HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Application
The annual CoC application is composed of two parts; the Consolidated Application and the Priority Listing. The details regarding HUD priorities and additional threshold requirements are released for each funding year at the time of HUD’s Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the CoC Program. The Consolidated Application is prepared and submitted by the DuPage County CoC’s designated Collaborative Applicant, DuPage County Community Services. HUD assesses CoCs nationwide on system-wide performance outcomes and coordination, and scores and ranks CoCs accordingly to determine which CoCs will receive funding priority for project applications submitted by the CoC in the Priority Listing.
2026 DuPage Homeless CoC Local Competition Announcement
HUD published the FY2026 Continuum of Care (CoC) Funding Notice for Homeless Assistance Grants on June 1, 2026. The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 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 August 26, 2026. However, the CoC project applications are due in esnaps NO later than August 5, 2026!
HUD CoC NOFO Application
Approximately $4.04 billion is available. Of this, a total of $104 million is available for Domestic Violence bonus projects, which also includes $52 million for DV Bonus Projects from the previous year.
The DuPage County CoC has established a local process for assessing local gaps and needs, determining funding priorities for its CoC program, determining possible reallocations, inviting, reviewing, scoring and ranking projects according to successful performance that reflects the project’s ability to assist with addressing system-wide progress towards ending homelessness. The DuPage County CoC has established policies and procedures for this process.
2026 CoC Rating and Ranking Procedures
DuPage CoC Deadlines
June 9, 2026 – DuPage CoC opens its local competition and posts deadline dates. Project renewal and new project templates will be sent as soon as HUD posts the application guides
June 30, 2026 – New and Renewal projects will submit a CoC project template for evaluation
July 22, 2026 – Leadership committee ranks all new and renewal projects
August 5, 2026 – The DuPage CoC Local Competition is complete. Each project application must be submitted in e-snaps for final CoC review
August 11, 2026 – Each project applicant is notified in writing if their project is accepted, rejected, reallocated or reduced on the CoC Project Priority Listing
August 24, 2026 – The CoC Application and Project Priority Listing is posted on www.dupagehomeless.org
The DuPage CoC will notify all project applicants no later than 15 days before the application deadline of August 26, 2026, whether their project application will be accepted and ranked, rejected or reduced as part of the CoC Consolidated application and of their number ranking. Project application deadlines and materials will be posted on https://dupagehomeless.org/cocoverview/hud-nofo/.
These document the existence of a coordinated, inclusive, and outcome-oriented community process for the solicitation, objective review, ranking, and selection of CoC Program project applications. All project applications are evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which they improve the CoC system performance.
2026 Ranking Criteria 2-26-26 (PDF)
2026 CoC Ranking Policy 2-26-26 (PDF)
2026 ESNAPS NEW PROJECT TEMPLATE 6-10-26 (DOCX)
2026 ESNAPS RENEWAL PROJECT TEMPLATE 6-10-26 (DOCX)
Dated Email Notification of CoC NOFO Announcement 6-9-26 (PDF)
Dated Email Notification of Project Templates for DuPage CoC Competition 6-10-26 (PDF)
2026 CoC Rating and Ranking Procedures
2026 Project Tiering List Notification (PDF) – coming soon
2026 Projects Accepted and Ranking Notification (PDF) – coming soon
2026 Projects Rejected Reduced Notification (PDF) – coming soon
Dated Email Notifying CoC Members of Project Selection, Rejection, and Ranking w/Tiering and Score List (PDF) – coming soon
CoC Approved Consolidated Application and the CoC Approved Project Priority Listing
2026 Approved CoC Consolidated Application (PDF) – coming soon
2026 Approved CoC Project Priority Listing (PDF) – coming soon
For more information about the Continuum of Care process, please contact Mary Keating, Director of Community Services/Chair of the Leadership Committee for the DuPage County Continuum of Care at [email protected].