DO YOU NEED HOUSING OR SERVICES?
The Montana Continuum of Care Coalition does not provide direct assistance with housing or support services. We work with local service providers across Montana to help individuals, families and youth experiencing homelessness.
Program openings are filled through the Coordinated Entry System. To access the coordinated entry system in your area:
Updates
2024-2025 HUD Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Renewal Project Scoring Criteria
2024-2025 Renewal Project Scoring Criteria Now Available.
2024-2025 HUD Continuum of Care Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
On Wednesday, July 31 HUD announced the largest-ever single-year investment in communities’ homelessness response systems; providing more than $3.5 billion in competitive funding to homeless services organizations across the country for supportive services and housing programs for people experiencing homelessness.
2024 CoC Builds NOFO
The Montana Continuum of Care Coalition is seeking proposals for construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation funding for new units of Permanent Supportive Housing to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
2024 Local Continuum of Care Competition Request for Proposals
The Montana Continuum of Care Coalition is seeking Proposals for New Projects for possible inclusion in the Montana Continuum of Care Coalition’s FY2024 Consolidated Application for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
About The Montana Continuum of Care Coalition
Working to end homelessness in Montana through effective leadership and collaboration
As a Continuum of Care (CoC) Coalition, we are responsible for local, regional, and statewide coordination of housing and services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) lists four essential components of a Continuum of Care:
Outreach and Assessment to determine needs of the homeless population
Emergency Shelter (ES) as a safe alternative for individuals and families
Transitional Housing (TH) w/supportive services for successful permanent housing
Permanent Housing (PH) and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) to help individuals and families remain housed.
In addition to coordinating a statewide housing and service system, we provide outreach, engagement, assessment, and prevention strategies across twelve districts in Montana.
Our primary functions include an annual analysis of needs and services available in Montana, participating in the Consolidated Plan within the CoC geographic area, and consulting, reporting, and evaluation for The Emergency Solutions Grant.
MTCoC also facilitates a collaborative process for HUD grant applications, maintains HUD HMIS systems to collect and report homelessness data, and establishes priorities for funding projects while measuring overall performance of this system.
The CoC’s HMIS responsibilities involve designating an HMIS Management Lead, approving HMIS privacy policy, security and data quality plans, facilitating consistent participation of grant recipients and subrecipients, and ensuring HMIS compliance.
Find more on HMIS Guidelines here.
Montana CoC Districts
Our partners and participants include:
non-profit homeless assistance providers
non-profit victim service providers
city, county, and state government agencies
faith-based groups
public housing agencies
school districts and universities
mental health agencies and hospitals
businesses
affordable housing developers
organizations serving veterans
currently and formerly homeless individuals
law enforcement
The Montana Continuum of Care Coalition considers digital accessibility vital in today’s landscape. As we continue the construction of this new website, we will strive to ensure that our platform is navigable, actionable and consumable by people with varying physical and cognitive impairments. We are striving to set forth a clear plan to achieve and maintain digital accessibility. We will do everything in our power to ensure that our website, electronic documents, services and materials meet accessibility standards throughout the year.
If you feel that this platform or other CoC communications are not meeting standards or can be improved, please let us know. If you need a document in a different accessible format, please email: admin@mtcoc.org.
