FY26 HUD CoC NOFO COMPETITION

The Office of Homeless Services (OHS), Balance of State (BOS) Continuum of Care (CoC) Collaborative Applicant is the acting body who coordinates the BOS CoC’s Consolidated Application (CoC Planning Grant, CoC Collaborative Application, CoC Priority Applications, and Project Applications).

Accepted FY2026 HUD CoC NOFO Application and Priority Listing

The Utah Balance of State CoC has completed its CoC Application and Priority Listing and they are available for review below. We want to thank each of you who applied for funding and those who helped craft our responses for the community application. We could not have done this without you!

FY2026 Utah Balance of State CoC Application

FY2026 Utah Balance of State Priority Listing

Amended FY26 HUD CoC NOFO PROJECT APPLICATIONS: FINAL FUNDING RECCOMENDATIONS: Posted 9/27/2026

An error was identified in the previously posted results from the Rank and Review committee. While projects were listed correctly in descending order from top priority to low priority, the numbers in the rank column were inaccurate. This is a corrected version. We apologize for the confusion.

FY26 HUD CoC NOFO COMPETITION UPDATE: Posted 9/21/2026

Over the weekend, HUD published an additional NOFO update establishing a new due date of Wednesday September 30th, at 6 PM. OHS will be working closely with the Balance of State Executive Committee and Board to ensure we meet this new deadline. Here is what you need to know as members of the CoC and how you can be involved:

  • Funding Recommendations: Emails were sent out today informing project applicants awarded for funding of the final priority listing created through the local CoC competition held in August. Projects that were not recommended for funding were previously notified in August. The final priority list is available on the UT-503 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) FY26 Continuum of Care Competition website
  • We will need support from members throughout the CoC to help draft responses to the CoC Collaborative Application. We will work with BoS leadership to assign questions to relevant experts across the CoC. Please keep an eye on your email for more information by Wednesday

FY26 HUD CoC NOFO PROJECT APPLICATIONS: FINAL FUNDING RECCOMENDATIONS: Posted 9/21/2026

The UT-503 BoS CoC has completed its local rank and review process for FY26 HUD CoC NOFO project applications. These results reflect the Rank and Review Committees recommendations based on the requirements, priorities, scoring criteria, and funding available.

FY26 HUD CoC NOFO COMPETITION UPDATE: Posted 9/17/2026

On Wednesday, September 16, 2026, an appeals court suspended the court stay related to the FY26 NOFO process, allowing HUD to move forward with reissuing the NOFO and application materials. As part of this process, HUD has provided an update to the HUD CoC FY2026 program competition page.

HUD has published a notice for public comment to the national register. This notice is available on the federal register and will be available for public comment till October 13th. We encourage all members of the Balance of State CoC to submit their feedback to HUD on the proposed changes.

Project applications are open now in e-snaps. The collaborative CoC application will be opened soon and notifications will be provided to collaborative applicants via ListServ.

For the BoS CoC, we will pick up where we left off in the process, including:

  • Finalizing funding recommendations and the priority listing
  • Completing CoC Planning Application
  • Completing the CoC Collaborative Application

FY26 HUD CoC NOFO COMPETITION UPDATE: Posted 8/11/2026

HUD has issued updated guidance regarding the FY26 CoC NOFO following a recent court order. The FY26 CoC NOFO and the August 26, 2026 federal application deadline are no longer in force, and HUD is unable to accept applications at this time.

The BoS CoC is pausing local competition actions that depend on the August 26 federal deadline. The BoS CoC will continue to monitor HUD guidance, maintain materials developed through the local competition, and prepare for the federal competition process that HUD establishes.

The BoS CoC will not release final funding recommendations on, August 11, as previously anticipated. If HUD issues a new or revised NOFO, requirements, priorities, scoring, funding structure, or timelines may change, and previously developed funding recommendations may no longer apply.

Applicants should preserve their application materials and remain prepared for additional instructions. The BoS CoC will communicate next steps as soon as HUD provides additional guidance.

