Acting Administrator
David L. Bibb
General Services Administration

Application Period for Collaborative NOFA on Chronic Homelessness has Closed

On January 27th, the Interagency Council in cooperation with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Veterans Affairs published in the Federal Register a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to provide $35 million in housing and supportive services funds to move chronically homeless individuals and disabled homeless families off the streets into permanent housing. The application period for these funds closed April 14. During the 75-day application period, we received over 600 calls on our Inquiry Line. We thank everyone for their interest.

The NOFA outlines the review process we will be using to make grant awards. The Council and our partner agencies look forward to reviewing the applications to select those that are the best models of a collaborative community approach to obtaining the performance outcomes described in the NOFA.

During this application process, the Council received many inquiries about whether there will be another round of funding. The President's 2004 budget request to Congress includes a proposal for a Samaritan Initiative, for which this collaborative initiative was the forerunner. If Congress approves funding for the Samaritan Initiative, additional funds will be available in 2004.