2024 timeline

Westchester County Continuum of Care

FY2024 CoC Application timeline

January 17      Westchester County DCMH approved as Collaborative Applicant by CoC Board

April 17           Ranking and Review policy approved by CoC Board

July 31          CoC NOFO released by HUD

August 7         Extra CoC Board meeting for Local Competition decisions

August 8         Local Competition RFI for renewals and new projects released

August 13        Draft of renewal scoring released

August 14        Notification of Renewal forms due

August 19  Deadline for submitting scoring results feedback to CoC

August 20  Revised renewal ranking scoring released

August 21        CoC Renewal projects Accepted or Rejected based on Ranking results by CoC Board

August 28 Reallocation decisions at CoC Board meeting and Notices sent to Tier 2 and Reallocated projects

September 4   Bonus Project proposals due

September 10   Bonus Project scoring due from CoC Board members and results announced

September 30  Renewal Project Applications due in e-snaps

                        New Project Applications due in e-snaps

October 15  CoC notices outside e-snaps to all applicants [actually sent 10/9]

October 23  All Project Applications reviewed, amended, approved within e-snaps

October 28  All Consolidated Application materials posted to CoC website

October 30 HUD CoC Application submission deadline

2024 Rank and Review Process

Westchester County CoC (NY-604) Project Rank & Review Process approved by WCoC Board April 17, 2024

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 April 17, 2024, the Westchester CoC Board approved a Ranking and Review Process with objective performance measure criteria by which to review, score, and rank renewal projects.

Download 2024 Rank and Review Process document

Click the image to download the 2024 Rank and Review Process document

FY2024 CoC NOFO

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The Westchester County CoC is soliciting Requests for Information (RFIs) from eligible partner agencies for the FY2024 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

·         CoC Bonus (CoCB) projects, which may be awarded by HUD through the FY2024 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition. Proposals due September 4.

·         Domestic Violence Bonus (DVB) projects, which may be awarded by HUD through the FY2024 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition. Proposals due September 4.

·         CoC Renewal Projects which will be reviewed and ranked for possible inclusion in the FY2024 and FY2025 CoC Program competitions for renewal funding. Renewal Notifications due August 14 from current FY2023 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 FY2024 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 Friday August 30, 2024.

A 2024 RFI Proposers conference will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesday August 20th.

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/meet/yspiegel

Meeting number: 2433 109 1993

 Join by phone

+1-415-655-0001 Toll

Access code: 24331091993

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Local Westchester CoC FY2024 Competition Project Application Deadlines

The FY2024 and FY2025 NOFO for the Continuum of Care Program Competition was released on 07/31/24. Per NOFO sections IV.G and V.B.2.g. 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 FY2024 and FY2025 CoC Renewal review, ranking, and funding this form must be submitted for each CoC project renewing in 2025 by emailed by 2 PM on Wednesday, August 14, 2024

 (2) Project Applicants. All project applications are required to be submitted to the Westchester CoC through e-snaps no later than 7:59:59 p.m on September 30, 2024 (no later than 30 days before the application deadline to HUD).

 (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 October 15, 2023 (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.

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Westchester CoC Boad ranks renewal CoC projects

On August 21, 2024 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. 15 out of 16 renewal projects were Accepted for renewal; the lowest ranked PSH project was Rejected and funding for FY2024 was reallocated into an Expansion of the high performing Shallow Rent PSH project.

4 new PSH projects have been approved and ranked by the CoC Board (in addition to the CoC Planning project which is not ranked):

Homestead Expansion (CoC Bonus), Shallow Rent Expansion (Reallocation), Hombase (CoC Bonus), and DCMHCaresPlus (CoC Bonus).

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CoC Bonus Scoring results

The Westchester CoC received two responses to the local RFI released August 8 and due September 4 for FY2024 CoC Bonus funding.

Westchester CoC Board Scoring results for the CoC Bonus RFI (out of possible 20):

FSSY                                       17.300

HDSW                                    17.225

Note that for the CoC Bonus there is enough potential HUD funding to include both FSSY and HDSW proposals in the FY2024 application.

Per CoC Board instructions both CoC Bonus projects will be ranked in Tier 2, below all 17 renewal projects;

the FSSY project will be ranked #18 and the HDSW project will be ranked #19 (out of 19) total ranked projects.

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

CoC Application for public review

Approved Westchester Continuum of Care consolidated FY2024 CoC Application materials available for download and public review

Comments & questions about the FY2024 consolidated application may be emailed to yqs2@westchestercountyny.gov

FY2024 CoC Application Submitted

FY2024 CoC Application submitted by the Westchester County Continuum of Care on October 30, 2024.