Continuum of Care (CoC)

The CoC Program is designed to promote community-wide planning and strategic use of resources to address homelessness; improve coordination and integration with mainstream resources and other programs targeted to people experiencing homelessness; improve data collection and performance measurement; and allow each community to tailor its program to the particular strengths and challenges within that community. 

This program provides an annual community-wide collaborative application for funding to support long-term stable housing for households meeting the eligibility requirement and to quickly rehouse homeless individuals, families, and persons fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/

The Youth Homeless Demonstration Project (YHDP) is a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. Additionally, HUD is committed to sharing the experience of YHDP communities and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end.

https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/yhdp/

The State of Alaska has two continuum of care regions. Each region creates a collaborative community response to homelessness working with individuals and stakeholder organizations.

Anchorage Continuum of Care (CoC) Lead Organization – Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness

Balance of State Continuum of Care (CoC) Lead Organization - Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness

The 2026 annual funding competition is now open. The deadline for the community application is August 26, 2026. https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/community-coc​​​​​​​

Continuum of Care Grant Match Program

With authorization from the Alaska State Legislature, the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) has established a federal grant match assistance fund to provide qualified Continuum of Care Program applicants with assistance to 1) meet HUD’s CoC grant match requirements and 2) help Alaskan Continuum of Care Program applicants to earn “Leveraging” points in the national competition. 

Only activities deemed eligible by the primary grantor, HUD (24 CFR part 578), will be funded by AHFC through this grant match program.

Eligible applicants are restricted to the organizations awarded federal funding through the community application process managed by the local CoC.

In order to receive Grant Match funding through AHFC, you must apply for federal funding through the Balance of State Continuum of Care or the Anchorage Continuum of Care. 

AHFC is offering $1.4 million in state capital funds to support the Collaborative applications for the Alaska Continuums of Care. 

AK-500 Anchorage 

  • Approximately $985,698 is available to match projects ranked by the CoC.

AK-501 Balance of State

  • Approximately $414,302 is available to match projects ranked by the CoC.

This funding is a “cash match” to support projects that are renewing, applying for transition grants, new, or bonus projects. CoC matching funds are conditional, pending federal award confirmation from HUD, and are subject to specific limitations as outlined below:

  1. Renewal projects may request up to their FFY25 GMC award;
  2. Projects that were awarded FFY25 GMC funds that are applying for one-year transition grants from HUD may request an amount equal to their FFY25 award or up to a 20% match;
  3. Projects that are renewing but did not receive FFY25 GMC awards may apply for up to 20% of their renewal request; or
  4. Projects that are NEW or BONUS projects may apply for up to 20% of their requested amount.

All awards offered through this funding opportunity are subject to final ranking and scoring at the local CoC competition and to the execution of the federal CoC grant agreement for the same performance period.