2023 CoC Registration period or later) and includes geographic area that was previously associated with another CoC that continues to operate.

Merged CoC is a CoC that includes geographic area that was associated with one or more other CoCs in any of the prior three registration periods (the FY 2023 CoC Registration period or later) and that CoC no longer operates.

New Tribal CoC is a CoC that has newly registered in one of the prior three registration periods (FY 2023 CoC Registration period or later) that includes a Formula Area [see section 2.b.(3) of Appendix I].

d. Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Renewal Projects (DV Renewal Projects). Are eligible renewal projects that were previously funded, in whole or in part, with DV Bonus funding or were at some point expanded using DV Bonus funding and serve the population described in III.G.11.c.

e. Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking New Projects (DV Bonus and DV Reallocation Projects). A new DV project created through (1) the DV Bonus or (2) through reallocation of renewal DV projects.

(1) CoCs may apply for DV Bonus projects where the total amount for one year of funding for all DV Bonus applications is up to 20 percent of its Preliminary Pro Rata Need (PPRN); however, this amount is limited to:

• A minimum of $50,000 if 20 percent of the CoC's PPRN is less than $50,000; or

• A maximum of $5 million if 20 percent of the CoC's PPRN is more than $5 million.

(2) CoCs may reallocate eligible DV Renewal projects to create new DV Reallocation projects.

(3) New projects or expansion projects created with DV Bonus or DV Reallocation funding must meet DV Bonus and DV Reallocation project requirements. Additionally, the sum of all DV Reallocation applications must be for the same amount of funding made available from the DV Renewal funding being reallocated.

(4) DV Bonus and DV Reallocation may only be used to create new SSO-Coordinated Entry, Rapid Re-housing (PH-RRH), and Transitional Housing (TH) projects.

(a) For PH-RRH and TH projects, the application must demonstrate:

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The project applicant's experience serving individuals and families of persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and their ability to house survivors and meet safety outcomes.

(b) For Supportive Services Only Coordinated Entry (SSO-CE) projects, the application must demonstrate:

The project is designed to implement policies, procedures, and practices that equip the CoC's coordinated entry to better meet the needs of homeless individuals who are experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

(5) The following restrictions apply to the DV Reallocation process:

(a) DV Renewal projects that have a SSO-CE component cannot be reallocated.

(b) Reallocated DV Renewal funding cannot be used to expand a CoC or YHDP Renewal grant.

(c) DV Renewal projects cannot be reallocated to create new non-DV CoC projects. If HUD determines that a project applicant incorrectly classified one or more new projects as a DV Reallocation, HUD may reclassify the project(s). For example, if the proposed project is not dedicated to serving individuals and families fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, HUD may condition the project to ensure the required population is served.

To avoid any potential delays in funding or a loss in ARD, CoCs should review the FY 2026 GIW provided by HUD to determine which renewal projects were originally awarded DV Bonus or DV Reallocation funds, including CoC projects that were expanded with DV Bonus or DV Reallocation funding in a prior year competition.

(d) If a project does not have enough funding available from reallocation sources, HUD will reduce the project to the amount available, if any, and determine if the project is feasible at the reduced rate.

f. New Projects Created with CoC Bonus or Through the CoC Reallocation process.

CoCs may apply for the following types of new CoC projects through the CoC Bonus or CoC Reallocation processes:

(1) SSO projects.

(2) TH projects.

(3) PH-PSH projects.

(4) PH-RRH projects.

(5) Dedicated HMIS projects for the costs at 24 CFR 578.37(a)(4) that may only be carried out by the HMIS Lead, which is the recipient or subrecipient of an HMIS grant and is listed on the HMIS Lead form in the CoC Applicant Profile in e-snaps.

Additionally, if the CoC has organizations within its geographic area that are victim service providers, the HMIS Lead, or subrecipient, may request HMIS funds for a comparable database. Victim service providers may also request HMIS funds in their

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(6) SSO-CE projects to develop or operate a Coordinated Entry system.

In addition to the fact that HUD may reject a CoC Bonus or CoC Reallocation project as described elsewhere in this NOFO, HUD may reclassify, reduce, or reject a CoC Bonus or CoC Reallocation project as described below.