For official updates, please visit HUD’s CoC Program Competition webpage and monitor the HUD SNAPS Competition Listserv.

FY26 CoC & YHDP HUD NOFO Competition Announcement: POSTED – 6/02/2026

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published the FY26 Continuum of Care (CoC) and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) grants Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on June 1st, 2026. Please see the announcement below: 

  • On June 1, 2026, HUD announced the publication of the FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and YHDP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO); CPD-2600-DC-0025.
  • The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition occurs annually. Each Fiscal Year (FY) Competition process begins with Registration of CoCs by CoC designated Collaborative Applicants, followed by the CoC’s review of Grant Inventory Worksheets (GIW) and the release of the CoC Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Documents related to each process are listed below and additional Competition related materials are posted once the process opens and as documents become available. The FY Competition ends when the final funding announcement is announced by HUD.

POSTED – 6/08/2026 — UPDATED – 8/3/2026

UT-503 FY26 COC NOFO COMPETITION HANDBOOK: Google Doc (view only) – Updated 7/8/26

The UT-503 HUD CoC competition is organized into two phases for FY26:

  • Phase 1: Project Applications completed in e-snaps
    • All New and Renewal Project Applicants must complete an e-snaps applications, as this is your official request for funding.
    • HUD will send out a listserv notice when e-snaps has posted the application. 
    • If you have not created an e-snaps profile and plan to apply for funding please create a user profile ASAP. 
  • Phase 2: Project Supplemental Applications
    • UT-503 CoC Project Supplemental Applications will be released before the end of June.
    • We will be sending out emails once these materials are released, and updated information will be posted on this webpage.

TIMELINE FOR PROJECT APPLICATIONS

  1. Mandatory UT-503 CoC NOFO FY26 Orientation – Monday June 22, 2026 1–3PM (virtual) 
  1. UT-503 CoC NOFO FY26 Renewal Applicant Meeting – Tuesday June 23, 2026 2-3PM (virtual)
    • Meeting for renewal project applicants only to review quarterly spending, funding changes, transition grants and more.
  1. Project Application Letter of Intent (LOI) – Due Wednesday June 24, 2026 by 5PM
  1. UT-503 CoC Rank & Review Criteria and Scoring Guidelines – POSTED 7/1/26
    • DRAFT posted 6/26/26 – Open for Public Comment & Review – Closed 6/30/26.
    • FINAL UT-503 FY26 CoC NOFO Rank & Review Criteria/Scoring Guidelines
  1. Project Applications completed in e-snaps – Monday August 3,2026
    • Email e-snaps Project applications (PDF) to Margay Witzdam (mwitzdam@utah.gov) – August 3, 2026
    • Project applicants must complete e-snaps applications to be considered for funding
  1. Project Supplemental Applications DUE – Monday July 20, 2026
    • EMAIL ALL APPLICATIONS AND REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AS PDFs TO Margay Witzdam – mwitzdam@utah.gov
    • UPDATED APPLICATION DOCUMENTS: WE HAVE MOVED ALL APPLICATIONS TO GOOGLE DOCS AND ARE NO LONGER USING GOOGLE FORMS.
      • UT-503 FY26 RENEWAL Project Supplemental Application
      • UT-503 FY26 NEW Project Supplemental Application
      • UT-503 New & Renewal Project Threshold Criteria Checklist
      • UT-503 New & Renewal Project Summary Budget
        • Please submit an applicable summary budget for the project you are applying for within your project application.
        • Project Summary Budget template PDF – For reference

FY26 UT-503 CoC Rank & Review Committee (RRC) Members:

