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2025 Atlanta CoC Local Renewal Project Application (Modified NOFO FR-6901-N-25)

Status of the FY 2025 HUD CoC Program NOFO

HUD has released a Modified FY 2025 CoC Program NOFO (FR-6901-N-25) for public review only. At this time, the Modified NOFO is subject to a preliminary injunction and has not been officially published or implemented by HUD.

Due to the expedited timeline in the proposed Modified FY 2025 CoC Program NOFO, the Atlanta CoC is resuming its local competition in response to the proposed Modified NOFO.

The local application due date for both Renewal and New project applications is 5:00 PM EST on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

Applicants should be aware that local application requirements and timelines may change if HUD issues additional guidance or modifies the FY 2025 NOFO further.

Renewal Project Submission Track

All renewal projects are submitted under the “Normal Track”. Renewal applications will be reviewed, scored, and ranked by the Rank and Review Committee and included on the Normal Track Priority Listing submitted to HUD. All applicants should follow the instructions provided for the Normal Track in the Modified FY 2025 CoC Program NOFO (FR-6901-N-25).
The 2025 Atlanta CoC local renewal application process is an online process, with a requirement for applicants to upload documents. Please read each question carefully and ensure all required attachments have been included.

Please note, the Modified FY 2025 CoC Program NOFO introduces significant shifts in funding priorities, with an increased focus on:
  • Treatment and recovery-oriented programming
  • Increasing personal accountability through enhanced treatment requirements to combat the Fentanyl crisis
  • Required service participation requirements for program participants to promote self-sufficiency
  • Reducing unsheltered homelessness and encampments
  • Reducing returns to homelessness
  • Increasing competition for grants in order to improve system efficiencies and to increase innovation
  • Increasing participants’ earned income and long-term stability
  • Advancing public safety through thoughtful partnerships with law enforcement and first responders
Due to the significant changes to the Modified FY 2025 CoC Program NOFO, there may be additional informationthat is requested either after the release of this application or during the review process. It is expected that ifadditional information is requested, it will be provided by applicants in a timely manner.

Once published, more information about the Modified FY 2025 CoC Program NOFO and additional applicationresources will be found on the Continuum of Care page on HUD’s website.
Below is some additional guidance for this online application:
  • This application must be completed in one sitting. If you would like to start the application and return to it later, please email and ask for a new project application link. That link will be tied to your email address and will allow you to return to the application and finish it in more than one sitting.
  • A pdf version of this application, for reference only, is available on the PFH HUD CoC Program Competition webpage.
  • It is highly encouraged that you review that and complete your responses in a Word document first, and then copy and paste them into this tool.
  • This application has documents that are required to be uploaded. Please read carefully what is needed and only upload what is requested. Attachments that contain additional material run the risk of having the required sections or documents overlooked.
  • There are several links provided throughout the application that provide additional information, in the event you are unfamiliar with the question or terms. Please check them out. They are there for your benefit!
  • If you click 'next' at the end of a page and it takes you to a previous page, please just click through. Your answers should have saved. There is a sometimes glitch that we have been unable to fix; our apologies!
  • If additional information is requested, it is expected it will be provided in a timely manner. Any other documentation requested in the review process will be to help clarify your application.
  • The application answers and materials will be reviewed by the Rank and Review Committee. Unless requested, no other information will be used to review and rank the projects, so please be sure to answer each question completely and thoroughly.
  • Please pay attention to the due date as no late applications can be accepted.
  • After submission, you should receive an auto-confirmation page. You will also receive an email within a day or two confirming receipt of your application, with a pdf version of your submission.
1. Applicant Organization Name(Required.)
1.1 Subrecipient or Sponsor Organization, if applicable (Leave blank if not applicable)
2. Application Contact Information(Required.)
3. HUD Project Name (please make sure this matches the 2025 GIW)(Required.)
3.1. HMIS Project Name(Required.)
4. HUD FY24 Award Grant Number (please make sure this matches the 2025 GIW)(Required.)
6. Current HUD Award Amount (please make sure this matches the 2025 GIW)(Required.)
7. Organization SAM Registration Expiration Date(Required.)
Program Description
8. Provide a detailed description of the scope of the project including the target population(s) to be served, project plan for addressing the identified housing and supportive service needs, anticipated project outcome(s), coordination with other organizations (e.g., federal, state, nonprofit), and how the CoC Program funding will be used. (5000 characters max)(Required.)
9. Describe the supportive service program design that will be offered to program participants, including services provided directly by your staff, through MOUs or contracted providers, or by referral. (1500 characters maximum)(Required.)
9.1 Will your project require program participants to take part in supportive services (e.g. case management, employment training, substance use treatment, etc.) in line with 24 CFR 578.75(h)?(Required.)
9.2 If yes to question 9.1, upload the supportive service agreement (contract, occupancy agreement, lease, or equivalent).
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10. Is the primary purpose of the project to provide substance abuse treatment services for people experiencing homelessness in which program participants are required to take part in such services as a condition of continued participation? This must be clearly described in the detailed project description in question 8.(Required.)
10.1 If yes to question 10, upload contracts, occupancy agreement, lease, or equivalent that demonstrates this requirement.
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11. Are substance use treatment services available on-site to all program participants? On-site is defined as services provided in the participant’s housing unit, at the housing project location, or at the applicant’s office with transportation provided to and from the service location.(Required.)
11.1 If yes to question 11, upload agreement or letters of commitment that demonstrate that substance use treatment services are available on-site.
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12. Does the project have a written formal partnership with a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), Community Mental Health Center (CMHC), or similar facility?(Required.)
12.1 If yes to question 12, upload documentation of the written formal partnership (contract, Memorandum of Understanding or Agreement).
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13. Number of referrals from Coordinated Entry that were denied. (Data Document)(Required.)
14. Move on strategy. Describe how the project identifies and engages participants who no longer require intensive services and are able and willing to move out of the PSH program with a rental subsidy–to other housing assistance programs (including, but not limited to, Housing Choice Vouchers and Public Housing). (1500 characters max)(Required.)
Project Performance

