FY 2025 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants
General information
On March 15, 2025, the President signed H.R. 1968 authorizing the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4) which makes approximately $3,524,000,000 of CoC Program funding available for FY 2025, authorizing homeless services organizations to apply for competitive funding to provide supportive services and housing programs for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to:
• promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness;
• provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities [as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) (TDHEs)], and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth experiencing homelessness while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness;
• promote access to, and effective utilization of, mainstream programs and programs funded with State or local resources; and
• optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
The goal of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by the demonstration program is youth ages 24 and younger who are experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth.
The NOFO establishes two deadlines for submitting applications to HUD. Application Due Date: 8PM Eastern Time on:
Normal Track: 01/28/2026 for $2,655,600.
Extended Track: 02/25/2026 for $1,262,400 in funding for new Permanent Housing projects for individuals and families with a disability.
****HUD understands this NOFO to be enjoined pursuant to a preliminary injunction entered in State of Washington, et al. v. HUD, No. 1:25-cv-00626-MSM-AEM (District of Rhode Island), and National Alliance to End Homelessness, et al. v. HUD, No. 1:25-cv-00636-MSM-AEM (District of Rhode Island). HUD will not implement or enforce this NOFO pending further court order. HUD will issue further clarification on the status of this or any other future Fiscal Year 2025 NOFO as necessary.****
Funding details
Funding application timeline
Grant eligibility
1. Eligible Entity Types:
- 00 (State governments)
- 01 (County governments)
- 02 (City or township governments)
- 04 (Special district governments)
- 07 (Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized))
- 08 (Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities)
- 11 (Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments))
- 12 (Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education)
25 (Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification))
Additional Information on Eligibility Faith-based organizations may apply on the same basis as any other organization. HUD does not engage in any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target faithbased organizations. Individuals are ineligible applicants.
To be eligible for funding under the FY 2025 Continuum of Care and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants NOFO, project applicants must meet all statutory and regulatory requirements in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, (42 U.S.C. 1138111389) (the Act) and the CoC Program Rule found in 24 CFR part 578 (the Rule).