Continuum of Care Competition

The Sonoma County Homeless Coalition reviews eligible renewal projects on an annual basis prior to the opening of the annual Continuum of Care (CoC) Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Preliminary analysis is conducted during this process by the CoC Competition Evaluation Committee comprised of impartial Homeless Coalition Board members and community partners. The CoC Competition Evaluation Committee then provides recommendations on rating and ranking to the Sonoma County Homeless Coalition Board for renewing projects, typically in May- June of each year. After the NOFO is released, the CoC Competition Evaluation Committee rates and ranks all renewal and new projects for the competition (including new projects from reallocated funding and/or new projects for bonus project funding). The Homeless Coalition Board makes final decisions on rating and ranking of all projects in Tier 1 and Tier 2 funding during the NOFO period. Homeless Coalition Board meetings are open to the public, and community feedback is welcomed.

2024 Continuum of Care Competition Final Priority Listing- Projects Accepted/Rejected/Reduced/Ranked

The following projects for the FY 2024 CoC Local Competition for funding were approved for recommendation by the CoC Competition Evaluation Workgroup on September 27, 2024. The Sonoma County Homeless Coalition Board approved the Final Priority Listing on October 9, 2024, which includes Renewal Projects and New Projects.

Rank	Project	Type	Amount	Amount in tier 2	Score	Status
1	CoC Rental Assistance HIV/AIDS SCHA	PSH-R	721,918	-	76.08	Accepted
2	Mill Street Supportive Housing-WCCS	PSH-R	106,744	-	71.60	Accepted
3	Community Based PSH-COTS	PSH-R	320,575	-	69.78	Accepted
4	Stony Point Commons-CSN	PSH-R	63,666	-	69.41	Accepted
5	PSH-2 Catholic Charities	PSH-R	806,167	-	67.45	Accepted
6	Sonoma SCIL-Buckelew	PSH-R	289,012	-	64.64	Accepted
7	CSN Sponsor Based Rental Assistance	PSH-R	327,217	-	57.45	Accepted
8	WCCS-Elderberry Commons (auto-renewed)	PSH-R	290,828	-	NA	Accepted
9	County of Sonoma-Coordinated Intake Grant (auto-renewed)	SSO-CES	549,993	-	NA	Accepted
10	County of Sonoma- HMIS Grant (auto-renewed)	HMIS	327,157	-	NA	Accepted
11	St. Vincent de Paul Commons	PSH-R	310,429	167,463	55.40	Accepted
12	Family Justice Center RRH Bonus Project	PH-N	410,479	410,479	86.8	Accepted
13	COTS Community Based PSH Expansion	PSH-N	44,000	44,000	87.6	Accepted
14	COTS Rapid Rehousing	RRH-N	214,429	214,429	95.66	Accepted
15	Family Justice Center RRH DV Reallocation	RRH-N	271,008	271,008	86.8	Accepted
16	SVDP Gravenstein Commons PSH	PSH- N	267,737	267,737	75.1	Reduced/ Accepted
Total			5,321,359	1,375,116

2024 & 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity CoC Program Competition and Sonoma County CoC Request for Proposals

On July 31^st, 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued the 2024 and 2025 Continuum of Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Continuum of Care Program Funds.

Notice is hereby given for the FY 2024 & 2025 Continuum of Care Funds Sonoma County Request for Proposals (RFP), as a part of the FY 2024 & 2025 Continuum of Care Competition. Please review the local RFP carefully for timeline and pertinent deadlines. Approximately $526,166 in competitive CoC bonus funding is now available for one (1) or more new permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, joint transitional-rapid rehousing, HMIS, or Coordinated Entry projects. Approximately $410,479 competitive bonus funding is also available for one (1) or more bonus projects serving victims of domestic violence (see NOFO for more details). Finally, approximately $271,008 is available for reallocated domestic violence (DV) funding for one or more rapid rehousing projects (RRH), joint transitional housing-rapid rehousing projects (TH-RRH), or Coordinated Entry projects. Reallocation amounts could be subject to change based on addendums to the RFP.

The RFP outlines the FY 2024 & 2025 CoC Program local competition process, relevant deadlines, and potential funding available for new projects, including the funds available with reallocation, Domestic Violence Bonus, and CoC Bonus project funding. The local deadline for new and renewal projects is September 20, 2024, at 05:00 PM PST.

Mandatory Bidder’s Conference for NEW Projects, September 4^th

10:00 am-11:30 pm

This meeting will be held virtually through Zoom. Login information can be accessed in the RFP, Attachment 1- Continuum of Care Application Detailed Timeline, and is also listed below:

Zoom Meeting Link:
https://sonomacounty.zoom.us/j/97547225995?pwd=zaPRBroFBZWC6ek3syOrPdHUyawglh.1
Meeting ID: 975 4722 5995
Passcode: 384317
Phone: +1 669 900 9128 US

Technical Assistance Session for Applicants, September 9th

10:00 am-12:00 pm

Introduction to e-Snaps and Applications in e-Snaps review (in person, please bring your laptops if you would like assistance walking through opening your application). Brand new organizations to the CoC Program must register with sam.gov to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number prior to creating an e-snaps account. This could take up to 10 business days. Registering is the first step for new providers if submitting an application.

