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330-452-4363HUD-Continuum of Care (CoC) Program
Notice of Funding Opportunities and Announcements
On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the FY2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) available at grants.gov. Please refer to https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/community-coc for more information.
Local Application Documents and Additional information can be found below under FY2025 CoC Program Competition
Homeless Continuum of Care of Stark County (HCCSC)
FY2025 CoC Competition Training will be held virtually on Monday, November 24, 2025, at 9:00 am
Meeting Link: Google Link
If you are interested in receiving information regarding upcoming funding opportunities, please consider becoming a HCCSC Member. As a Member you will receive email updates with the current funding opportunities.
FY2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the FY2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) available at grants.gov. Please refer to https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/community-coc for more information.
Homeless Continuum of Care of Stark County (HCCSC)
FY2025 CoC Competition Training will be held virtually on Monday, November 24, 2025, at 9:00 am
Meeting Link: Google Link
FY2025 CoC Application Documents
The content of the HCCSC local scoring form and application closely aligns with the NOFO and, in most cases, is identical.
The application is a fillable word document, prior to completing the application, download the document and save it as the project name.
FY2025 HCCSC Project Application – HCCSC Board Approved 11.20.2025_fillable2 (posted 11.24.2025)
FY2025 HCCSC Scoring Sheet – HCCSC Board Approved 11.20.2025 (posted 11.24.2025)
FY2025 HCCSC Timeline – HCCSC Board Approved 11.20.2025 (posted 11.24.2025)
FY2025 CoC Training Presentation 11.24.2025 (posted 11.24.2025)
Applicants will also need to submit an application in HUD’s eSNAPS. Application due date for eSNAPs will be December 14 or sooner. Additional resources related to eSNAPS are available on the e-snaps page on the HUD Exchange
HUD designates specific geographic areas across the nation as the “Continuum of Care” covering that region. The local geographic area recognized by HUD as a Continuum of Care is Stark County. All projects applying for CoC funding to serve areas of Stark County must apply through the local application process established by the body designated to represent the local Continuum of Care. The Homeless Continuum of Care of Stark County (HCCSC) is the body designated to fulfill the federal requirements of a Continuum of Care in order to compete for the CoC grant program funding.
The annual CoC application is composed of two parts: the Consolidated Application and the Priority Listing. The details regarding HUD priorities and additional threshold requirements are released for each funding year at the time of HUD’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the CoC Program. The timing of the NOFO varies from year to year.
The Consolidated Application is prepared and submitted by the HCCSC’s designated Collaborative Applicant, Stark Housing Network. HUD assesses CoCs nationwide on system-wide performance outcomes and coordination and scores and ranks CoCs accordingly to determine which CoCs will receive funding priority for project applications submitted by the CoC in the Priority Listing.
The HCCSC must establish a local process for assessing local gaps and needs, determining funding priorities for the CoC Program, determining possible reallocations, inviting, reviewing, scoring and ranking projects according to successful performance that reflects the projects ability to assist with addressing system-wide progress towards ending homelessness. The HCCSC has established policies and procedures for this local process, which are posted as policy C.3 on our Member Resources >> Charter & Policies page (scroll to Section C to read). In summary, the HCCSC’s Recipient Approval and Evaluation (RAE) Committee must review, score and rank all local projects applying for CoC Program funding through the local application process detailed in the policy referenced above. The RAE Committee makes recommendations to the HCCSC Board of Directors regarding which projects should be submitted in the Priority Listing and the rank order of those projects. The HCCSC Board of Directors reviews the Committee’s recommendations and either approves or amends them to determine final approval for submission in the CoC Application.
Please note that agencies interested in applying for the CoC Program funding must meet certain Threshold Criteria as detailed each year in the local application appendix as well as any additional threshold requirements as determined by HUD with the release of NOFO each year and included in the eSNAPS application. Threshold Criteria include, but are not limited to, an understanding of the HEARTH Act, Final Interim Rule for the Continuum of Care Program and a requirement to abide by the local Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) policies and procedures E.1 through E.6 (visit our Member Resources >> Charter & Policies page and scroll to Section E to read) and Coordinated Entry policies and procedures D.1 through D.8 (visit our Member Resources >> Charter & Policies page and scroll to Section D to read) if awarded.
For additional information regarding the local Continuum of Care Program, contact Marcie Bragg, executive director of Stark Housing Network (management organization and collaborative applicant for HCCSC), by email or by phone (330) 451-6550.