Important Update: The Monmouth County HSC Executive Committee is now suspending the local application process in light of HUD withdrawing the NOFO and will await it being reissued to evaluate any changes before accepting applications, see notice from HUD: https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/community-coc

The Monmouth County HSC Executive Committee is now accepting Notices of Intent forms from all agencies interested in applying for FY2025 Continuum of Care funding administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Agencies interested in HUD CoC funding must submit a Notice of Intent form for each project which will be reviewed by a local selection committee appointed by the Monmouth HSC Executive Committee.  The HSC Executive Committee strongly encourages all agencies interested in serving those who have experienced homelessness, including agencies that have not previously received HUD CoC funding, to consider submission of a Notice of Intent. All Notices of Intent will be evaluated according the scoring criteria attached.  Funding for new projects will be determined based on proposal score and will be made available through CoC bonus funds and/or reallocation of funds from existing renewal projects.  All potential applicants are encouraged to read through the materials attached including the following:

• New Project Scoring Tool
• Renewal Project Scoring Tool

Completed NOIs must be submitted via SM Apply by December 15th at 4pm. The following navigational guides are available:

https://njcocmha.smapply.io/prog/monmouth_continuum_of_care_funding

There will be a technical assistance session for all interested applicants:

Monday December 8th at 3pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xdn-YFPPSqiu4iG94i-pnA

Additionally, we will host office hours to assist renewal applicants interested in applying as transition grants. The dates/times are below:

Friday December 5th at 11am

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ke9OoA54SLyn9AEIYsQoqQ

Wednesday December 10th 12pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/StIzTbv6TNysUwPkrEl5wA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We strongly encourage all agencies interested in CoC funding to review the FY2025 CoC NOFO released by HUD for a full description of federal funding priorities and the application process:

https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/CPD/documents/FY2025-CoC-NOFO-FR-6900-N-25.pdf

Further information about the Monmouth County HSC local selection process can be found at the website below:

https://monmouthhsc.org/hud-continuum-of-care/2025-coc-local-selection-process/

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kasey at [email protected]