2025 Notice of CoC Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

Announcement of FY 2025 Local CoC Program Competition

Issued: November 19, 2025

BACKGROUND
The MI-505 Flint/Genesee County Continuum of Care (CoC) is charged by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to submit a community-wide application for homeless assistance funds. 

The HUD Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 NOFO was published on November 13, 2025.

• Direct link to HUD's Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/360861
  • A pdf document of the HUD NOFO is available in the documents section below
• Link to HUD's CoC Program page: https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/community-coc

The CoC Program is authorized by subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381–11389) (the Act), and the CoC Program rule found in 24 CFR part 578 (the Rule). The FY 2025 funds are authorized by the Full-Year Continuing Extensions and Appropriations Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4, approved March 15, 2025). Please refer to additional resources on the HUD CoC Program page and the HUD Exchange e-snaps Resources page for updates to competition information released by HUD.

FUNDS AVAILABILITY

The MI-505 Flint/Genesee Continuum of Care estimated amount of funding to be available is listed below.

• Annual Renewal Demand (ARD): $2,462,992
• Tier 1 Funding: $738,898
• Domestic Violence (DV) Bonus: $817,882 
• CoC Bonus: $1,635,765 
• CoC Planning Grant: $408,941

All projects must meet the project eligibility and project quality threshold requirements established by HUD in sections V.A.4.a. and b. of the HUD NOFO (pg. 53-55)

MISSION and PURPOSE

The mission of the Flint/Genesee County CoC is a community working together to achieve access to safe and affordable housing for all residents of Genesee County.

The Flint/Genesee County CoC is a broad-based coalition of housing and homeless service providers, persons with lived experience of homelessness, advocates, and government representatives who work together to shape countywide planning and decision-making around housing and homelessness. 

PROJECT APPLICATIONS

The Flint/Genesee County CoC (MI 505) is soliciting agencies to submit new and renewal project applications. 

All local competition project applications and supplementary materials are due to the Collaborative Applicant (Greater Flint Health Coalition) by Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.  Application and materials to be submitted via online form.

The Flint/Genesee County CoC supports prospective applicants and projects that support HUD’s new national priorities around treatment, recovery, required supportive services, advancing public safety, promoting self-sufficiency, and minimizing trauma. The Flint/Genesee County CoC encourages applications from applicants that have never previously received CoC funds as well as from applicants that are currently receiving or have in the past received CoC funds, including Faith-based organizations. 

A single, consolidated submission of all selected projects in the Flint/Genesee County CoC will be submitted to HUD by the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC), as the Collaborative Applicant representing Flint/Genesee County CoC. Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC), the Collaborative Applicant, which oversees the NOFO application process, will provide technical assistance to ensure that the process is accessible to all eligible applicants, including those who have not received CoC funds in the past for Continuum of Care funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). More information on technical assistance meetings can be found in the local competition timeline, attached and available on the MI-505 2025 Local Competition webpage.

Greater Flint Health Coalition in collaboration with the CoC Executive Committee reserves the right to request that applicant organizations submit adjusted project budgets based on the amount of funding made available by HUD and recommendations from the CoC Rating and Ranking Committee.

The local competition application can be accessed here at: https://airtable.com/appKxbFFhbiV5ojDZ/paglkzMzJwezi0E1W/form

• Please be sure to save a copy of your responses outside of this form
• This form must be submitted by Wednesday December 10, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. 

Additional guidance including Detailed Instructions and Navigational Guides are posted when available on the HUD CoC Program page. 

Please continue to check the this page for the most up to date guidance.

All local competition information including key dates and the 2025 Scorecards* for the MI-505 Flint/Genesee County CoC FY 2025 Competition are posted on the MI-505 2025 Local Competition webpage.

KEY INFORMATION

1. Threshold Review Requirements:  All applications must meet the project eligibility and project quality threshold requirements established by HUD in sections V.A of the HUD NOFO (pg. 51-65)
2. Proposed funding for new projects cannot supplant funding from other sources.
3. Collaborative efforts by community agencies especially with law enforcement are encouraged.
4. Eligible Program Components: CoC funds may be used for projects under five program components, as outlined by HUD in section III.F.4. of the HUD NOFO (pg. 15-16).
5. Participant Eligibility: Projects funded through this NOFO must have meet the eligibility criteria for program participants as described in section III.G.10 of the HUD NOFO (pg.20-21)
6. Eligible Project Applications: The following types of project applications that will be eligible for completion and submission under this NOFO are described in section IV.D.1 of the HUD NOFO (pg. 34-35) 
7. Renewal Project Requirements: Projects may renew under the CoC Program NOFO to continue ongoing leasing, operating, supportive services, rental assistance, HMIS, and project administrative costs per section IV.D.2 of the HUD NOFO (pg. 45-47)
8. New Project Requirements: CoCs are encouraged to submit new projects created through CoC Bonus, DV Bonus, CoC Reallocation, or DV Reallocation per section IV.D.3 of the HUD NOFO (pg. 47-49)
9. Solo Applicants: Project applicants that attempted to participate in the CoC planning process in the geographic area in which they operate that believe they were denied the right to participate in a reasonable manner, may submit a solo project application, per section V.A.1.d. of the HUD NOFO (pg. 52)
10. Local Ranking Process*: See the Rating & Ranking document available on the MI-505 2025 Local Competition webpage
11. Three applicant support office hours will be held via zoom:
    1.  Monday November 24 at 2pm (Zoom Meeting ID: 876 4543 1763 & Passcode: 857442)
    2. Monday December 1 at 1pm (Zoom Meeting ID: 851 4702 2835 & Passcode: 304022)
    3. Monday December 8 at 1pm (Zoom Meeting ID: 851 9086 0912 & Passcode: 501262)

    
    

    NOTE: ALL AGENCIES INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR FUNDING ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THE HUD CoC PROGRAM REGULATIONS. PROPOSALS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO THE REGULATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.

    
    

    *Project application scorecards are available in the documents section below. Please note the scorecards are subject to change and if/when they do, updated versions will be added.