HUD published the FY2026 Continuum of Care (CoC) Funding Notice for Homeless Assistance Grants on June 1, 2026. Approximately $4.04 billion is available. Of this, $52 million is available for Domestic Violence bonus projects. An additional $52 million for DV Bonus Projects is available from the previous year. The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition (NOFO) has been posted on Grants.gov and is available on the Funding Opportunities page on HUD's website. Additional resources are available on the Continuum of Care Program Competition page of HUD's website. The CoC Consolidated Application, CoC Priority Listing, and Project Applications will be available in e-snaps. Collaborative Applicants and project applicants will access the applications to review, update, and enter required information for the application process. Additional guidance is posted on the CoC Program Competition page of HUD's website. The HUD deadline date is August 26, 2026. However, the CoC project applications are due in esnaps NO later than August 3, 2026!
The Kane County CoC will notify all project applicants no later than 15 days before the application deadline whether their project application will be accepted and ranked, rejected or reduced as part of the CoC Consolidated application and of their number ranking.
May 1, 2026– Kane CoC opens its local competition and posts deadline dates.
May 29, 2026 – New and Renewal projects will submit a CoC project application for evaluation.
June 17, 2026 – Kane CoC Board approves final Evaluation and scoring of all projects.
July 15, 2026 – Kane CoC Board committee ranks all new and renewal projects.
August 3, 2026 – The Kane CoC Local Competition is complete. Each project application must be submitted in e-snaps for final CoC review.
By August 11, 2026 – Each project applicant is notified in writing if their project is accepted, rejected, reallocated or reduced on the CoC Project Priority Listing.
ANNUAL RENEWAL DEMAND (ARD) –The total amount for all projects eligible for renewal in the 2026 competition based on the HUD approved Grants Inventory Worksheet. The Kane CoC Annual Renewal Amount (ARA) amount approved is $3,165,749.
New projects may be created through CoC Bonus, DV Bonus, CoC reallocation and DV reallocation. Reallocation and bonus funds may be combined to funds new projects. This includes reallocation of grants that have not yet been renewed. There is an amount allocated to each CoC for bonus projects that is equal to 15% of the Final Pro Rata Need. This amount is $ 474,862. Multiple projects are allowed. All New project applications are included in the project tiering except Planning. New Projects include expansion of existing renewal projects. Renewal of Joint TH-RRH projects is allowed but no new projects.
6 types of new projects are allowed:
There is an additional amount allocated to each CoC for projects dedicated to victims of domestic violence. This amount is estimated to be 10% of Preliminary Pro Rata Need or $141,960. Projects must serve survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The eligible population is survivors of domestic violence who are defined as homeless at 24CFR 578.3 (4). All DV projects must be for a grant term of 1 year. These projects will be selected by HUD within the CoC tiering selection process. There is no separate scoring of DV bonus projects this year. CoCs may reallocate DV renewals to new DV projects. CoCs may create any of the following project types if the amount is at least $50,000:
NOTE: Expansion of any existing RRH renewal that is non-DV can use DV bonus funds if the expansion exclusively serves persons experiencing domestic violence. DV reallocation funds used for expansion require the entire project to be exclusively DV.
Eligible costs are related to the collaborative process for an application to HUD, evaluating the outcomes of projects, and participating in the jurisdiction's consolidated planning process. The total amount awarded for this year is $133,600.
The CoC will submit a Priority Listing that lists the new and renewal projects that are being applied for. All projects that are approved for inclusion will be prioritized in a two tier approach. The tiers are financial thresholds. Tier 1 is 60% of the Annual Renewal Amount for current projects. Tier 2 is the difference between Tier 1 and the sum of Annual Renewal Demand, Bonus funds and DV Bonus funds. The CoC Planning project is excluded from tiering.
Tier 2 project-level scoring has 3 criteria – CoC Application score, ranked position of the project application in Tier 2, and the project application's commitment to Service Participation Requirements. Up to 50 pts CoC Score + 40 pts Rank number in Tier 2 + 10pts. Service Participation Requirements documentation. HUD will conditionally select all projects using the process shown in V.D (2)a. All projects must pass threshold review shown in V.A.4.
Project submission instructions for esnaps are available in training recordings at https://www.dupagehomeless.org/for-providers/coc-training-resources/
Esnaps CoC Application Training Recording
Passcode to Access Recording: M?+Qa66u
Passcode to Access Recording: wY2ms%Q1
Questions regarding the FY 2026 CoC Program Competition process must be submitted to CoCNOFO@hud.gov. Questions related to e-snaps functionality (e.g., password lockout, access to user's application account, updating Applicant Profile) must be submitted to e-snaps@hud.gov.
