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. 

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Notice of Intent/ Preliminary Review

Required Submittals  - Due 4:00pm 4/25/2023

• Updated Project Contact form (Google Form)
• Signed Project Applicant Assurances
• HUD Monitoring Report(s) received in 2022
• Self-scored Project Rating Tool 
  • PSH Projects
  • RRH and Joint TH-RRH Projects 
• eLOCCS screenshots (instructions) 
• Training & Development report - No form. Review CoC training policy and submit documentation based on policy expectations. 
• Advancing Equity Review
• Budget Review
• ​Performance data: 
  • First Year Narrative (if no APR available) 
  • APR for Calendar Year 2022 (January 1, 2022- December 31, 2022)
• Coordinated Entry Participation Review
• Equal Access Self-Assessment Tool (read CoC Instructions)  - NOTE: Remember to enable Macros to use the tool.  
• Promoting Self-Sufficiency Review
• K-12 and Early Childhood Collaboration

Optional Submittals

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

Reference Materials for Project Reviews​

• Application Materials Checklist (for reference)
• 2022 CES Entries & Referrals Report
• Returns to Homelessness Report
• Project Spending Report 12.31.2022
• K12 Early Childhood Plan Template (scroll to special topics)
• CoC Training & Development Policy (scroll to Policies for list of training topics and sample tracking sheet)
• Sample APR with notes for scoring elements
• Housing First Assessment Tool (for reference only)

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Local Competition Application

Required to Coordinator by 4:00pm 8/3/2023

• 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 on 8/23/ 2023

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

Reference Materials 

• E-snaps system link
• ​HUD Code of Conduct requirements for grantees & list of agencies with accepted Codes of Conduct
• Guides for project application forms in e-snaps: TBA
• Match documentation (samples)
  • Cash match letter
  • In-kind match MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)
    • With an agency providing services
    • With an agency providing space

​Note: E-snaps help links are available from the main Local Competition page

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