Greetings,

As you likely have seen, HUD has decided to rescind the FFY 2025 Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity to make appropriate revisions. They have stated an intent to re-issue this NOFO with no timeframe other than "well in advance of the deadline for obligation of available Fiscal Year 2025 funds," which is Sept. 30, 2026. As we know, it takes some time to process the applications, release award notifications, and for local field offices to issue grant awards. 

If you are preparing a local project grant application, the Anchorage CoC deadline remains this Sunday, Dec. 14, at 11:59 p.m.

ACEH is monitoring communications from HUD, as well as tracking the progress of the two lawsuits currently filed regarding this NOFO. We will be maintaining the previously communicated timeline and deadlines for the CoC local competition. We recognize this is a tight timeline, but we anticipate most changes in this NOFO will remain in a re-issued NOFO and we want to maintain a strong application in the event the re-issued NOFO has the same or slightly extended deadlines previously communicated. Thank you for all of your hard work on project applications as well as your input into the collaborative (community) application.

Here is the statement from HUD issued on Dec. 8, 2025:

"The Department has withdrawn a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) with respect to the Continuum of Care (CoC) grant program. This withdrawal will allow the Department to make appropriate revisions to the NOFO, and the Department intends to do so. In the previous FY 24-25 NOFO, the Department reserved the right to make changes to the NOFO instead of processing renewals for a variety of reasons, including to accommodate a new CoC or Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) priority or new funding source. The Department still intends to exercise this discretion and make changes to the previously issued CoC NOFO to account for new priorities. HUD anticipates reissuing a modified NOFO well in advance of the deadline for obligation of available Fiscal Year 2025 funds."

Link to the HUD statement:

Continuum of Care Program | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

If you have questions, please reach out to us at [email protected] or 907-312-9530.

Thank you,

Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness

[email protected]

907-312-9530