Continuum of Care Program
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awards Homeless Assistance Program funding through what is known as the Continuum of Care (CoC) for a community.
A Continuum of Care is a regional or local planning body that coordinates housing and services funding for homeless families and individuals. Services include outreach, intake and assessment, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing.
The Boston Continuum of Care is coordinated by the Mayor's Office of Housing Supportive Housing Division. Direction comes from the Continuum of Care Board, known as the Boston Continuum of Care Housing and Stabilization Committee, and consumer groups, including the Boston Advisory Council on Ending Homelessness (BACHome) and the Boston CoC Youth Council (BCYC).
Our Commitment to Ending Racism in Boston’s Homeless System
The Boston Continuum of Care (CoC), the group of stakeholders working to end homelessness in Boston, commits to dismantling racism in our policies and practices with the recognition that groups of people are also marginalized based on gender, sexual orientation, ability, age, and many others. Our ultimate goal is to achieve racial equity and social justice in our homeless programs. Read the Boston CoC Racial Equity Statement of Intent.
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Latest Updates
The Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH), Collaborative Applicant for the Boston Continuum of Care (MA-500), has finalized the CoC-approved Consolidated Application. The Consolidated Application includes the MA-500 CoC Application and the Project Priority Listing.
view the approved coc application
view the project priority listing
HUD released the FY 2024 and FY 2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on July 31, 2024. The FY 2024 CoC application and all project applications are due to HUD on October 30, 2024. The FY 2025 CoC application is due to HUD on August 29, 2025.
The FY2024 application includes three parts:
- the CoC Application
- the priority listings, where projects are ranked in order of community priorities, and
- the individual project applications, which fund programs across our CoC for people experiencing homelessness.
The Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH), as collaborative applicant for the Boston CoC, will assemble the full CoC application on behalf of our community and submit it to HUD in advance of the deadline.
Renewing project applicants will receive application materials from their MOH Development Officer by September 13, 2024.
All renewal applications and supporting materials are due back to MOH no later than Friday, September 27, 2024.
Meetings Information
The Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH) held a meeting of the Boston CoC's Strategic Funding Committee on October 9, 2024. The committee voted to approve the CoC's scored, tiered, and ranked list of projects to be included in the CoC's application to HUD under the FY2024 Continuum of Care NOFO.
The Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH) held a meeting of the Boston CoC's Strategic Funding Committee on September 26, 2024. The committee voted to approve the CoC's new project scoring tool, renewal project scoring tool, and Project Review, Rating, Ranking and Reallocation Policy.
View the meeting slides
The Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH) held a meeting of the Boston CoC's Strategic Funding Committee on September 11, 2024.
The Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH) held a CoC-wide general membership meeting on Thursday, September 5, 2024 to discuss the FY 2024-2025 CoC NOFO. Topics included a NOFO overview, key dates and deadlines, renewal requirements and application process, information on new funding opportunities through the CoC and CoCBuilds NOFOs, and other highlights and changes.
The Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH), as Collaborative Applicant for the Boston Continuum of Care (CoC), hosted a CoC general membership meeting on May 7, 2024. The purpose of the meeting was to update the community on the results of the CoC 23 competition and preview the CoC 24 competition.
