Continuum of Care
CoC Program
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) set up the CoC program to distribute housing funds to communities across the U.S. Service providers in Austin and Travis County received about $12 million in CoC funds for FY 2023. This is one of several sources of funding providers use to help end homelessness in our community.
2024 & 2025 CoC Competition
See below for Austin/Travis County’s approved Consolidated Application for the FY2024 CoC Program Competition.
FY2024 Priority Listing (Approved)
(PDF)
FY2024 TX-503 CoC Application (Approved)
(PDF)
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Local Competition Materials
New Projects
New Project Local Application
(link)New Project Local Application (revised 9/12/24)
(.docx)FY24 New/Expansion/Transition Project Scoring Guide (revised 9/12/24)
(PDF)CoC Expectations Form (**mandatory for NEW project applicants ONLY)
(.docx)FY24 DV Bonus Supplemental Questions (**mandatory for DV Bonus applicants ONLY)
(.docx)Renewal Projects
Renewal Project Local Application
(link)Renewal Project Local Application (revised 9/12/24)
(.docx)FY24 Renewal Project Scoring Guide (revised 9/12/24)
(PDF)Additional Materials
CoC & YHDP NOFO-Local Competition Timeline (PDF)
Community Funding Priorities (PDF)
Reallocation and Deobligation Policy (PDF)
Review Scoring and Ranking Policy (PDF)
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Office Hours
ECHO will host the following virtual office hours for applicants and potential applicants. Office hours information and links are also available on our Governance Calendar.
- Thursday, Sept. 5, 9-10 a.m.
- Thursday, Sept. 12, 9-10 a.m.
Meeting link
Passcode: 152467
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Bidder’s Conferences
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Renewal Projects
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New Projects
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About the NOFO
The FY2024 & FY2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) was released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on July 31st, 2024. You can see the full NOFO at the link below.
FY2024 & FY2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Find previous years’ NOFO application materials here.
CoCBuilds NOFO
The CoCBuilds Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) was released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on July 19th, 2024. This one-time NOFO will add new units of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) for individuals and families experiencing homelessness through new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation.
TX-503 CoCBuilds Application
(PDF)
HUD CoCBuilds NOFO Information
(CoCBuilds NOFO, webinar recording/transcript/slides, FAQs)
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Local Application Information
Local Application Timeline
(PDF)Review, Scoring, Ranking, and Selection Policy
(PDF)2024 State of the HRS Report
(PDF)For use in answering section V.A.1.e. Unmet Housing Need of the 25-page maximum narrative application (see page 26)
Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP)
The Austin/Travis County CoC was selected by HUD to apply for Round 8 of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP), one of nine previous awardees selected to apply again. ECHO collaborated with LifeWorks, our community’s current YHDP recipient, and the Austin Youth Collective (AYC), our Youth Action Board, to submit the below collaborative application on behalf of the CoC.
TX-503 Collaborative Application
(PDF)
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) | grants.gov
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Presentation to Leadership Council (July 2024)
CoC Program
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Overview
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About our CoC
Our local CoC (designated TX-503 by HUD) encompasses Austin and Travis County. CoC partners agree to share data and follow common strategies, best practices, policies, procedures, and standards. This ensures agencies are working from the same blueprint in building a sustainable rehousing system. In addition, many agencies that are not directly funded through the CoC program also participate in the community’s data-sharing network (HMIS) and follow the same standards.
Information on our community’s most recent CoC grant awardees can be found on the HUD Exchange website.
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ECHO’s Role
ECHO does not operate housing programs or provide direct services. Our role is to help coordinate the organizations who do.
ECHO is the Lead Agency and Collaborative Applicant of Austin/Travis County CoC. HUD requires that communities pick a single agency to apply for federal grant funds through the program. The agency is responsible for collecting and evaluating project applications from partner organizations (like those listed on our partners page) and submitting a single collaborative grant application on behalf of the community. The CoC Lead Agency is also responsible for conducting the biennial Point in Time (PIT) Count of people experiencing homelessness.
ECHO is also the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Lead for the Austin/Travis County CoC. HMIS is a centralized, person-level database that providers across our community use to connect people with the services and resources they need to end their homelessness. Most providers in our community use this database. Our HMIS and Research & Evaluation Teams examine this data regularly to inform our system’s work.
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Oversight
Each CoC across the country is required to have a governing board. Our local board, Leadership Council, is comprised of people who’ve experienced homelessness, service providers, government leaders, community equity advocates, funders, and others invested in the work to end homelessness. Leadership Council receives staff support from ECHO but operates independently.
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CoC Program Scorecards
Policies, Procedures, & Written Standards
Documents & Forms