The following questions relate to APR data from the period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. Please refer to the Data Document that was provided specifically for each project for the calculations for the responses. While the calculations have been computed, agencies are encouraged to double check to confirm!
15. Housing Stability(Required.)
16. Housing Stability(Required.)
16dv. DV Dedicated Projects Only - Meeting the Needs of Survivors

Please explain how your agency and this project meets the needs of survivors of domestic violence. Please give examples.
A. How are staff trained, specifically, to work with clients who are survivors of violence?
B. How do project staff ensure clients have access to mainstream services and supports, whether provided by agency or community partners? (1500 characters max)

17. Length of Time from Project Start Date to Housing Move-In Date(Required.)
18. Participants with Any Income(Required.)
20. Employment Income(Required.)
20.1 All Income Sources(Required.)
21. Participants Connected to Mainstream Benefits(Required.)
22. Participants Connected to Health Insurance(Required.)
23. If you have any comments on your responses for the "Project Performance" section, you may provide an explanation below for consideration. (1500 characters max)
Severity of Need & HUD Priorities

The following questions relate to APR data from the period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. Please refer to the Data Document that was provided specifically for each project for the calculations for the responses. While the calculations have been computed, agencies are encouraged to double check to confirm!
24. Severity of Need - Age (youth 12-24 or adults 55+)

 Ratio of participants who are unaccompanied or parenting youth 12-24 years of age or 55+ years of age at entry (percent * 2points) (Data Document)(Required.)
25. Severity of Need - Lack of Income

Ratio of adults with zero income at entry (percent * 2points) (Data Document)(Required.)
26. Lived Experience Involvement

Upload documentation to to demonstrate that the agency meets HUD's requirement to provide for the participation of not less than one homeless individual or formerly homeless individual on the board of directors or other equivalent policymaking entity to the extent that such entity considers and makes policies and decisions regarding any project, supportive services, or assistance provided in the CoC project. Documentation may be a list of board members or other policy making entity with a notation regarding which member(s) meet this requirement.(Required.)
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27. Persons with Lived Experience

