River Valleys CoC
  • Home
  • About Us
    • What is CoC?
    • Governance
    • Committees
    • Staff
  • Coordinated Entry
    • Need housing help?
    • How CE Works
    • CE Agency Start-Up
    • CE Participating Agency Resources
    • Moving Up
  • Data & Planning
    • Data & Reports
    • CoC Plan
    • HMIS
    • Point in Time Count
  • Funding
    • HUD CoC Program Competition >
      • Local Competition for Projects
      • National Competition Applications
    • Other Funding Opportunities
    • Requesting CoC Support for Applications
  • Learning
    • CoC Grantee Guides
    • Training
  • Get Involved
    • CoC Meetings
    • CoC Membership
    • Local Homeless Response Teams
    • CoC Newsletter

Local CoC Competition for Projects

To participate in national competitions for HUD CoC Program funds, River Valleys CoC must hold a Local CoC Program Competition to evaluate, select, and rank individual projects to include in the regional CoC application to HUD.

The information on this page provides guidance to renewal and new applicants seeking project funds within the River Valleys CoC (MN-502) jurisdiction. Guidance will be updated regularly during the application period as HUD releases additional information for the CoC Program National Competition. 
  • 2023 Local Competition Guide
  • 2023 Call for Renewal Projects - Initial release 3/20/2023, to be updated upon further information from HUD. 
  • 2023 Call for New Projects - coming soon! 
  • 2023 List of Eligible Renewal Projects (to be posted after the renewal project reviews are complete) 
  • 2022 Project Rating Criteria - Initial release 3/1/2022, update 8/1/2022

Important Deadlines

Housing Renewal Projects

  • Notice of Intent to Apply: March 21-April 25, 2023
  • Local Competition Application: TBA - Depends on HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
  • Final application in National Competition system: TBA - Depends on HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)​​

Other Renewal Projects

  • Notice of Intent to Apply:  March 21-April 25, 2023
  • Local Competition Application: TBA - Depends on HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
  • Final application in National Competition system: TBA - Depends on HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

New Projects

  • Notice of Intent to Apply: TBA
  • Local Competition 
    ​Application
    : TBA - Depends on HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
  • Final application in National Competition system: ​TBA - Depends on HUD Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)​

Application Materials 

All project applicants submit documents
Housing Renewal Projects
Other Renewal Projects
New Projects - All Project Types

Reference & Support

CoC Technical Assistance

RVCoC Renewal Project Information Session - Thursday, March 30 at 10:30am.
Register for Renewal Project Session
RVCoC Prospective New Project Sessions - TBA
  • CoC Competition Basics
  • All About Eligibility
  • Project Planning for Success

​RVCoC New Project Information Session -  TBA 

Applicant Office Hours - TBA 

E-snaps virtual lab time - TBA

Helpful information from 2022:
Statewide Information Session for Victim Service Providers 
- Wednesday, August 3, 2022
  • HUD slides
  • CoC slides

HUD Guides

HUD CoC program basics: 
  • ​HUD CoC Virtual Binders
  • HUD CoC Competition Page 
  • Laws, Regulations, and Notices that apply to CoC program
  • Other Federal Requirements that apply to CoC grantees
​
​HUD application system info: 
  • e-snaps 101 Toolkit
  • e-snaps 201 Toolkit
  • Project applicant resources

Picture

River Valleys CoC a community-based coalition dedicated to working together to prevent and end homelessness in southern Minnesota. 

​
River Valleys CoC is also a Continuum of Care region recognized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purposes of the HUD Continuum of Care funding program. The CoC's formal name with HUD is Rochester/Southeast Minnesota CoC (MN-502). 

Quick links

  • Subscribe to the CoC Newsletter
  • Register to attend a Full CoC meeting 
  • CE forms & materials 
  • Stipend request forms​
  • Home
  • About Us
    • What is CoC?
    • Governance
    • Committees
    • Staff
  • Coordinated Entry
    • Need housing help?
    • How CE Works
    • CE Agency Start-Up
    • CE Participating Agency Resources
    • Moving Up
  • Data & Planning
    • Data & Reports
    • CoC Plan
    • HMIS
    • Point in Time Count
  • Funding
    • HUD CoC Program Competition >
      • Local Competition for Projects
      • National Competition Applications
    • Other Funding Opportunities
    • Requesting CoC Support for Applications
  • Learning
    • CoC Grantee Guides
    • Training
  • Get Involved
    • CoC Meetings
    • CoC Membership
    • Local Homeless Response Teams
    • CoC Newsletter