This information was originally distributed via HUD.gov. HUD Exchange is redistributing the information for awareness.

Submission Deadline

There are seven days until the application submission deadline for the FY 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Competition. The CoC Application and the CoC Priority Listing are separate submissions in e-snaps. Therefore, Collaborative Applicants must ensure that both the CoC Application and the CoC Priority Listing, including all project applications that are either approved and ranked or rejected, are submitted in e-snaps prior to the application submission deadline of November 16, 2021, by 8:00 PM EST.

Collaborative Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications at least 24 – 48 hours before the deadline. Please see Section VI Application and Submission Information of the FY 2021 CoC Program Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for application submission and timely receipt requirements.

Resources

Resources are available on the HUD.gov CoC Program Competition page, including:

• FY 2021 CoC Estimated Annual Renewal Demand (ARD) Report
• Detailed instructions for the CoC Application, CoC Priority Listing, and all Project Application types
• Navigational guides for the New, Renewal, CoC Planning, and UFA Costs Project Applications, as well as the CoC Priority Listing

The following checklists available on the e-snaps Resources page can be used to conduct a final review of project applications:

• Renewal Project Application Checklist
• New Project Application Checklist
• YHDP Renewal Project Application Checklist
• YHDP Replacement Project Application Checklist
• CoC Planning Project Application Checklist
• UFA Costs Project Application Checklist

For additional resources, view the following toolkits:

• e-snaps 101 Toolkit
• e-snaps 201 Toolkit

Questions?

Questions about the CoC Program Competition must be submitted to the appropriate HUD.gov email address, as follows:

• [email protected] for questions about the NOFO, competition, and applications.
• [email protected] for questions about e-snaps technical issues, including creating an individual user profile, lockouts/password resets, requesting access to a CoC’s or project applicant’s e-snaps account, navigating e-snaps, updating the Applicant Profile, identifying the funding opportunity, creating a project, and accessing the application on the Submissions screen.

Thursday, November 11, 2021, is a federal holiday. Questions submitted on November 11, 2021, will be addressed Friday, November 12, 2021.

Note: Questions about policy and program implementation should continue to be submitted to the HUD Exchange Ask A Question (AAQ) portal. In Step 2 of the question submission process, select “CoC Program” from the “My question is related to” drop down list. Do not submit Competition questions or questions about e-snaps to the CoC Program AAQ.

SNAPS Mailing List Subscription

SNAPS is now using two different listservs to communicate competition and program updates:

• Subscribe to the HUD.gov listserv for information developed by HUD/SNAPS regarding the CoC program, ESG program, YHDP, Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) developed by SNAPS, and any other information related to SNAPS programs and the work to end homelessness.
  • Sign up for SNAPS Competition Information
  • Sign up for SNAPS Program Information
     
• Subscribe to the HUD Exchange listserv for information and guidance produced by HUD technical assistance providers regarding SNAPS programs.
  • Sign up for HUD Exchange updates

SNAPS grantees and interested stakeholders should consider subscribing both to the HUD Exchange mailing list and HUD.gov mailing lists. Please communicate this information to your homeless organizations, local government contacts, and other interested stakeholders.