Now Accepting Applications: 2025 Rural Coordinated Entry Supportive Services Grant

Written By Stephen K

Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri (CPSEMO) is pleased to announce the release of the 2025 Rural Coordinated Entry Supportive Services Only (Rural CE SSO) Request for Proposals. This funding opportunity is designed to strengthen Coordinated Entry (CE) infrastructure in rural regions of the Missouri Balance of State Continuum of Care (Mo BoS CoC).

Funded through HUD’s Special NOFO for Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness, this award will support hiring CE staff, enhancing access points, expanding rural outreach, and improving system coordination across Missouri’s rural counties.

About This Opportunity

This grant focuses on supportive services only and does not provide direct housing funding. Instead, it is intended to build the local capacity needed to efficiently and equitably connect individuals and families experiencing homelessness to housing and supportive services.

Key Details

  • Eligible Regions: Regions 2–10 (see RFP for detailed county listings)

  • Award Range: $53,626 – $150,153 (varies by region)

  • Grant Term: October 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027

  • Match Requirement: 25% (cash or in-kind)

  • Data Requirement: HMIS (or HMIS comparable database for VSPs)

Project Expectations

Funded projects will:

  • Hire and train CE staff to manage regional access points and case conferencing

  • Reduce wait times for CE assessments and housing referrals

  • Expand outreach to individuals in remote and underserved areas

  • Collaborate with the Regional CE Lead and local partners in each county served

  • Provide quarterly CE training (Housing First, Trauma-Informed Care, Fair Housing)

  • Integrate voices of individuals with lived experience into project planning and evaluation

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

  • Be a Missouri-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in good standing

  • Have active SAM registration with a valid UEI

  • Demonstrate capacity to manage federal grants

  • Participate in Coordinated Entry and use HMIS (or an HMIS comparable system for VSPs)

  • Provide a 25% match (cash or in-kind)

  • Engage at least one local partner in each county served

Submission Information

  • Application Deadline: August 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM CST

  • Submission Method: Email a single PDF containing all required materials to director@cpsemo.org

  • Email Subject Line: Rural CE SSO Application – [Your Agency Name]

  • Optional Q&A Session: July 28, 2025 (request link by July 27 via email)

Download the RFP

Download the 2025 Rural CE SSO RFP (PDF)

Contact

For questions or to request the Q&A session link, please contact:
director@cpsemo.org

By investing in rural Coordinated Entry infrastructure, this funding opportunity aims to reduce barriers, improve equity, and enhance the capacity of Missouri’s rural communities to effectively address homelessness.

We encourage eligible organizations dedicated to strengthening rural Coordinated Entry to apply.

Stephen K
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