June 23, 2022
On June 22, 2022, the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Supplemental Funding Opportunity to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness (Special Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)) was announced. This is a first-of-its-kind package of resources to address unsheltered homelessness and homeless encampments including funds set aside specifically to address homelessness in rural communities.
Applications for the Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness NOFO must be submitted no later than October 20, 2022, at 8:00 PM EDT.
To support communities in developing their plans to address rural and unsheltered homelessness, existing Technical Assistance (TA) resources are being highlighted through a series of listserv messages. In addition, Federal and National Partners (including but not limited to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Safe Housing Partnership – Domestic Violence Housing Technical Assistance Consortium) will also be amplifying policy priorities, best practices, and providing strategies for their stakeholders to use in establishing partnerships with CoCs in responding to unsheltered and rural homelessness.
The policy priorities for the Special NOFO include:
View all CoC Program Special NOFO Digests
The following Technical Assistance (TA) resources may be helpful to communities as they prepare to respond to the NOFO. The materials are organized by major policy areas addressed in the NOFO.
| Resource | Author Organization |
|---|---|
| e-snaps Resources | HUD |
| e-snaps 101 Toolkit | ICF |
| e-snaps 201 Toolkit | ICF |
| Resource | Author Organization |
|---|---|
| Ending Homelessness for People Living in Encampments: Advancing the Dialogue | U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) |
| Effective Police-Mental Health Collaboration Responses to People Experiencing Homelessness | Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) |
| Sharing the Solutions: Police Partnerships, Homelessness, and Public Health | Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the Center for Court Innovation, DOJ |
| Resource | Author Organization |
|---|---|
| SNAPS In Focus: Partnering to End Homelessness in Rural America | HUD |
| Balance of State CoC Toolkit | HUD |
| Ending Youth Homelessness: Spotlight Series: Overcoming Rural Specific Obstacles | HUD |
| Rural Governance and Capacity Building | HUD |
| Service Delivery in Rural Areas | HUD |
| Federal Funding Tool for Addressing Homelessness in Rural Communities | HUD |
| Strengthening Systems for Ending Rural Homelessness: Promising Practices and Considerations | U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) |
| Challenges and Strategies for Serving Unstably Housed Veterans in Rural Areas: Evidence from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
| Resource | Author Organization |
|---|---|
| SNAPS In Focus: Integrating Persons with Lived Experience in our Efforts to Prevent and End Homelessness | HUD |
| Engaging Individuals with Lived Expertise | HUD |
| Guidance for Recruiting, Hiring, and Retaining People With Lived Experience and Expertise of Homelessness | HUD |
| Let's Talk: Rehousing Strategy, Service Delivery and System Reform Webinar | HUD |
| Paying People with Lived Experience and Expertise | HUD |
| Nothing About Us Without Us: Seven Principles for Leadership and Inclusion of People with Lived Experience of Homelessness | Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) |
| Methods and Emerging Strategies to Engage People with Lived Experience: Improving Federal Research, Policy, and Practice | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
| Resource | Author Organization |
|---|---|
| Untapped Expertise: Strategies for Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement When Developing Your Coordinated Investment Plan | HUD |
| Resource | Author Organization |
|---|---|
| Homelessness in America: Focus on Chronic Homelessness Among People With Disabilities | U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) |
| Permanent Supportive Housing Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Toolkit | SAMHSA |
| Resource | Author Organization |
|---|---|
| Serving Survivors through Coordinated Entry | HUD |
| Special Population Rehousing Strategy: Family Violence | HUD |
| Creating Permanent Supportive Housing to Meet the Needs of Survivors of Domestic Violence | National Alliance for Safe Housing (NASH) | Downtown Women’s Center |
| Resource | Author Organization |
|---|---|
| Domestic Violence and Housing Across Tribal Nations, Alaska Native Villages and Indian Communities | National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) |
| Responding to Housing Insecurity/Homelessness Issues for Indigenous Elders who are Victims of Domestic Violence | NIWRC |
| Twice Invisible: Understanding Rural Native America | NIWRC |
| Tribal Participation in the CoC Program Webinar | HUD |
For questions about the Special NOFO, please email SpecialCoCNOFO@hud.gov.