Shelter, Inc.

Purpose: the Continuum of Care (COC) Program Is Designed to Promote Community-wide Commitment to the Goal of Ending Homelessness; Provide Funding for Efforts by Nonprofit Providers, States, and Local Governments to Quickly House Homeless Individuals and Families While Minimizing the Trauma and Dislocation Caused to Homeless Individuals, Families, and Communities by Homelessness; Promote Access to and Effective Utilization of Mainstream Programs by Homeless Individuals and Families; and Optimize Self-sufficiency Among Individuals and Families Experiencing Homelessness. the Coc Program Includes Grants That Are Available to Specific Subpopulations of People Experiencing Homelessness. the Domestic Violence (DV) Bonus Grants Specifically Serve Survivors of Domestic Violence.; Activities to Be Performed: Continuum of Care Program, DV Bonus Grants May Be Used to Pay for the Eligible Costs Used to Establish and Operate Projects Under Three Program Components: 1. Permanent Housing- Rapid Rehousing (ph-rrh); 2. Joint Transitional Housing/ph-rrh; 3. Supportive Services Only for Coordinated Entry; Eligible Costs Within These Projects Include: 1. Leasing of a Structure or Structures, or Portions Thereof, to Provide Housing or Supportive Services; 2. Rental Assistance, Which May Be Short-term, Medium-term, or Long-term, as Well as Tenant-based, Project-based, or Sponsor-based, for Transitional or Permanent Housing; 3. Supportive Services to Assist Program Participants Obtain and Maintain Housing Through Coordinated Entry; 4. Operating Costs of Leased Housing; 5. Costs of Implementing and Operating Hmis; 6. Project Administrative Costs; 7. Relocation Costs; and 8. Indirect Costs in Accordance With 2 CFR Parts 200, as Applicable. No Assistance Provided Under Program (or Any State or Local Government Funds Used to Supplement This Assistance) May Be Used to Replace State or Local Funds Previously Used, or Designated for Use, to Assist Homeless Persons or Persons At-risk of Homelessness.; Expected Outcomes: Decrease in the Number of Survivors of Domestic Violence Experiencing Homelessness. Decrease in the Number Individuals and Families Experiencing Homelessness, More Specifically Using Performance Indicators Such as the Length of Time Homeless, Returns to Homelessness Over Time, and Exits to Permanent Housing. Coc Performance Profile Reports Can Be Found at Https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/coc-performance-profile-reports/.; Intended Beneficiaries: Survivors of Domestic Violence Who Are Experiencing Homelessness.; Subrecipient Activities: the Subrecipient Activities Are Unknown at the Time of Award.