REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: FY2022 Westchester County Continuum of Care CoC Bonus

• Date of Release: August 4, 2022 2pm EST

• Proposers Conference: August 9, 2022 3pm EST (see RFI for location details)

• Deadline for Proposals: August 12, 2022 2pm EST

The Request For Information (RFI) offered by the Westchester Continuum of Care to solicit proposals from eligible partner agencies requesting to be included as sub-recipient providers in the application to HUD for Continuum of Care Bonus (CoCB) and Domestic Violence Bonus (DVB) projects, which might be awarded through the FY2022 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program competition.

• Only Continuums of Care which score high enough will receive CoC Bonus and/or DV Bonus funding.

• CoC’s are allowed to submit more than one CoC Bonus and/or DV Bonus application to HUD, so the Westchester CoC may choose one or two CoC Bonus partners and one or more DV Bonus partners to submit an application.

  • Budget proposals for the CoCB project must request CoC funding of exactly $514,242 or exactly $257,121.

  • Responses to the DV Bonus RFI can request any amount from $100,000 up to to $2,056,968.

• The DV Bonus is offered by HUD to provide services and housing to homeless households fleeing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and/or human trafficking. Individuals and families who have been made homeless or are at eminent risk of homelessness by attempting to flee are eligible for HUD funded housing as stated in the Category 4 Definition of Homelessness in the HEARTH ACT.

• The maximum funding request total for applications from Westchester CoC for the CoC Bonus is $1,028,484.

• The maximum funding request total for applications from Westchester CoC for the DV Bonus is $2,056,968.

• Responses to this CoC Bonus RFI are due August 12 at 2pm.

There will be a conference to discuss the RFI Tuesday, August 9 at 3pm

Information to join the conference: https://westchestergov.webex.com/westchestergov/j.php?MTID=m808480099de0f3ba8b867add8475c0d4

Meeting number: 2428 993 3956 Password: KCmwdwDs586

Join by phone 1-844-621-3956 United States Toll Free

Access code: 242 899 33956

Please use the links below to download the RFI and required forms:

• WCoC FY22 Bonus (WCoCB) Project RFI

  • WCoCB FY22 Attachment 1 Form

  • WCoCB FY22 Budget Form

  • WCoCB FY22 Budget Example Form

• WCoC FY22 Domestic Violence Bonus (WCoCDVB) Project RFI

  • WCoCDVB FY22 Attachment 1 Form

  • WCoCDVB FY22 Budget Form

  • WCoCDVB FY22 Budget Example Form

Any questions about this RFI should be e-mailed to Yoav Spiegel at yqs2@westchestergov.com no later than 12 pm on Tuesday August 9, 2022.

To learn more about how the HEARTH Act defines “fleeing” and the Category 4 Definition of Homelessness please visit the following resources:

National Network to End Domestic Violence. (2020, August). Fleeing DV. Nnedv.Org. https://nnedv.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Library_Policy_HEARTH_Creating_Access_for_Survivors.pdf

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2009). S. 896 HEARTH Act of 2009 - HUD Exchange. HUDExchange.Info. https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/1717/s-896-hearth-act/