Renewal Housing Project Applications

This page provides guidance to new project applicants seeking renewal CoC funding for existing housing projects 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. (5/16 all materials updated.) 

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Notice of Intent/ Preliminary Review

Required Submittals  - Due 4:00pm 6/11/2024

• Updated Project Contact form (Microsoft Form)
• Signed Project Applicant Assurances
• Self-scored Project Rating Tool 
  • PSH Projects
  • RRH and Joint TH-RRH Projects 
  • DV RRH and Joint TH-RRH Projects
• ​Performance data: 
  • First Year Narrative (if no APR available) 
  • APR for Calendar Year 2023 (January 1, 2023- December 31, 2023)
• Forms (with documentation where required) 
  • Advancing Equity Review
  • Budget Review
  • Coordinated Entry Participation Review
  • Equal Access Self-Assessment
    • Option 1: Excel Tool NOTE: Remember to enable Macros to use the tool.  
    • Option 2: HUD Exchange online tool 
  • ​Housing First Assessment Tool 
  • Promoting Self-Sufficiency Review
• Non-form documents
  • eLOCCS screenshots (instructions) 
  • Training & Development report - No form. Review CoC training policy and submit documentation.
  • HUD Monitoring Report(s) received in 2023

Optional Submittals

• Alternative data measure request
• Narrative on HUD APR submission
• Narrative on other scoring elements

Reference Materials for Project Reviews​

• Application Materials Checklist (updated 8.5.24)
• Sample APR with notes for scoring elements
• 2023 CES Entries & Referrals Report (corrected 6.5.24)
• Returns to Homelessness Report
• ​​CoC Training & Development Policy (scroll to Policies for list of training topics and sample tracking sheet)
• 2024 Grantee spending report 

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Local Competition Application

Required to Coordinator by 4:00pm on 7/31/2024

• Resolution of application conditions, if applicable
• Confirmation/corrections for Grant Inventory Worksheet (GIW), unless required sooner by HUD

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National Competition Application (e-snaps)

Projects approved in Reviews will be placed on the List of Eligible Renewals and may submit a project application in e-snaps for inclusion in the CoC's application to HUD. 

Due (submitted) in e-snaps by 4:00pm 9/9/2024

• Project application forms in e-snaps 
• All forms and attachments required by HUD
• Match documentation

Reference Materials 

• E-snaps system link​
• HUD guides for project application forms in e-snaps:
  • How to Access Project Applications
  • Project Applicant Profile Instructions
  • Renewal Project Detailed Instructions
  • Project Application FAQs
  • More HUD guidance is available from the main Local Competition page (lower right)
• ​HUD Code of Conduct requirements for grantees & list of agencies with accepted Codes of Conduct
• Match documentation (samples)
  • Cash match letter
  • In-kind match MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)
    • With an agency providing services
    • With an agency providing space

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