Westchester County CoC

FY2023 NY-604 Application

Westchester County Continuum of Care

FY2023 CoC Application timeline

January 18       DCMH approved as Collaborative Applicant by CoC Board

June 21            Ranking and Review policy approved by CoC Board

July 5               CoC NOFO released by HUD

July 12              Extra Board meeting for RFI

July 17              Local Competition RFI for renewals and new projects released

July 24             Notification of Renewal forms due

July 25             1st draft of renewal scoring released

July 26             Reallocation decisions at CoC Board meeting

August 1 Notices sent to Tier 2 projects

August 14         Bonus Project proposals due

August 18         Bonus Project scoring due from CoC Board members and results announced

August 29        Renewal Project Applications due in e-snaps

                        New Project Applications due in e-snaps

September 7    Final project scoring and ranking released

September 11  Deadline to appeal scoring results

September 12  CoC notices outside e-snaps to all applicants

September 22  All Project Applications reviewed, amended, approved within e-snaps

September 26  All Consolidated Application materials posted to CoC website

September 28 HUD CoC Application submission deadline

FY2023 CoC Application submitted by the Westchester County Continuum of Care on September 28, 2023.

Approved Westchester Continuum of Care consolidated FY2023 CoC Application materials available for download and public review

Comments & questions about the FY2023 consolidated application may be emailed to yqs2@westchestercountyny.gov

Project Applications

Westchester County DSS

• First Steps

• HMIS

• HMIS expansion

• Homestead

• Homestead expansion

• New Start

• PRISE

• RISE

• Stepping Stones

• Turning Point

• Westchester Coordinated Entry

Westchester County DCMH

• DCMH RAP

• Westchester CoC Planning

• DCMH CaresPlus

HOPE Community Services

• CNR Rehousing Initiative

Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency

• CMV RA 05

• CMV RA 06

• CMV RA 07

• Shallow Rent

Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers

• Rapid Road To Housing

• Yonkers RA

CoC New Project Ranking approved by CoC Board on September 6

CoC Renewal Ranking approved by CoC Board on July 26

The Westchester County CoC is soliciting Requests for Information (RFIs) from eligible partner agencies for the FY2023 CoC Program Competition

The Westchester County CoC is soliciting Requests for Information (RFIs) from eligible partner agencies to be included as subrecipient providers in the application to HUD for

·         CoC Bonus (CoCB) projects, which may be awarded by HUD through the FY2023 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition. Proposals due August 14.

·         Domestic Violence Bonus (DVB) projects, which may be awarded by HUD through the FY2023 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition. Proposals due August 14.

·         CoC Renewal Projects which will be reviewed and ranked for possible inclusion in the FY2023 CoC Program competition for renewal funding. Renewal Notifications due July 24 from current FY2022 CoC grant recipients only.

Use the forms available ABOVE to apply for each funding opportunity by the deadlines.

Before you apply, read the instructions carefully in both the local RFI documents and the FY2023 HUD Continuum of Care NOFO. 

Any questions about this RFI should be e-mailed to Yoav Spiegel at yqs2@westchestercountyny.gov no later than 12 pm on Wednesday August 9, 2023.

A 2023 RFI Proposers conference will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesday July 25th.

This meeting will discuss all aspects of this RFI, especially considerations for designing projects with partners in order to access the HUD bonus category points.

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Local Westchester CoC FY2023 Competition Project Application Deadlines

The FY2023 NOFO for the Continuum of Care Program Competition was released on 07/05/23. Per NOFO sections IV.G and V.B.2.g. the Westchester CoC must design, operate, and follow a collaborative process for the development of the application in response to the NOFO. As part of this process, we must establish internal competition deadlines as outlined below:

(1) Project Applicants. All project applications are required to be submitted to the Westchester CoC through e-snaps no later than 7:59:59 p.m on August 29, 2023 (no later than 30 days before the application deadline to HUD).

(2) CoC Notification to Project Applicants. The Westchester CoC will notify, in writing outside of e-snaps, all project applicants who submitted their project applications to the CoC whether their project application(s) will be accepted and ranked on the CoC Priority Listing, rejected, or reduced by the CoC no later than 7:59:59 p.m on September 13, 2023 (no later than 15 days before the application deadline to HUD).

Where a project application is being rejected or reduced, the Westchester CoC will notify the project applicant, in writing outside of e-snaps, with an explanation for the decision to reject or reduce the project application.

HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FY2023 released July 5, 2023

Westchester County CoC (NY-604) Project Rank & Review Process approved by WCoC Board June 21, 2023

HUD has given local CoC's the opportunity to locally review, assess, score, then and rank renewal CoC projects for performance and compliance with the CoC Interim Rule at 24 CFR 578.

During a Board meeting held on June 21, 2023, the Westchester CoC Board approved a Ranking and Review Process with objective performance measure criteria by which to review, score, and rank renewal projects.