2024 & 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity CoC Program Competition and Sonoma County CoC Request for Proposals

On July 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued the FY 2024 - 2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Continuum of Care Funds.

Notice is hereby given for the FY 2024 & 2025 Continuum of Care Funds Sonoma County Request for Proposals (RFP), as a part of the FY 2024 Continuum of Care Competition. Please review the local RFP carefully for timeline and pertinent deadlines. A possibility of up to $526,166 in competitive CoC bonus funding is now available for one (1) or more new permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, joint transitional-rapid rehousing, HMIS, or Coordinated Entry projects; $410,479  in competitive Domestic Violence (DV) bonus funding is also available for bonus projects serving victims of domestic violence for one (1) rapid rehousing, joint transitional-rapid rehousing, or Coordinated Entry projects (see NOFO for more details); and $271,008 in competitive DV restricted funding is available for reallocation for one rapid rehousing projects (RRH), joint transitional housing-rapid rehousing projects (TH-RRH), or Coordinated Entry projects. Reallocation amounts are subject to change based on addendums to the RFP.

Applicants new to the Continuum of Care funding stream are strongly encouraged to apply and should contact Continuum of Care Coordinator Karissa White directly at Karissa.White@sonoma-county.org or by telephone at (707) 565-4080 as soon as possible.

The RFP outlines FY 2024 CoC Program local competition process, relevant deadlines, and funding available for new projects, including the funds available with reallocation, Domestic Violence Bonus, and CoC Bonus project funding. The local deadline for new and renewal projects is September 20, 2024, at 5:00 PM.

A mandatory Bidders Conference for new project funding is scheduled for Wednesday, September 04, 2024, from 10:00-11:30 AM. This meeting will be held virtually through Zoom. Login information can be accessed on page 15 of the RFP, Attachment 1- Continuum of Care Application Detailed Timeline.

Please visit the Homeless Coalition’s Continuum of Care Competition webpage for further information and access to the full Request for Proposals: https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/health-and-human-services/health-services/divisions/homelessness-services/sonoma-county-homeless-coalition/continuum-of-care-competition