Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding Mississippi approximately $6.7 Million through the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program

March 17, 2022

(Washington D.C.) –Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson announced that Mississippi will receive an estimated $6.7 million dollars through the Continuum of Care (CoC) program, which will be administered through Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Total finding for fiscal year 2021 is $2.6 billion across the other states. Funding is made available through a competitive process to distribute Fiscal Year 2021 funding to CoC grant recipients. In addition, approximately $77,000,000 will be available for non-competitive Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) renewal and replacement expiring grants, and up to $102,000,000 will be available for Domestic Violence (DV) Bonus projects.

HUD will make funds available through the CoC program to the following areas:

$731,183 for Mississippi House Partnership
$1,450,367 for Mississippi United to End Homelessness
$158,913 for New Dimensions Development Foundation, Inc.
$204,488 for Voice of Calvary Ministries
$727,405 for Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc.
$473,600 for Grace House, Inc.

For a complete list of projects which were funded, please review the Homeless Assistance Award Report here.

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