FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants NOFO | FR 6901 N 25

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The FY 2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Opportunity Number FR 6901 N 25, is a discretionary HUD grant announcement in the community development area (CFDA 14.267). HUD released the NOFO for public review, but it is not currently moving forward in the normal way because HUD believes the NOFO is subject to a preliminary injunction in two related cases filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island (State of Washington, et al. v. HUD, No. 125-cv-00626-MSM-AEM, and National Alliance to End Homelessness, et al. v. HUD, No. 125-cv-00636-MSM-AEM). As a result, HUD states it will not implement or enforce the NOFO unless and until there is a further court order, and HUD also notes it will issue additional clarification as needed, including a future notice about when the application portal will open.

At its core, the CoC Program is structured to help communities build and sustain a coordinated, system-wide approach to ending homelessness. The NOFO frames the CoC program purpose around several key outcomes: strengthening a community-wide commitment to ending homelessness; funding efforts that help people quickly move into stable housing while reducing the trauma and disruption caused by homelessness; improving access to and effective use of mainstream benefits and services (alongside state and local programs); and supporting long-term stability and self-sufficiency for people and families who have experienced homelessness. The eligible population described includes individuals and families experiencing homelessness, people fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (including those experiencing trauma or safety risks connected to those circumstances), and youth experiencing homelessness.

The NOFO also covers the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, which is aimed specifically at advancing coordinated community strategies to prevent and end youth homelessness and then sharing what is learned so other communities can replicate effective approaches. The YHDP target population is youth age 24 and younger who are experiencing homelessness, explicitly including unaccompanied youth as well as pregnant or parenting youth. In practice, this demonstration model is designed to push communities toward more integrated planning and implementation across systems that touch youth homelessness, with an emphasis on building a coordinated approach that can be scaled and taught to others.

Eligibility for the CoC Program competition is tied to the regulatory categories at 24 CFR 578.15. The NOFO states that eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, state governments, local governments, instrumentalities of state and local governments, Indian Tribes, and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) as defined in section 4 of 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 funding opportunity listing further reflects a broad set of eligible applicant types, including county and city or township governments, special district governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, other tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits (other than higher education institutions). The NOFO explicitly excludes individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations from competing for or receiving awards under this announcement.

From a funding logistics standpoint, the opportunity is presented as a grant (Funding Instrument Type: Grant) with an award ceiling listed at $25,000,000 and an expected number of awards listed at 7,000. The listing shows an original closing date of 2026-02-25 and a creation date of 2025-12-20. However, the most important practical detail for potential applicants is HUDs statement that the NOFO is currently enjoined and will not be implemented or enforced pending further court action, and that HUD will separately announce when the application portal will open.

• 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 2025-12-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-02-25. (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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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