If HUD determines that a CoC Bonus or CoC Reallocation project applicant or a Collaborative Applicant incorrectly classified one or more new projects as reallocation or CoC Bonus, HUD may reclassify the project(s) as either reallocation or CoC Bonus if the CoC exceeded either its reallocation or CoC Bonus amounts. For example, if a project applicant or the Collaborative Applicant classified a new project application as reallocation but did not reallocate funds in whole or part from an eligible renewal project, and there are CoC Bonus funds available, HUD may reclassify the new project application as CoC Bonus during its review. If a project applicant uses both reallocation and CoC Bonus amounts to create a single new project but did not have enough available from either source, HUD will reduce the project to the amount available, if any.

If a project applicant or the Collaborative Applicant classified a new project application as reallocation but did not reallocate funds in whole or part from an eligible renewal project, HUD may reduce the funding amount or reject the new project application during its review.

For new projects created through the CoC Bonus process, HUD must determine whether the CoC has demonstrated that the projects are evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which they improve the CoC's system performance.

g. Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP). Consistent with the requirements of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, funding for the CoC Program may be used to competitively or non-competitively renew or replace grants for YHDP projects.

In order to ensure the best use of federal dollars, HUD will competitively award all YHDP projects, including renewal and replacement YHDP projects. CoCs seeking to reallocate YHDP projects may only reallocate to other youth projects. See section II.B.3.h. of this NOFO for additional information.

While YHDP projects can use the replacement process to consolidate projects as outlined in section II.B.3.h these projects cannot consolidate with non-YHDP projects. YHDP Renewal projects may apply to expand its current project through the YHDP Replacement process. Unified Funding Agencies (UFAs) are prohibited from moving funds out of or into YHDP-funded projects and mixing funding from any other non-YHDP funded project.

UFAs may replace eligible YHDP renewal projects through the YHDP Replacement process.

To ensure YHDP activities are implemented in an effective, consistent, and proven way, all YHDP projects funded under this NOFO may only be used to serve homeless youth, age 24 and younger and all YHDP Renewal and YHDP Replacement projects, including YHDP reallocation, are subject to the following provisions of the Rule, as may be amended from time to time, except where they conflict with NOFO requirements, or with the Special YHDP Activities identified in section IV.B.2 of this NOFO: 24 CFR 578.3, II. Eligibility III. Program Description

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578.15, 578.23, 578.25, 578.29, 578.31, 578.37, 578.43, 578.45, 578.47, 578.49, 578.51, 578.53, 578.55, 578.57, 578.59, 578.61, 578.63, 578.73, 578.75, 578.77, 578.79, 578.81, 578.83, 578.85, 578.87, 578.89, 578.91, 578.93(a)-(b), 578.93(d)-(e), 578.95, 578.97, 578.99, 578.103(a)(3)-(14),578.103(a)(16)-(18), 578.103 (b),–578.103 (e), 578.105,

578.107 and 578.109. The requirements of 2 CFR 200.306, as may be amended from time to time, with the exception of 200.306(b)(5) apply. Federal fair housing and nondiscrimination requirements cannot be waived.

h. New YHDP Projects Created through YHDP Replacement processes. CoCs may replace renewing YHDP project(s) to create one or more new YHDP Replacement projects, including YHDP Reallocation.

(1) YHDP Renewal project applicants may submit renewal applications for minor changes to a project, including adding or modifying select Special YHDP Activities listed in section IV.B.2 of this NOFO; however, if a renewing YHDP project applicant chooses to modify the current project in a way that does not meet the definition of renewal project found at Appendix I of this NOFO, it must submit a YHDP Replacement project application.

(2) A YHDP Renewal project applicant may apply to expand its current project through the YHDP Replacement process. See section II.B.3.i for more information.

