HUD Announces Continuum of Care Awards

Best Practices A practical newsletter for people ending homelessness. Continuum of Care Awards Announced The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Awards for FY 2021, totaling $2.645 billion for homelessness programs across the U.S. and its territories. Congratulations to the awardees. View the List of Awards by State New Emergency Housing Voucher Resource Available for PHAs As CoCs continue to partner with Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to utilize new Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) for people experiencing homelessness, they are encouraged to share HUD's new "Emergency Housing Vouchers: A How-To Guide for Public Housing Agencies. This document is designed to help PHAs understand and implement EHVs within their systems, and strengthen CoC collaborations established during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please share with your local PHA to ensure that EHVs continue to be distributed in an efficient and equitable manner. Download the Guide Submit Your 2022 Point-in-Time Count Data HUD has opened its Homelessness Data Exchange (HDX) portal for CoCs to submit their 2022 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and Point-in-Time (PIT) count data. CoCs must submit their data on the portal by Friday, April 29, 2022, at 8:00 PM EDT. Visit the Portal Read the 2022 HIC and PIT Count Data Submission Guidance From the Alliance Blog Making Housing for Everyone a Reality By Steve Berg Race Equity and Unsheltered Homelessness: What We Learned at Our Conference and Where We Go From Here By Chandra Crawford We Can't End Homelessness Without a National Response By Jerry Jones What Congress Needs to Know From Homeless Service Providers By Steve Berg Featured Resource   Alliance Resource Series: Using COVID-19 Federal Funding to End Homelessness Facebook Twitter endhomelessness.org