FY 2023 Local Funding Competition Overview

Continuum of Care (CoC) funding for Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oswego counties is facilitated through a competitive process involving local competitions and consolidated applications. Agencies submit project applications for priority listing and review by the Performance Evaluation and Selection Committee. Funding overview includes Tier 1 and Tier 2 allocations, with specific focus on bonus funding opportunities. CoC NY-505 receives annual funding for various housing and homeless services, with new applications accepted for bonus funding grants. Deadline for regular NOFO projects is on August 11th.

• Funding
• Competition
• CoC
• HUD
• Bonus

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1. Fiscal Year 2023 NOFO Local Funding Competition

2. Introduction to CoC Funding The Continuum of Care NOFO is an annual competitive national process to receive funding for our entire geographic region from HUD The CoC consists of Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oswego counties HUD uses a formula to determine how much new bonus funding we can apply for annually

3. Local Competitions vs Consolidated Applications The HHC hosts its local competition for funding to be submitted to HUD in a priority listing for federal funding Simultaneously, the HHC is working on a communitywide application called the Consolidated Application to be submitted for the national competition Priority listing and Consolidated Applications are submitted together to HUD for both funding opportunities Federal awards are based on the score of the communitywide application

4. Local Process Agencies submit local application by email as well as project application in e-snaps Applications are reviewed and scored by the HHC s Performance Evaluation and Selection (PES) Committee The PES Committee accepts, rejects, or reduces project applications The PES Committee then makes a Priority List of all accepted projects and submits alongside the communitywide application Full process is outlined in the Ranking and Reallocation Protocol

5. NOFO Funding Overview Tier 1: 93% of Annual Renewal Demand Tier 2: 7% plus bonus and reallocation amounts Bonus Amounts are still unknown. We do know that there will be both regular bonus and DV bonus funding available

6. NOFO Funding Continued CoC NY-505 (Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga Counties) receives approximately $11.528M annually for Permanent Supportive Housing, Rapid Rehousing, Transitional to Rapid Rehousing, and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) funding Projects currently funded are put through the competition as renewal funding New applications are being accepted for bonus funding in single year grants All Regular NOFO projects DUE: August 11th, 5pm

7. Changes from Last Year Four Separate Project Applications New Budget Line Items Housing First Attestation Minimum Funding Request for New & DV Maximum Funding Request for Expansion Sample Budget Changes

8. Grant Opportunities The following opportunities are open: Continuum of Care: Renewal Grants Continuum of Care: Bonus/New Grants Continuum of Care: Expansion Grants Continuum of Care: Domestic Violence Bonus Grants

9. Competition Materials Agencies will have access to: Application Instructions Application Rubrics Sample Budget Ranking Protocol

10. Submission Process Applicants will need to submit: Project Narrative Application Sample Budget Required Attachments

11. Renewals Renewal projects will receive competition reports July 24th Will return competition report and narrative responses by August 11th Reallocation decisions will be made August 29th Rank will be based on the combination of two scores

12. Regular Bonus/New New projects will be accepted in the following components: Rapid Rehousing- medium term subsidy program to support people experiencing homelessness up to two years Permanent Supportive Housing- Affordable Housing Partnership project ONLY; long term subsidy for people with disabilities Transitional to Rapid Rehousing- joint component project type pairing transitional housing with Rapid Rehousing, up to two years of assistance Minimum request: $150,000

13. Application Components Threshold Requirements Narrative (40 points) Performance (30 points) Budget (20 points) Bonus Project (10 points) Total: 100 points

14. Healthcare Projects HUD is giving bonus points to CoCs who apply for projects that partners with healthcare institutions For substance use treatment providers: Project must provide access for all participants who qualify and choose those services For all other healthcare: must secure an amount that is equivalent to 25% of the funding will be covered by healthcare provider Must have written agreements that include: Value of the commitment Dates the healthcare resources will be provided

15. Housing Resource Projects Project combining funding other than CoC or ESG to create affordable housing Can be state, local, HOME, faith based or PHA funding Project needs to utilize housing subsidies PSH: Must be provided at least 25% of units in project RRH: Serve at least 25% of program participants

16. Expansion Project designed to expand existing CoC funded projects Projects eligible for expansion are outlined in the Ranking and Reallocation Protocol Apply for up to $150,000 Will use reallocation dollars to fund expansions Reallocation dollars are not guaranteed If a project wishes to expand beyond $150,000 they must submit a new application

17. Expansion Application Components Competition Score (75 points) Narrative Score (25 points) Fund Expenditure (Up to -15 points)

18. DV Bonus Funding CoC may apply for the following types of projects to serve DV: RRH, Joint TH-RRH, SSO projects (for CE position) If the project IS selected, projects below will be moved up in ranking If the project IS NOT selected, projects will be funded as listed in the ranking Minimum Request: $150,000

19. DV Application Components Threshold Requirements Narrative (50 points) Performance (30 points) Budget (20 points) Total: 100 points