  • Pete Caldwell – Department of Human and Health Services
  • Ryan Steinbeigle – Davis LHC, BoS CoC Executive Committee
  • James Jetton – Iron LHC, Iron County Care and Share
  1. UT-503 Rank & Review Committee (RRC) Orientation – Tuesday July 21 @ 2:30-3:30pm
  1. Rank & Review Process –  July 27 – 31, 2026 
    • UT-503 FY26 NOFO Rank & Review Policies & Procedures – Google Doc (view only)
    • FINALY copy of UT-503 FY26 Rank & Review Criteria and Scoring Guidelines – Google Sheet (View Only)
  1. Preliminary Determination of Project Rankings – Tuesday August 4, 2026
    • Determination of Project Application ranking Tier 1 and Tier 2 during BoS CoC Rank & Review Committee Meeting. Notify agencies regarding project ranking via e-mail and CoC website. 
    • RRC Meeting – August 4th
  1. Appeal Process – August 4 – August 7, 2026
    • Appeals resolved, if any, by Friday August 7 
  1. Final notice to agencies regarding project funding ranking – Monday August 10, 2026
    • HUD requires applicants be notified of acceptance, reduction, or rejection at least 15 days before the federal deadline. Written notification will include:
      • Ranking position, Tier placement, Funding reductions (if applicable), Rejection rationale (if applicable).
  1. Priority listing Posted – Monday August 14, 2026
  1. Goal to Submit UT-503 Planning and Collaborative App – Monday August 17, 2026 
  1. The final due date for the HUD CoC Consolidated Application is August 26, 2026. The UT-503 will be submitting the CoC application to HUD by Tuesday August 18th, 2026.

NOTE ON ELIBLE PROJECT TYPE – NEW & RENEWAL:

  • NEW PROJECT – Funding for new projects is contingent upon the availability of FY26 NOFO funding opportunities, including CoC Bonus, Domestic Violence (DV) Bonus, and the reallocation of eligible unspent renewal grant funding, or voluntary reallocation to support new project development.
  • NEW PROJECT – TRANSITION GRANT: A Transition Grant allows an existing CoC-funded renewal project to convert from one eligible project component to another (for example Rapid Re-Housing to Transitional Housing). HUD provides a one-year transition period to wind down the original project and fully implement the new component, and the project must be renewed under the new component in the next CoC Program Competition. 
  • NEW PROJECT – REALLOCATION: A New Project through Reallocation uses all or part of an existing renewal grant to create a different project, reducing or eliminating the original renewal project with no transition period. The new project is expected to begin operating under its approved design once funded and will renew as the newly created project.

HUD Resources & Documents

Local Competition Resources & Documents

UT-503 CoC NOFO Open Office Hours: Weekly – Thursday 10-11am

  • UT-503 CoC NOFO Open Office Hour – Meeting Link
    • An hour each week to hop on a meeting to ask questions, talk about applications, learn from other applicants, and more.
  • Visit the UT-503 Calendar webpage to view office hour dates

CoC Approved Consolidated Application – will be linked upon completion

Notification of CoC Approved Application – will be linked upon completion

e-snaps Listserv Notifications

  • If you are aware or suspect that the Collaborative Applicant or project applicant for your CoC is not currently receiving these listserv messages, please forward the following link so the Collaborative Applicant or project applicant can register to receive listserv messages as this is the only form HUD uses to communicate CoC Program information to the public:
  • SNAPS Competitions, specifically for Competition related messages; and

Have a question? Questions about e-snaps and the CoC Program NOFO must be submitted to the appropriate HUD.gov email address, as follows:

  • CoCNOFO@hud.gov for questions about the NOFO, competition, and applications.
  • e-snaps@hud.gov for questions about e-snaps technical issues such as creating
    an individual user profile, lockouts/password resets, requesting access to a CoC’s
    or Project Applicant’s e-snaps account, navigating e-snaps, updating the Applicant
    Profile, identifying the funding opportunity, creating a project, and accessing the
    application on the “Submissions” screen.
  • In your email, please provide:
    • The specific details regarding the issue you are encountering.
    • The steps you have taken up to the point the issue occurs.
    • Any error messages.
    • You may also want to provide a screenshot.