FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants NOFO | FR 6900 N 25

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The FY 2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) Grants NOFO (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6900 N 25) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) focused on reducing and ultimately ending homelessness through coordinated, community-wide strategies. The CoC Program is structured to strengthen local and regional homeless response systems by funding housing and supportive services that move people out of homelessness as quickly and safely as possible, while also reducing the harm that instability and displacement can cause. In practical terms, the CoC Program supports work that helps individuals and families experiencing homelessness get rehoused, improves access to mainstream benefits and services (including those funded through state and local resources), and helps participants increase stability and self-sufficiency over time.

A notable emphasis in this opportunity is on assisting people whose homelessness is connected to safety risks and trauma, including those fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The intent is not only to provide shelter or housing assistance, but to do so in ways that minimize additional trauma, promote dignity and safety, and connect survivors to appropriate supports. The CoC Program is also meant to encourage communities to use existing systems more effectively, which includes better coordination with mainstream programs and leveraging non-HUD resources so that housing interventions are paired with income supports, health and behavioral health care, employment services, and other stabilizing assistance.

The NOFO also includes the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP), which is specifically aimed at building and testing coordinated community approaches to preventing and ending youth homelessness, then sharing lessons learned so other communities can replicate what works. YHDP targets youth ages 24 and under who are experiencing homelessness, explicitly including unaccompanied youth as well as pregnant or parenting youth. The overall purpose is systems-level: communities are expected to build stronger cross-sector coordination (for example, among housing providers, schools, child welfare, juvenile justice, workforce, and health providers), implement strategies tailored to local youth needs, and use the demonstration experience to help mobilize broader national progress on youth homelessness.

Eligibility for the CoC Program Competition follows the categories listed at 24 CFR 578.15 and is broad across public and nonprofit sectors. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations (including 501(c)(3) nonprofits), state governments, local governments (including counties, cities, townships), special district governments, instrumentalities of state or local governments, Indian Tribes, and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) as defined under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). Public housing agencies (as defined in 24 CFR 5.100) are also eligible without limitation or exclusion. The announcement makes clear that individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible to apply for or receive awards under this NOFO.

From the posted opportunity details, the funding instrument is a grant under the Community Development activity category, with CFDA (Assistance Listing) number 14.267. The award ceiling is listed as $25,000,000, and HUD anticipates making about 7,000 awards, indicating a large national competition with many individual project awards across Continuums of Care and participating jurisdictions. The opportunity was created on 2025-11-13, and the original application closing date is 2026-01-14.

• The Department of Housing and Urban Development in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants NOFO" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.267.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-11-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-01-14. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $25,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7,000 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.

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