The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness by providing funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly re-house homeless individuals, families, persons fleeing domestic violence, and youth while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness; to promote access to and effective utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families, and to optimize self-sufficiency among those experiencing homelessness.

HUD has released this fiscal year's Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (CoC NOFO). Under this NOFO, the HUD CoC Program will fund new projects created using DV Bonus Funds and CoC Bonus Funds. HUD intends to competitively award available funds by: 

• Welcoming Transitional Housing and Supportive Services projects, including street outreach,
• Increasing competition for grants in order to improve system efficiencies and to increase innovation,
• Measuring long-term meaningful outcomes such as increases in self-sufficiency and reduction in recidivism rates,
• Strengthening public safety for all through thoughtful partnerships with law enforcement, elected officials, and community leaders, and
• Promoting self-sufficiency by prioritizing treatment and recovery. 

 For more details about the specific types of eligible projects, please visit the TX BoS CoC Homepage and download the FY26 RFP (link here).

Applicants may only apply for ONE new project, either under the CoC Bonus or DV Bonus. Applicants are unable to submit multiple new project applications for this NOFO.

Eligible CoC Bonus project types through this year's TX BoS CoC Program Competition are:

• Permanent Supportive Housing
• Transitional Housing
• Supportive Services Only
• Supportive Services Only-Street Outreach

Applicants may only apply for ONE new project, either under the CoC Bonus or DV Bonus. Please see the FY26 Request for Proposals for additional details. Applicants are unable to submit multiple project applications for this NOFO.

To ensure that you receive the most up-to-date information about the Texas Balance of State (TX BoS) CoC Program Competition, please sign up for the Competition Mailing list.  All CoC Program Competition information will be communicated through that mailing list

For more information about the CoC Program, eligible uses, and general information about how a CoC operates, please visit this page of the HUD Exchange. For specific information about the governance of the TX BoS CoC, please visit thn.org/texas-balance-state-continuum-care/governance/

NOTE: This application is for NEW projects only.  Please visit the TX BoS COC Competition Application Materials page for more information