Westchester County CoC

FY2026 NY-604 Application

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• FY2026 CoC Application timeline

• FY2026 Continuum of Care NOFO released by HUD June 1, 2026

• 2026 Local Competition documents to apply for new funding

• 2026 Local Competition deadlines

• 2026 Rank and Review Process

• 2026 Final Project Ranking

• 2026 new project proposal scoring

Westchester County Continuum of Care

FY2026 CoC Application timeline

FY2026 CoC Application timeline

June 1                         CoC NOFO released by HUD

June 8                        CoC Board meeting sets Local Competition due dates, eligible project types, and eligible populations

June 10                       Rank and Review subcommittee meeting

June 15                      Local Competition RFI for renewals and new projects released

June 17                       CoC Board meeting approves Ranking and Review policy to conform to HUD NOFO requirements

                                    Approve new Policy Statements per NOFO

June 26                      Notification of Renewal forms due

July 8                         Draft of renewal scoring released

July 15                         Deadline for submitting scoring results feedback to CoC

July 15                         New Project proposals due

July 20                        New Project scoring due from CoC Board members

July 22                        New Project scoring results announced

July 22                        CoC Board meeting Renewal projects Accepted or Rejected or Reduced based on Ranking results by

CoC Board; All projects New and Renewal final rankings

                                    Amend Guiding Principles to conform to HUD NOFO requirements

 July 24                       Notices sent to Tier 2 and Reallocated projects and Rejected new projects

July 31                         Renewal Project Applications due in e-snaps

August 7                     New Project Applications due in e-snaps

August 11                   CoC notices outside e-snaps to all applicants

August 14                   All Project Applications reviewed, amended, approved within e-snaps

August 21                   All Consolidated Application materials posted to CoC website

August 26                  HUD CoC Application submission deadline

HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FY2026 released June 1, 2026

The Westchester County CoC is soliciting Requests for Information (RFIs) from eligible partner agencies for the FY2026 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

·         Transitional Housing (TH) projects, which may be awarded by HUD through the FY2026 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition. Proposals due July 15.

·         Supportive Services Only (SSO) projects, which may be awarded by HUD through the FY2026 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition. Proposals due July 15.

A portion of both TH and SSO project funding will be used for proposals for projects dedicated to serve Survivors of Domestic Violence (DV).

·         CoC Renewal Projects which will be reviewed and ranked for possible inclusion in the FY2026 CoC Program competition for renewal funding. Renewal Notifications due June 26 from current FY20255 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 FY2026 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 Monday July 6th, 2026.

Responses will be gathered and posted to the WCoC website no later than 5pm on Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 at https://www.wcochomeless.org/fy2026applications.

Compiled Questions and Answers emailed concerning the 2026 RFI may be downloaded using this link.

An Optional 2026 RFI Proposers conference was held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday June 30th.

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.

Join the meeting on WebEx as follows:

Meeting link:

https://westchestergov.webex.com/westchestergov/j.php?MTID=m93df89227bf3de0dbe47c3b942fccc61

Join by meeting number

Meeting number (access code): 2432 861 1465  

Meeting password: pGPpmfMZ343

Tap to join from a mobile device (attendees only)  

+1-415-655-0001,,24328611465## US Toll 

Join by phone +1-415-655-0001 US Toll

To view a recording of the RFI Proposers conference held June 30 at 1pm use the link and password below:

Recording Link:

2026 RFI Proposers conference-20260630 1833-1

Password

6UuPqn8Z

Local Westchester CoC FY2026 Competition Project Application Deadlines

The FY2026 NOFO for the Continuum of Care Program Competition was released on 6/1/2026. Per NOFO section VI.A.2. 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) Renewal Notices. In order to be eligible for FY2026 CoC Renewal review, ranking, and funding this form must be submitted for each CoC project renewing in 2027 by emailed by 2 PM on Friday, June 26, 2026

 (2) Project Applicants. All renewal project applications are required to be submitted to the Westchester CoC through e-snaps no later than 7:59:59 p.m on July 31, 2026.

All new project applications are required to be submitted to the Westchester CoC through e-snaps no later than 7:59:59 p.m on August 7, 2026.

 (3) 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 August 11, 2026 (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.

Westchester County CoC (NY-604) Project Rank & Review Process approved by WCoC Board June 17, 2026

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 17, 2026, the Westchester CoC Board approved a Ranking and Review Process with objective performance measure criteria by which to review, score, and rank renewal projects.

Westchester CoC Board ranks renewal and proposed new CoC projects

On Wednesday July 22, 2026 the Westchester CoC Board approved the results of the CoC renewal project ranking process. The ranking results are available for download by clicking on the image below. \

11 out of 14 renewal projects were Accepted for renewal and ranked in Tier 1 - however the nine ranked renewal Permanent Supportive Housing projects were all partially reallocated into new projects (33.8% of funding reallocated) so that all nine projects fit in the 60% ARD Tier 1 cap.

The three lowest ranked Permanent Housing projects were Rejected. and funding was 100% reallocated for FY2026 into new projects to comply with the HUD’s restriction limiting Tier 1 to 60% ARD.

Three new TH projects and seven new SSO have been approved and ranked by the CoC Board according to Board scoring of their responses to the CoC Request for Information and placing TH projects above SSO projects.

CoC new project proposal scoring results

The Westchester CoC received eight responses to the local RFI released due December 8 for FY2025 CoC Transitional Housing projects and three responses to the local RFI released due December 8 for FY2025 CoC Supportive Services Only projects.

One Transitional Housing was deemed ineligible and not ranked because the project included activities non-compliant with HUD Transitional Housing regulations.

Westchester CoC Board Scoring results for the four eligible Transitional Housing proposals (out of possible 16). All four were selected and ranked:

CHHOP LUW 15.04

HDSW 13.56

Westchester DSS 13.34

Guidance Center 13.17

Westchester CoC Board Scoring results for the twelve Supportive Services Only projects (out of possible 16). The top seven were selected and ranked:

Westchester Jewish Community Services 16.51

United Community Center of Westchester 15.42

Neighbors 4 Neighbors 14.75

HDSW 14.15

Westchester Disabled on the Move 14.05

Family Services of Yonkers 13.45

First Steps to Heal 13.44

NY Covenant Church CDC 12.45

WestCOP 12.45

Homeless Remedies 11.75

Echoes Africa Initiative 11.73

Homeless Remedies and CFCF 11.29

As shown in the item above, new projects were ranked in the scoring order shown, first TH projects and then SSO projects - all in Tier 2 below, below all 11 Accepted renewal projects.

Thank you to all CoC Board members who voted during this CoC Bonus scoring process.