Through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2023 Continuum of Care Program Competition, the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) as the United Funding Agency for the Arizona Balance of State Continuum of Care (AZBOSCOC) expects to conditionally allocate up to an estimated $5.7 million through the Continuum of Care process. This amount includes an estimated $5 million in potential renewal of existing grants, approximately $353,964 for new/bonus project(s), and approximately $432,607 for bonus projects that are dedicated to serving survivors of domestic violence. Final award amounts will be based on HUD funding availability as well as AZBOSCOC performance in the HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) competitive national funding process. Projects must serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the AZBOSCOC geographic area that includes the 13 counties of Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Mohave, Navajo, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, and Yuma.

Eligible Applicants: Eligible renewal applicants are those current AZBOSCOC funded programs with grant expiration dates in the calendar year 2024. Eligible applicants for new/bonus project funding including the DV bonus funding include non-profits, recognized Tribal Nations, and instrumentalities of state or local government regardless of prior CoC funding.

CoC and DV Bonus project applications are due August 24, 2023, by 5:00pm and must be submitted through ADOH Special Needs Portal.

https://housing.az.gov/portals/document-upload-portals/special-needs-portal

A pre-proposal webinar will take place on August 11 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. The purpose of the webinar is to provide an overview of the AZBOSCOC bonus project application process. Use the link that follows to join the webinar. Registration is required at the time of the webinar.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctf-uhqzgjE91DDKe3xI-QgUMLzVF_zp_O

The bonus project application template, instructions, scoring matrix (for bonus and renewal projects), and other documents related to the 2023 AZBOSCOC Regular NOFO process is available on the ADOH Special Needs Continuum webpage at

https://housing.az.gov/documents-links/forms/special-needs-continuum

It is the responsibility of sub-recipients and potential applicants for bonus projects to familiarize themselves with these and all HUD documents and to check frequently for updates. All future notices regarding scoring tools, ranking, updates, timelines, instructions, links to HUD documents or other application related materials will be noticed through additional ADOH Information Bulletins. If you have immediate questions, please contact:

David Bridge

Special Needs Administrator

1110 W. Washington St., Suite 280, Phoenix, Arizona 85007

[email protected]

(602) 309-6542