The DRAFT CoC Consolidated Application is now available! The Draft MA-505 (New Bedford) Continuum of Care's 2022 CoC Collaborative Application and CoC Priority Listing are now available for review at the following links: The DRAFT 2022 COLLABORATIVE APPLICATION and PROJECT PRIORITY LISTING This material is being made available through this website from Monday, September 19, 2022 through Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 12noon. A vote of the CoC (through its HSPN membership) will take place during that period; all member votes are due no later than [ Continue reading. ]
Annual CoC Funding Competition
COC COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN!
COC COMPETITION MA-505 COC RFP NOW AVAILABLE! On Friday, September 10, 2021, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (CoC), acting through the Office of Housing & Community Development, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that includes instructions and both new and renewal application forms for 2021 funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The RFP is available in fillable format here: MA-505 COC RFP 2021. Application deadline is Friday, October 1, 2021 at 12noon as detailed in the RFP. The linked RFP [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMPETITION TIMELINE 2021
The 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding competition in New Bedford’s CoC runs through the November deadline set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Check out the competition timeline for 2021 here: 2021 COMPETITION TIMELINE [ Continue reading. ]
HUD ANNOUNCES NEW BEDFORD COC AWARD!
HUD awards $1.6 million in homeless assistance funding to New Bedford Article originally published in the Standard Times February 11.2020 NEW BEDFORD – The group tasked with combating homelessness in the area has been awarded a grant from the federal Department of Housing & Urban Development under its Continuum of Care program. The Homeless Service Providers Network, led by the City’s Office of Housing & Community Development, has been awarded $1,673,610 in homeless assistance funding The grant awards announced at the end of January are [ Continue reading. ]
2019 CONSOLIDATED COC APPLICATION
You can now access a copy of New Bedford's 2019 CoC Consolidated Application! The FINAL COC APPLICATION.2019 along with the APPLICATION ATTACHMENTS are available through these links. You can also access a copy of the PROJECT PRIORITY LISTING here as well! The CoC Application was reviewed and approved in a unanimous vote by the HSPN Executive Committee on September 19, 2019. If you have any questions about any of these materials or the individual projects that will be submitted as part of the overall 2019 package to HUD before September 30, 2019, [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES for 2019
(Approved by the HSPN membership on June 20, 2019.) The City of New Bedford’s HSPN membership adopted its CoC Community Priorities at its regular meeting of June 20, 2019. Those priorities are available here: 2019 COC COMMUNITY PRIORITIES [ Continue reading. ]
2019 RANKING of COC PROPOSALS
The City of New Bedford's HSPN has received, reviewed and voted on the 2019 Final CoC Rank and Order of Projects. the HSPN's Performance Review Committee (PRC) comprised of HSPN members with no relationship--financial or otherwise--to any of the applicants for funding in the FY2019 round received, reviewed, vetted, evaluated, scored and ranked all applications for this competition. There were no new applications received in this competition round. Eight renewal applications were reviewed, six of which were for permanent housing (PH) programs (five [ Continue reading. ]
2019 COC RANKING and REVIEW PROCESS
The process used by the CoC in the review, evaluation and ranking of renewal, new and reallocation projects is annually updated and made available to the CoC, project applicants and the community. The 2019 Ranking and Review Process is available here: NB COC REVIEW and RANKING PROCESS.2019. [ Continue reading. ]
COC 2019 REALLOCATION PLAN
In anticipation of each CoC funding cycle, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (Homeless Service Provider’s Network or “HSPN”) issues its guidance regarding its policies/process for the reallocation of funding from an existing project to a new permanent supportive housing project. A copy of the CoC’s 2019 Reallocation Plan can be downloaded here: NB COC REALLOCATION PLAN.2019 [ Continue reading. ]
COC COMPETITION TIMELINE.2019
The 2019 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding competition in New Bedford’s CoC begins in July and runs through the September deadline set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Check out the competition timeline for 2019 here: CoC Competition Timeline.2019 [ Continue reading. ]
