The City of New Bedford's Office of Housing & Community Development, acting in its capacity as the Continuum of Care's (CoC's) Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) lead, and on behalf of the CoC, has completed its annual “Point In Time” (PIT) count creating a census of those individuals and families experiencing homelessness within the Continuum of Care (all of Bristol County except for Fall River). The data includes those who were both sheltered (living in emergency or transitional housing) and unsheltered (on the streets/in places not [ Continue reading. ]
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2025 STREETSHEETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
The City of New Bedford's Office of Housing & Community Development has released the printed version of the 2025 StreetSheet. The printed version provides resources for and within the Greater New Bedford area. Printed StreetSheets are available upon request by contacting Jennifer.Clarke@newbedford-ma.gov. (Copies are available while quantities last). If you are looking for resources in all areas of the Bristol County Continuum of Care, please access our RESOURCES page to explore listed resources. This online version of our StreetSheet is currently [ Continue reading. ]
2024-2025 WINTER OVERFLOW SHELTER
What you should know about… THE 2024-2025 WINTER OVERFLOW SHELTER Once again this year Catholic Charities of the Fall River Diocese (CCFR) is operating an overflow shelter that will be activated when the individual shelter they operate in New Bedford is full AND certain weather conditions exist. The overview, below is prepared by the CCFR team. Please note that in order to accommodate additional folks this winter including those from outside of New Bedford, additional funding has been requested from the state by Steppingstone who has graciously been [ Continue reading. ]
2024 MA-505 APPROVED CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION PACKAGE IS NOW AVAILABLE!
The MA-505 (New Bedford) Continuum of Care has, through a vote of its membership, accepted the 2024 CoC Collaborative Application and CoC Priority Listing. As a result, this material, as well as the project submissions are all now available here for public review. You may access each of these CoC-Approved documents through the following links: 2024 COC APPROVED CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION 2024 COC APPROVED PROJECT PRIORITY LISTING 2024 PROJECT APPLICATIONS and PLANNING APPLICATION This material is also available on the City of New Bedford's Office of [ Continue reading. ]
SR. ROSE ANNUAL AWARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN for 2024!
The MA-505 known as the Bristol County Continuum of Care (BCCC) announces that the nomination period for the annual Sister Rose Homeless Community Leadership Award, established in honor of the late Sister Rose Ellen Gallogly, affectionately known as “Sister Rose,” is now open. Nominees must be a current or previously involved member of the BCCC in the Greater New Bedford area, either as an individual or by virtue of the organization/agency’s membership where the individual is employed. It is a prestigious award given to one who has made a significant [ Continue reading. ]
DRAFT 2024 CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE HERE!
The Draft MA-505 Continuum of Care’s 2024 CoC Consolidated Application, the Project Priority Listing and the final version of the ranked CoC Project Applications are now available for review at the following links: 2024 CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION DRAFT PROJECT PRIORITY LISTING DRAFT COC PROJECT APPLICATIONS This material is being made available through the CoC’s Bristol County CoC website from Monday, October 21, 2024 through 10am Wednesday, October 23, 2024 for review, questions and comments. All BCCC members may cast their vote on whether to [ Continue reading. ]
2024 PROJECT RANKING and SCORES RELEASED
On September 19, 2024, the Bristol County Continuum of Care (BCCC) membership received, reviewed and voted on the 2024 CoC Rank and Order of Projects. The BCCC's Performance Review Committee (PRC) comprised of BCCC members with no relationship–financial or otherwise–to any of the applicants for funding in the FY2024 round previously received, reviewed, vetted, evaluated, scored and ranked all applications for this competition. This year the PRC's review included individual interviews and presentations from all projects. All proposal applications [ Continue reading. ]
CITY RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM
The City of New Bedford has released a landmark report detailing the City's response to homelessness and identifying key areas for improvement. At the suggestion of service providers, the Mitchell Administration allocated American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funds to commission the report, conducted by the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC), a leading expert nationally in human services, health care, and homelessness. The report provides a data-driven analysis of homelessness which was developed through extensive data collection, community [ Continue reading. ]
RFP RELEASED for 2024 COC COMPETITION ROUND
COC COMPETITION MA-505 RFP is NOW AVAILABLE! On Saturday, August 10, 2024, the Bristol County Continuum of Care (BCCC), acting through the City of New Bedford's Office of Housing & Community Development (it's Collaborative Applicant), issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that includes both instructions and application forms for New/DV Bonus and Renewal projects 2024 COC Program funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The RFP and competition applications are available in fillable format here: COC RFP 2024. [ Continue reading. ]
2024 REVIEW and RANKING PROCEDURES FOR COC COMPETITION
The procedures used by the CoC in the review, evaluation and ranking of renewal, new/dv bonus and reallocation projects is annually updated and made available to the CoC, project applicants and the community. This information is also referenced within the published RFP. The 2024 CoC’s Review and Ranking Procedures are available here: BRISTOL COUNTY COC REVIEW and RANKING PROCEDURES.2024 [ Continue reading. ]
