The City Fiscal Year 2023 Non-Congregate Emergency Shelter Competition is now closed.

The Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS) is requesting project proposals from qualified non-profit organizations that have the capacity to operate non-congregate shelter(s) and provide supportive services at non-congregate shelter facilities owned by the City of Baltimore. The applicants must demonstrate the experience and capacity to operate a welcoming, low-barrier, non-congregate emergency shelter that serves adult individuals experiencing homelessness in Baltimore City. While the exact amount of available funding has not yet been confirmed, MOHS anticipates funding will be made available through the City’s General Funds.

Providers may submit more than one application for program(s) and be considered for multiple eligible sources of funding that are administered by MOHS.

MOHS is seeking proposals to serve the following target populations:

1. Non-Congregate Shelter for 135 single adult men

2. Non-Congregate Shelter for 145 single adult women

Note that these projects will be operated in two separate non-congregate shelter facilities, although providers may submit more than one application if proposing to serve two separate programs.

Submission deadline is May 31, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. EST.

Selected projects will start operations by July 1, 2022, and each project will be awarded a one-year contract form July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

Local Competition Process & Resources 

• Non-Congregate Emergency Shelter Project - Request for Proposals (Posted April 21, 2022) 
• Bidder’s Conference on Zoom (May 3, 2022 at 12pm): Replay available on MOHS' YouTube channel
  • Bidder's Conference Slides (pdf)

Project Application & Budget Template

• Project Application (Posted April 21, 2022)
• Project Budget (Posted April 21, 2022)

 Questions related to this Request for Proposals can be directed to HSP Applications.