Location: Sonoma County Department of Health Services –1450 Neotomas Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95405 Santa Rosa Room, (second floor)

FY 2024 & 2025 CoC Competition Open Office Hours (optional) September 17^th

1:00 -3:30 pm, Virtual Zoom meeting, login information listed below Zoom Meeting Link:

https://sonomacounty.zoom.us/j/98903516824?pwd=LKUGCq4lj1xykrTdNiPxcBhijrQWH5.1
Meeting ID: 989 0351 6824
Passcode: 715005
Phone: +1 669 444 9171 US

Applicants new to the Continuum of Care funding stream are strongly encouraged to apply and should contact Continuum of Care Coordinator Karissa White directly at Karissa.White@sonoma-county.org or by telephone at 707-565-4080 as soon as possible.

Please review the provisions of this local RFP in full, and note the local and final deadlines as follows:

Bidder’s Conference for NEW Projects- September 4th
Technical Assistance Session New and Renewal Applicants (e-snaps/project applications)- September 9^th
Office Hours- September 17^th
Local Submissions in E-Snaps and new project supplemental materials- September 20^th
Final Submission by the Homeless Coalition- October 25^th

2024 & 2025 Continuum of Care Competition Request for Proposals (PDF: 766 kB)

2024 Continuum of Care Competition Local CoC Program Timeline (PDF: 878 kB)

2024 Continuum of Care Competition New Project Scoring (PDF: 845 kB)

2024 Supplemental New Project Evaluation Application Questionnaire: Permanent Supportive Housing (DOC: 31 kB)

2024 Supplemental New Project Evaluation Application Questionnaire: Rapid Rehousing and Joint Transition Rapid Rehousing (DOC: 32 kB)

2024 Continuum of Care Competition New Project Threshold Criteria Form (DOC: 25 kB)

HMIS HUD Project Quality Threshold Requirements 2024 Form (DOC: 26 kB)

Joint Transitional and Permanent Housing- Rapid Rehousing HUD Project Quality Threshold Requirements 2024 Form (DOC: 30 kB)

Permanent Housing: Permanent Supportive Housing or Rapid Rehousing HUD Project Quality Threshold Requirements 2024 Form (DOC: 26 kB)

SSO Coordinated Entry HUD Project Quality Threshold Requirements 2024 Form (DOC: 26 kB)

FY 2024 CoC Renewal Evaluations: Rating & Ranking Process for the 2024 Continuum of Care Competition

Publish Date: April 2, 2024

Renewal Application materials are due by 5:00 pm on May 01, 2024

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that local CoC’s prioritize all renewal and new projects submitted in our consolidated application. As in previous years, CoC staff will work on the evaluation of existing projects, also called “renewal” projects, prior to the release of HUD’s Continuum of Care Program Notice of Funding Availability.

Project priorities will be generated by a scoring system, site visits and interviews by the CoC Competition Evaluation Workgroup, made up of impartial members of the Sonoma County Homeless Coalition Board, community partners, and those with lived experience of homelessness. The evaluation workgroup will be open to the public, all documents will be published and noticed publicly. Workgroup meetings will be posted on our website, which you can access link here.

HUD has yet to release information on the opening of its application period but has indicated it would likely open the competition on earlier than last year, likely in May or June. We will continue the process for rating and ranking slightly adjusted in 2024 to evaluate both renewal and new projects with feedback provided from last year’s evaluations and the Lived Experience Advisory Planning (LEAP) Board. Staff and CoC Competition Evaluation Workgroup members will begin monitoring renewal projects in May of 2024 but will not finalize the ranking of renewal projects until the Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) period opens.

Final funding decisions, including decisions about Tier 1 & 2 funding, will be made by the Homeless Coalition Board.

Please read the instructions carefully outlined within the Sonoma County 2024 Continuum of Care Renewal Project Instructions (linked below).

In the 2024 Continuum of Care Competition, 11 projects with contract end dates in 2025 will be up for renewal. A list of renewal projects is linked below. Out of the 11 projects, 9 will be evaluated for the competition as the Homeless Management Information System contracts and the Coordinated Entry contracts are mandated projects. Project scoring will take place in three phases:

Phase One: Collection and Preliminary Review of Renewal Evaluations May 2^nd – Week of June 3^rd

Phase Two: Interviews and Site Visits to all Projects May 20^th – June 3^rd

Phase Three: Final Scoring of New Projects and Renewing Projects (TBD depending on NOFO release date)

For more information on the 2024 Continuum of Care rating and ranking process of renewal projects please review the following document: (DOC 96 kB)

2024 CoC Program Renewal Project Approved Scoring Tool (PDF: 370 kB)

Renewal Application materials are due by 5:00 pm on May 01, 2024. For a detailed list of scheduled events. (DOC: 26kB)

Questions? You may contact Karissa White, the Continuum of Care Coordinator, for clarification of any item at Karissa.White@sonoma-county.org , and by phone at (707) 565-4080.

Renewal Project Detailed Materials and Questionnaires