(3) A YHDP Replacement project application must include the grant number from the YHDP Renewal project(s) being replaced with the YHDP Replacement project application. The CoC's Collaborative Applicant is ultimately responsible for ensuring that only a renewal YHDP or replacement YHDP project application is submitted through the CoC Project Priority Listing for each eligible YHDP project. Applicants with eligible YDHP Renewal projects located in a geographic area in which a CoC has been found by HUD to not meet the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 11360a or its implementing regulations, may submit applications to replace an eligible YHDP Renewal project directly to HUD for review. If both a renewal project application and YHDP replacement project application are submitted for the same project, HUD will only select the renewal YHDP project application;

(4) HUD will only fund new YHDP Reallocation projects through the YHDP Replacement process as described below and in section IV.B.2 of this NOFO:

(a) TH or Crisis Residential Transitional Housing, which is a form of transitional housing that is short-term, low-barrier, using a congregate living setting, and provides access to the following supportive services in particular: family engagement and unification, case management, emergency triage services, and other supportive services whose purpose is to move youth rapidly into stable housing.

(b) SSO, including, but not limited to, housing search and placement services, case management, or street outreach.

(c) SSO-CE.

(d) SSO - Host Home and Kinship Care. A model in which a family agrees to permit a youth to reside with them. Recognizing that the addition of another person in the home may increase costs to the family, HUD will entertain applications that propose

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(e) HMIS.

(f) Permanent Housing, including PH-PSH and PH-RRH projects. Current YHDP recipients may apply for Permanent Housing projects through the YHDP Replacement process only when the recipient is consolidating multiple (up to 10) existing YHDP Permanent Housing renewal grants. In these instances, the YHDP Replacement project must have the same recipient as the existing renewal grants being consolidated and the BLIs for the YHDP Replacement project application must match the sum of the BLIs for each of the individual projects as they appear on the grant agreement, or the grant agreement as amended.

(5) HUD will review new YHDP Reallocation and YHDP Replacement project applications to ensure the activities requested are eligible and the amounts requested do not exceed the amounts available for YHDP reallocation or, in the case of YHDP Replacements, the ARA of the renewal project(s) being replaced. HUD will not reject YHDP project applications for not meeting threshold requirements; however, HUD may require YHDP grant recipients to correct or revise information submitted after the final award announcement, prior to executing the grant agreement. HUD will not select YHDP project applications that fail to score high enough according to the Tier 2 scoring process described in V.D.

(6) YHDP Replacement projects may establish an operating start date that will be the day after the end of the previous grant term for the expiring YHDP renewal.

(7) A YHDP renewal project applicant may submit a YHDP Replacement application to change from one program component to another eligible component. Replacement grant applications to change program components must fully transition to the new component by the end of the 1-year YHDP Replacement grant term and may only apply for renewal in the next CoC Program Competition under new the component.

YHDP grants changing component types that include housing costs (e.g. PHH, PH- RRH, or TH) to an SSO grant may not pay for rental assistance or leasing costs with SSO grant funding during the transition period. While the project is transitioning to SSO during the 1-year period after award, the project must use other funding to cover housing costs while it transitions to the new component.

(8) YHDP Replacement projects cannot request capital costs (i.e., new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation).

i. Expansion Project. The process used by eligible renewal project applicants to add funds to an existing CoC Renewal, DV Renewal or YHDP Renewal project to expand its

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II. Eligibility CPD-2600-DC-0025 Page 17 of 139 current operations either through reallocation, DV Bonus or a CoC Bonus project application. The new funding being added to the existing renewal must be submitted as a new project in e-snaps. This portion of the project is known as new expansion project.

HUD will allow project applicants to apply for new expansion projects to expand existing projects to increase the number of units, persons served, services provided to existing program participants, or to add additional activities to HMIS and SSO-CE projects.

The new expansion project applications must meet the project eligibility and project quality thresholds in V.A.4.a and V.A.4.c of this NOFO and must be for the same component as the project being expanded. Additionally, the renewal project being expanded must have an expiration date in CY 2027.

In the case of YHDP Reallocation applications to expand existing YHDP Renewal projects, applicants must submit a YHDP Renewal application and a YHDP Reallocation application(s) separately and each project must be included in the CoC's Priority Listing.