Describe how your agency, with at least two concrete and recent examples, provides for meaningful involvement of people who are homeless or formerly homeless in agency or project policy making. (2000 character max)(Required.)
28. If you have any comments on your responses for the "HUD Priorities" section, you may provide an explanation below for consideration. (1500 characters max)
HUD Policy Initiative Preference Points
29. Does the project provide housing and/ or supportive services within an Opportunity Zone? To find designated qualified opportunity zones use the OZ map on opportunityzones.gov.(Required.)
29.1 If yes to question 29, upload a completed and signed HUD-2996 Form. Click here for the download the form.
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Data Quality

The following questions relate to DQ data from the period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. Please refer to the Data Document that was provided specifically for each project for the calculations for the responses. While the calculations have been computed, agencies are encouraged to double check to confirm!
30. Error Rate

% of Issue Rate for Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Universal Data Elements (UDE), and Income and Housing Data Quality (Data Document)(Required.)
31. Data Timeliness(Required.)
32. If you have any comments on your responses for the "Data Quality" section, you may provide an explanation below for consideration. (1500 characters max)
CoC Participation

The following questions relate to participation in the CoC. For the 2025 funding cycle, many of these will be bonus points, but may be assessed as scored criteria in the future.
33. CoC Meeting Attendance - bonus, since not mandatory
Name of person(s) in attendance at CoC meeting (if no one attended, indicate n/a)(Required.)
34. CoC Committee and/or Workgroup Participation - bonus, since not mandatory
Name of person(s) with active and meaningful participation on CoC committee/workgroups (list up to four) (if no one participates, indicate n/a)(Required.)
35. CoC Point-in-Time Count Participation - bonus, since not mandatory
Name of person(s) with active and meaningful participation in CoC PIT Count (list up to four) (if no one participated, indicate n/a)(Required.)
36. Attendance at CoC Trainings
Name of person(s) in attendance at training (if no one attended, indicate n/a)(Required.)
37. If you have any comments on your responses for the "CoC Participation" section, you may provide an explanation below for consideration. (1500 characters max)
Utilization, Draws, Spend Down, and APR Submission


The following questions refer to the most recently expired grant year as well as the current grant year.
38. Utilization Rate
Average utilization rate for the most recently due APR (Data Document)(Required.)
39. Quarterly Draws

Were draws from eLOCCs made at least quarterly for the most recently completed grant? (eLOCCS from most recently completed grant)(Required.)
40. Grant Spend Down

Amount of grant left unspent at the end of the most recently completed grant (eLOCCS from most recently completed grant)(Required.)
Upload a summary page from ELOCCS showing the dates and amounts of the drawdowns for the last fully completed grant year for this project. (Directions for creating a summary page are below)(Required.)
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41. Do you anticipate you will have unspent funds at the expiration date of this current grant contract?(Required.)
41.1 If yes, how much do you anticipate to have unspent and why?
42. APR Submission
Was the APR for last completed grant submitted to SAGE within 90 days of grant ending? (SAGE)(Required.)
43. If you have any comments on your responses for the "Utilization, Draws, Spend Down, and APR Submission" section, you may provide an explanation below for consideration. (1500 characters max)
Sustainability, SOAR, and Monitoring
44. Sustainability Plan
In the event this project is not renewed, or only partially renewed, please explain how the agency would either financially sustain funding for the plan or, if needed, the agency would look to work with the CoC to transition clients from the project into another that meets the clients needs. (1500 characters max)
(Required.)
45. SOAR Trained Staff - bonus, since not mandatory
Name of person(s) who is SOAR trained, and year of training (list up to four) (if no one is trained, indicate n/a)(Required.)
46. HUD Monitoring
(Required.)
Yes
N/A
a. Has this project been monitored by HUD since October 2024?
b. Were there any findings or concerns?
c. Were the findings or concerns addressed/resolved?
47. If this project was monitored by HUD since October 2024, please attach correspondence to verify that there were either no findings/concerns or that they were, or are, being addressed.
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48. If you have any comments on your responses for the "Monitoring and Sustainability" section, you may provide an explanation below for consideration. (1500 characters max)