Continuum of Care Program

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act As Amended by S.896 HEARTH Act of 2009 The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), enacted into law on May 20, 2009, consolidates three of the separate homeless assistance programs administered by HUD under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act into a single grant program. The HEARTH Act also codifies into law the Continuum of Care planning process, a longstanding part of HUD’s application process to assist homeless persons by providing greater coordination in responding to their needs. Date Published: May 2009 Regulations CoC Program Interim Rule (Formatted Version) This document is a formatted version of the CoC Program interim rule, with a table of contents that includes hyperlinks to the referenced sections of the preamble and the regulatory text. Date Published: July 2012 Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH): CoC Program Interim Rule This interim rule, published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2012, establishes the regulations for the CoC Program and focuses on regulatory implementation of the CoC Program, including the Continuum of Care planning process. The existing homeless assistance programs that comprise the Continuum of Care Program are the following: the Supportive Housing Program, the Shelter Plus Care Program, and the SRO Program. The final Homeless Definition is in effect for administration of the CoC Program interim rule. Date Published: July 2012 Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH): Defining “Homeless” Final Rule This final rule on the definition of homelessness, published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2011, integrates the regulation for the definition of "homeless," and the corresponding recordkeeping requirements for the Shelter Plus Care Program and the Supportive Housing Program. HUD has incorporated this definition into the Continuum of Care. This final rule also establishes the regulation for the definition "developmental disability" and the definition and recordkeeping requirements for "homeless individual with a disability" for the Shelter Plus Care Program and the Supportive Housing Program. Date Published: November 2011 Notices CoC Program Competition Archive This page contains an archive of past and current CoC Program Competition pages, which contain the official notices from each year. Date Published: April 2018 Notice CPD-12-009: Use of IDIS to Submit the Consolidated Plan This Notice describes changes to the Consolidated Plan, within current statutory and regulatory provisions, for a new process for electronic submission including a required template and other improvements. Date Published: April 2012 Notice on Limitation on Use of Funds to Serve Persons Defined as Homeless Under Other Federal Laws This Notice provides guidance to CoCs and recipients of SHP and S+C Program competitive grant funds in FY2011, regarding the limitations imposed in Section 422(j) of the McKinney-Vento Act, as amended by the HEARTH Act. Date Published: January 2012