If a project application does not meet the following requirements, or if the renewal project the new project application is proposing to expand is not selected for award, HUD will review the new expansion project and will consider it as a standalone project during the selection process provided that the project is feasible on its own with its requested funding and provided it passes project eligibility and project quality threshold requirements.

If both the new expansion project and the renewal project it expands are conditionally selected for funding, one grant agreement incorporating both approved project applications will be executed.

(1) The following limitations apply to expansion grant applications:

(a) If the new expansion project exceeds the amount of funding available to the CoC under the reallocation or Bonus processes, HUD will reduce the funding request for the new expansion project to the available amount, which could affect the activities of the new expansion project.

(b) HUD will not fund expansion applications that include requests for capital costs (i.e., new constructions, rehabilitation, or acquisition) and will only allow 1-year funding requests.

(c) Recipients cannot apply to expand a project included in a grant consolidation during the same funding year. If an applicant applies to expand a project included in a grant consolidation, HUD may consider the expansion project for funding if it meets all the requirements of a new standalone project.

(d) CoC Bonus, CoC Reallocation, DV Bonus, or DV Reallocation funding cannot be used to expand a YHDP renewal project.

(e) If CoC Bonus, CoC Reallocation, DV Bonus, or DV Reallocation funding is used to expand a DV Renewal project, the entire expanded project must be 100 percent dedicated to serving individuals and families who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and who qualify under paragraph (1) or (4) of the definition of homeless at 24 CFR 578.3 or section 103(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the project must meet all the DV

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(f) New YHDP projects created with reallocated YHDP funding may be used to expand an existing YHDP renewal project through the YHDP Replacement process.

The expansion YHDP project must meet the requirements of a new YHDP Replacement application.

(2) Project applicants expanding an eligible CoC Renewal or DV Renewal project must:

(a) submit a separate renewal project application and the new project application with expansion information (both projects must be ranked by the CoC with unique rank numbers);

(b) in the new project application, enter the grant number of the eligible renewal project proposed for expansion;

(c) indicate how the new project application will expand units, beds, services, persons served, or services provided to existing program participants, or in the case of HMIS or SSO-CE project applications, how the current activities will be expanded for the CoC's geographic area; and

(d) ensure the funding request for the expansion grant is within the funding parameters allowed under CoC Bonus, CoC Reallocation, DV Bonus, or DV Reallocation amounts available.

(3) Project applicants expanding an eligible YHDP Renewal project through the YHDP Replacement process must:

(a) submit a new YHDP Reallocation project application with the expansion information through the YHDP Replacement process, including the grant number of the YHDP Renewal project being expanded.

(b) indicate how the expansion project application will expand units, beds, services, persons served, or services provided to existing program participants.

(c) ensure the funding request for the YHDP Reallocation application to expand the YHDP Renewal project is within the funding parameters allowed under the YHDP Reallocation amount available.

(d) ensure the YHDP Renewal and YHDP Reallocation project applications meet the requirements in sections II.B.3.h and II.B.4 of this NOFO.

(4) DV Bonus and DV Reallocation Expansion Applications.

(a) DV Bonus and DV Reallocation funds can only be used for an application to expand an existing renewal project if the new expansion project is dedicated to individuals and families who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and who qualify as homeless under paragraphs

(1) or (4) of the definition of homeless at 24 CFR 578.3 or section 103(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

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(c) If an applicant proposes to use DV Reallocation funds to expand an existing renewal project that is not currently dedicated to serving individuals and families of persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking to dedicate additional beds, units, persons served, or services provided to existing program participants of this population, the entire project, including the renewal project being expanded, must serve 100 percent individuals and families who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and who qualify as homeless under paragraphs (1) or (4) of the definition of homeless at 24 CFR 578.3 or section 103(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. In the case of DV Reallocation Projects, HUD will use the Tier 1 and Tier 2 selection process described in sections V.D.3.a and V.D.3.b of this NOFO.

j. Consolidation Project. HUD encourages the consolidation of eligible renewal grants.

Applicants intending to use the consolidation process to combine two or more, but no more than 10, eligible renewal projects (including renewing YHDP projects and renewal Special NOFO Competition projects), may do so through the renewal project application.

