COMING SOON! You will be able to access a copy of New Bedford’s 2021 CoC Consolidated Application here in early November, 2021 in this location. If you have any questions about the CoC Consolidated Application, individual projects that will be submitted as part of the overall 2021 package to HUD before November 16, 2021 or[ Continue reading. ]

The City of New Bedford’s HSPN has received, reviewed and voted on the 2021 Final CoC Rank and Order of Projects.  the HSPN’s Performance Review Committee (PRC) comprised of HSPN members with no relationship–financial or otherwise–to any of the applicants for funding in the FY2021 round received, reviewed, vetted, evaluated, scored and ranked all applications[ Continue reading. ]

The process used by the CoC in the review, evaluation and ranking of renewal, new and reallocation projects is annually updated and made available to the CoC, project applicants and the community. The 2021 Ranking and Review Process is available here: NB COC REVIEW and RANKING PROCESS.2021

 REALLOCATION PLAN In anticipation of each CoC funding cycle, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (Homeless Service Provider’s Network or “HSPN”) issues its guidance regarding its policies/process for the reallocation of funding from an existing project to a higher performing and/or new permanent housing project. A copy of the CoC’s 2021 Reallocation Plan[ Continue reading. ]

The Homeless Service Provider’s Network (HSPN) outreach/fundraising committee called “Rise-Up for Homes” is sponsoring this year’s New Bedford Connect, a one-day event that brings together, in a single location, a wide variety of community volunteers, vital resources and services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Direct services[ Continue reading. ]

COC COMPETITION MA-505 COC RFP NOW AVAILABLE! On Friday, September 10, 2021, the City of New Bedford’s Continuum of Care (CoC), acting through the Office of Housing & Community Development, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that includes instructions and both new and renewal application forms for 2021 funding from the U.S. Department of Housing[ Continue reading. ]

The 2021 Continuum of Care (CoC) funding competition in New Bedford’s CoC runs through the November deadline set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Check out the competition timeline for 2021 here: 2021 COMPETITION TIMELINE

At its July 2021 HSPN meeting, attendees heard and reviewed an initial presentation addressing the New Bedford continuum’s “System Performance Measures” which reflected how well all ESG and CoC-funded programming within the New Bedford CoC had performed in the aggregate or, as a “system” in 2020. The review looked at how New Bedford’s performance compared[ Continue reading. ]