ODFC/CT-503 CoC FY26 New & Transition Project Local Competition Application

Survey Instructions & Guidance

Opening Doors of Fairfield County (ODFC)/CT-503 Continuum of Care (CoC)
FY2026 CoC NOFO: Local Competition New and Transition Project Application Submission

Instructions:

Please complete all required questions within this survey to be considered for New or Transition project funding through the FY2026 CoC funding process of the Opening Doors of Fairfield County (ODFC)/CT-503 Continuum of Care (CoC).
NOTE: Only questions that apply to your selected project type will be displayed.
All applications must be submitted via Alchemer no later than 5:00pm EST on Monday, July 27, 2026.
Please carefully read the CoC’s FY26 CoC Competition New and Transition Project RFP before completing this survey. The RFP can be found here.
You may click “Save and Continue” in the upper right-hand corner at any time to save your responses and return to complete at a later time- a link will be emailed to you to return to your responses. If you do not receive an email with link, email OpeningDoorsofFairfieldCounty@gmail.com. HOWEVER, we highly recommend that you work on a hard copy of your responses first prior to entering your responses in Alchemer -- in case of a technical issue we do not want you to lose your work. A link to a hard copy of the application can be found below and in the RFA.
Upon submission, a copy of your responses will be emailed to you for your records.
If I have questions about this, who should I contact? Send an e-mail to OpeningDoorsofFairfieldCounty@gmail.com with the Subject Line “Question about Renewal and New Project RFA” and the CoC will get back to you as quickly as possible.

GENERAL INFO:

ONLY ONE NEW PROJECT APPLICATION CAN BE SUBMITTED IN EACH SURVEY. If you plan to submit multiple new project applications, you will need to complete a survey for each separate New Project Application.
Existing CT-503 CoC grantees with Rapid Rehousing (RRH) projects are encouraged to submit New Project Applications using the Transition, DV Reallocation, or YHDP Reallocation processes, as appropriate, to convert to a Transitional Housing model.
If you are an existing CT-503 CoC grantee with a PSH project and your organization would prefer to keep your existing PSH renewal but you would transition your project to a TH model if necessary, you should submit both a Renewal Project Application and a New Project Transition Application.
All New Project Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the FY26 New Project Scoring Tool, which will be used to evaluate and score all New Project Applications.

Resources that you may wish to access as you are completing project applications:

Continuum of Care regulations at 24 CFR Part 578, Subpart D – Program Components & Eligible Costs
HUD Exchange CoC and ESG Virtual Binders
HUD CoC Program webpage - Click on FY202 Continuum of Care Competition to review all resources for this competition. This is where the Detailed Instructions and Navigational Guides should be posted once HUD makes them available.
HUD Exchange e-snaps webpage
- If you are new to e-snaps, we suggest reviewing the e-snaps 101 Toolkit and e-snaps 201 Toolkit
- Please be advised that Detailed Instructions and Navigational Guides posted on HUD Exchange may be dated. Be sure to check the HUD CoC Program webpage for the most up-to-date materials.
ODFC/CT-503 CoC New Project Budget Tool - this tool can be used to help develop a project budget outside of the e-snaps application.
Word version of the Alchemer Survey. Please note that the survey hides/displays questions based on the type of application you are submitting. This logic is noted in the Word document.