FY 2021 CoC Program Competition – Submission Deadline: November 16, 2021
There are seven days until the application submission deadline for the FY 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition. The CoC Application and the CoC Priority Listing are separate submissions in e-snaps. Therefore, Collaborative Applicants must ensure that both the CoC Application and the CoC Priority Listing, including all project applications that are either approved and ranked or rejected, are submitted in e-snaps prior to the application submission deadline of November 16, 2021, by 8:00 PM EST.
Collaborative Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications at least 24 – 48 hours before the deadline. Please see Section VI Application and Submission Information of the FY 2021 CoC Program Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for application submission and timely receipt requirements.
Collaborative Applicants
- The CoC Application and CoC Priority Listing, which include all project applications that will be submitted to HUD, are separate submissions in e-snaps. Collaborative Applicants must submit both parts of the CoC Consolidated Application by the application submission deadline for HUD to consider the CoC Consolidated Application to be complete.
- There are six Project Listings in the CoC Priority Listing; however, only the New and Renewal Project Listings require unique rank numbers. The remaining four Project Listings only require Collaborative Applicants to accept or reject project applications.
- The CoC Competition Report that includes data reported in the Homelessness Data Exchange (HDX) is available for use by Collaborative Applicants to complete portions of the FY 2021 CoC Application.
Project Applicants
- Project applicants renewing projects can choose to import information from the project’s FY 2019 renewal project application. This option is not available for projects renewing in e-snaps for the first time. Importing must occur during the funding opportunity registration step in e-snaps and is only available if you submitted a renewal project application in the FY 2019 CoC Program Competition. Imported responses must be carefully reviewed to ensure accuracy.
- Project applicants renewing a project for the first time in e-snaps will not be able to import information from a previous application. These applicants must complete the entire renewal project application. This situation includes projects that renewed for the first time and were awarded renewal funds under the FY 2020 CoC Program Non-Competitive Funding Notice.
- New project applications must be completed in full and in accordance with the new project application components permitted in this year’s Competition.
- Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) replacement project applications must be completed in full and in accordance with the YHDP replacement project application process outlined in the NOFO.
- CoC planning and Unified Funding Agency (UFA) Costs applications will only be reviewed if submitted by the CoC’s designated Collaborative Applicant identified in the CoC Applicant Profile in e-snaps.
- Dedicated Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) projects (renewal and new) can only be submitted by the CoC’s designated HMIS Lead as identified in the CoC Applicant Profile in e-snaps.
Resources
Resources are available on the HUD.gov CoC Program Competition page, including:
- FY 2021 CoC Estimated Annual Renewal Demand (ARD) Report
- Detailed instructions for the CoC Application, CoC Priority Listing, and all Project Application types
- Navigational guides for the New, Renewal, CoC Planning, and UFA Costs Project Applications, as well as the CoC Priority Listing
The following checklists available on the e-snaps Resources page can be used to conduct a final review of project applications:
- Renewal Project Application Checklist
- New Project Application Checklist
- YHDP Renewal Project Application Checklist
- YHDP Replacement Project Application Checklist
- CoC Planning Project Application Checklist
- UFA Costs Project Application Checklist
For additional resources, view the following toolkits:
Questions?
Questions about the CoC Program Competition must be submitted to the appropriate HUD.gov email address, as follows:
- cocnofo@hud.gov for questions about the NOFO, competition, and applications.
- e-snaps@hud.gov for questions about e-snaps technical issues, including creating an individual user profile, lockouts/password resets, requesting access to a CoC’s or project applicant’s e-snaps account, navigating e-snaps, updating the Applicant Profile, identifying the funding opportunity, creating a project, and accessing the application on the Submissions screen.
Thursday, November 11, 2021, is a federal holiday. Questions submitted on November 11, 2021, will be addressed Friday, November 12, 2021.
Note: Questions about policy and program implementation should continue to be submitted to the HUD Exchange Ask A Question (AAQ) portal. In Step 2 of the question submission process, select “CoC Program” from the “My question is related to” drop down list. Do not submit Competition questions or questions about e-snaps to the CoC Program AAQ.
SNAPS Mailing List Subscription
SNAPS is now using two different listservs to communicate competition and program updates:
- Subscribe to the HUD.gov listserv for information developed by HUD/SNAPS regarding the CoC program, ESG program, YHDP, Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) developed by SNAPS, and any other information related to SNAPS programs and the work to end homelessness.
- Subscribe to the HUD Exchange listserv for information and guidance produced by HUD technical assistance providers regarding SNAPS programs.
SNAPS grantees and interested stakeholders should consider subscribing both to the HUD Exchange mailing list and HUD.gov mailing lists. Please communicate this information to your homeless organizations, local government contacts, and other interested stakeholders.