The projects being combined during a grant consolidation will continue uninterrupted.

To be eligible for consolidation, the projects must have the same recipient and be for the same component. This does not apply to CoCs that HUD designates as UFAs, because UFAs enter into a single renewal grant agreement with HUD for the CoC's entire geographic area. If applicable, HUD issues a separate UFA grant agreement that only includes YHDP grants.

(1) The period of performance and budget period of the expiring grants must have end dates in CY 2027. Applicants intending to use the consolidation process must ensure:

(a) Budget Line Items (BLIs) for the consolidated project application submitted exactly match the sum of the BLIs for each of the individual projects as they appear on the grant agreement, or the grant agreement as amended;

(b) inclusion of the expiring grant numbers with period of performance and budget period start and end dates for the projects that are consolidating;

(c) are in good standing with HUD, meaning none of the projects have:

i. outstanding audit or monitoring findings,

ii. outstanding obligation to HUD that is in arrears,

iii. unresolved construction delays,

iv. a history of poor financial management/drawdown issues,

v. history of low occupancy levels, or lack experience in administering the project type, or

vi. other capacity issues.

(d) the projects have the same recipient and are for the same component.

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(2) YHDP Renewal projects that wish to consolidate may establish a single YHDP Replacement grant to replace multiple YHDP Renewal grants.

(3) The following projects cannot be consolidated and if a project application meeting these characteristics attempts to consolidate, HUD will not consider the consolidation, but rather select the projects individually provided they pass project eligibility and project quality threshold requirements:

(a) a DV Renewal project cannot consolidate with a CoC Renewal project (a project not dedicated to serving individuals and families who meet the eligibility criteria in Section III.G.11 of this NOFO, including a project originally funded under the Special NOFO Competition, and a YHDP Renewal project), or a project originally funded under the Special CoC NOFO Competition;

(b) a YHDP Renewal project cannot consolidate with a CoC Renewal project (including those projects originally funded under the Special CoC NOFO Competition) or a DV Renewal project;

(c) a project originally funded under the Special CoC NOFO Competition through the Rural Set Aside cannot consolidate with any other type of project (e.g., a project originally funded with DV Bonus or a project originally funded through the Unsheltered Set Aside in the Special NOFO Competition) except another project originally funded through the Rural Set Aside. This means, a project originally funded under the Special NOFO through the Rural Set Aside can only consolidate with another Special CoC NOFO Competition project originally funded through the Rural Set Aside;

(d) a TH and a PH project cannot consolidate to form a Joint TH/PH-RRH component project;

(e) transition grants cannot consolidate with any other project; and

(f) recipients cannot apply to consolidate projects and apply to expand the consolidated project during the same funding year. If an applicant applies to expand projects that are involved in a consolidation of grants, HUD may consider the expansion project for funding if it meets all the requirements of a new standalone project.

(4) To request the consolidation of eligible renewal projects, project applicants must submit renewal projects for the individual projects to be included in the consolidation and each project application must identify the grant number that will survive which must be the grant number with the earliest start date CY 2027. Project applications for the grants that are proposed to be part of the consolidation must be ranked with a unique rank number for each project, and if all those grants are selected, HUD will conditionally award the single surviving grant based on its ranked position to include the amount of funding of all grants included in the consolidation. All other project applications included in the surviving grant will be removed from the CoC's ranking resulting in project applications below to slide up one ranked position. Project applicants must not submit a consolidated project application that contains two different components (e.g., PH and

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HUD will calculate the expiration date for the consolidated grant by averaging the expiration dates for all expiring grants included in the consolidated grant weighted by the size of each expiring grant. If that date falls on the first through the fifteenth of a month, then the expiration date will be the last day of the previous month. If the date falls on the sixteenth through the end of the month, then the expiration date will be the last day of the month.

(6) HUD will calculate the expiration date for the consolidated grant as follows: It will be 'X' months after the end of the 12th month after the start date for the consolidated grant with 'X' determined by calculating the sum for all grants of the total award times the number of months after the expiration of the first expiring grant that the grant expires and dividing that sum by the total award for the consolidated grant.