Boston Housing Assistance Network Providers
- BayCove
- Boston EMS
- Boston Healthcare for the Homeless
- Boston Housing Authority
- Boston Medical Center
- Boston Public Health Commission
- Boston Rescue Mission
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters
- Casa Myrna Vazquez
- City of Boston
- College Bound Dorchester
- Eliot Human Services
- Elizabeth Stone House
- FamilyAid Boston
- HEARTH
- Home for Little Wanderers
- HomeStart
- Justice Resource Institute
- Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance
- Metro Housing | Boston
- New England Center and Home for Veterans
- Pine Street Inn
- St. Francis House
- US Department of Veteran Affairs
- Volunteers of America
- Victory Programs
- Women's Lunch Place
Archives
Archives2023 CONTINUUM OF CARE COMPETITION
- FY23 MA-500 CoC Application
- FY23 MA-500 Project Priority Listing
- Draft Project Listing - Accepted, Tiered, Scored and Ranked
- FY23 CoC Program NOFO Project Review, Rating, Ranking and Reallocation Policy
- Renewal Project Scoring Tool
- New Project Scoring Tool
- CoC Strategic Funding Committee meeting slides (August 23, 2023)
- CoC Strategic Funding Committee meeting slides (August 9, 2023)
- CoC General Membership meeting slides (August 1, 2023)
- FY23 CoC NOFO Request for Proposals (RFP) Office Hours meeting slides and resources for new organizations
- CoC General Membership meeting slides (April 12, 2023)
2022 CONTINUUM OF CARE COMPETITION
- Boston CoC Strategic Funding Committee meeting agenda and meeting slides (August 9, 2022)
- RFP Informational Session Q&A and notes and meeting slides (August 17, 2022)
- Boston CoC Strategic Funding Committee meeting agenda and meeting slides (August 23, 2022)
- Boston CoC Strategic Funding Committee meeting slides (September 14, 2022)
- MA-500 Boston CoC FY2022 Project Review, Rating, Ranking and Reallocation Policy
- MA-500 Boston CoC renewal project scoring tool
- MA-500 Boston CoC ranked project listing
- MA-500 Boston CoC 2022 Consolidated Application
CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS
- Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Supplemental Funding Opportunity to Address Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness
- Pre-RFP Information Session Slides (August 17, 2022)
- RFP Applicants Conference (September 7, 2022)
- MA-500 Boston CoC 2022 Special NOFO Project Review, Rating and Ranking Policies and Procedures
- List of projects rejected/reduced and projects accepted
- MA-500 Boston CoC 2022 Special NOFO Consolidated Application
- MA-500 Boston CoC 2022 Special NOFO Priority Listings
- FY2021 MA-500 CoC Consolidated Application
- FY2021 MA-500 CoC Project Priority Listing
- FY2021 MA-500 CoC Reallocation Policy
- Draft Project Listing - Accepted, Tiered, Scored and Ranked
- CoC Competition Oversight Committee Meeting Minutes (July 1, 2021)
- CoC General Membership Meeting Minutes (September 9, 2021)
- CoC Competition Oversight Committee Meeting Minutes (September 23, 2021)
- CoC Competition New Project and Reallocation RFP Applicants Conference Agenda (September 30, 2021)
- CoC Housing and Stabilization Leadership Council Meeting Minute (October 7, 2021)
- CoC Competition Oversight Committee Meeting Minutes (October 18, 2021)
- CoC Competition Oversight Committee Meeting Agenda and Meeting Materials (November 9, 2021)
- MA-500 Boston CoC Consolidated Application
- Final CoC Project Priority Listings
- Tiered, Prioritized, Scored List of Accepted and Rejected Projects
- New Project Scoring Tool and Renewal Project Scoring Tool
- MA-500 VAWA and Domestic Violence Training for CoC and ESG Providers
- CoC General Membership Meeting Minutes (July 29, 2019)
- CoC Leadership Council Meeting Minutes (August 1, 2019)
- CoC Leadership Council Meeting Minutes (August 27, 2019)
- CoC Leadership Council Meeting Minutes (September 23, 2019)
- Funding Announcement for Tier 1, CoC Planning, and UFA Costs
- 2015 CoC Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
- HUD FY 2015 CoC Program Competition NOFA Broadcast
- New Project Instructional Guide
- Renewal Project Instructional Guide
- SNAPS In Focus: FY 2015 CoC Program Competition Recap
- Next Steps for Projects Not Renewed in the FY 2015 CoC Program Competition
Who's Involved:
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12 CHANNEL STREET
9TH FLOOR
BOSTON, MA 02210 -
Contact Us
If you work for a homeless services provider agency and would like to sign up for the CoC email list, please complete this form.
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