Kane County Health Department

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2026 Kane County Continuum of Care Program Competition


The Kane County Continuum of Care Board is pleased to announce the launch of the application and selection process for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2026 Continuum of Care Competition. Organizations that have not previously received funding are encouraged to apply.

The 2026 Notice of Request for Project Applications is posted below. Project Evaluation Forms for both new and renewal projects, along with project application forms, will be available soon. These materials outline the point values and objective criteria used to evaluate, rank, and review projects.

Priority will be given to projects that demonstrate strong system performance and align with HUD policy priorities.

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2025 HUD Continuum of Care Program Competition Information

HUD published the FY2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) Funding Notice for Homeless Assistance Grants on November 13, 2025. Approximately $3.918 billion is available. Of this, $52 million is available for Domestic Violence bonus projects. The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 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 January 14, 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. 

 

Deadlines (tentative and subject to change based on HUD schedule)

  • November 20, 2025: Kane County CoC opens its local competition and posts deadline dates. Project renewal and new project templates will be sent once the applications have been posted by HUD.
  • December 4, 2025: New and Renewal projects will submit a CoC project template for evaluation.
  • December 11, 2025: Kane County CoC Board committee ranks all new and renewal projects.
  • December 13, 2025: The Kane County CoC Local Competition is complete. Each project application must be submitted in e-snaps for final CoC review.
  • December 30, 2025: Each project applicant is notified in writing if their project is accepted, rejected, reallocated or reduced on the CoC Project Priority Listing.


Project Tiering  and Ranking

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 30% of the Annual Renewal Demand for current projects. Tier 2 is the difference between Tier 1 and the maximum amount of renewal, reallocation and bonus funds available. (excluding the DV bonus amount). The Planning project is excluded from tiering.

Tier 2 project-level scoring remains the same with 3 criteria – CoC Application score, ranked position of the project application in Tier 2, and the projects adherence to HUD's priorities.

December 13th – Project submissions in E-Snaps complete. CoC local competition closes.

Project submission instructions for E-snaps will be reviewed at an APPLICATION WORKSHOP to be scheduled follow HUD's release . This is a Zoom meeting and the link will be sent out ahead of time.  If you would like to receive the application workshop Zoom link please contact Samantha ​Pasillas at pasillassamantha@kanecountyil.gov.

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