The HRIF Pre-Application Check is the first step in the Homelessness Reduction Innovation Fund (HRIF) process. HRIF provides one-time funding to support communities in designing and testing improvement projects that lead to measurable reductions in homelessness.
This pre-application check is not an assessment of project quality. It is used to confirm community eligibility, understand project readiness, and identify opportunities for coaching and support before communities proceed to the full HRIF Project Design Application.
Communities that are confirmed as eligible will be invited to complete the HRIF Project Design Application collaboratively with their assigned CAEH Improvement Advisor. The application is designed to help communities build strong improvement projects through coaching, project design, and continuous improvement.
Your responses may also be shared with the National Indigenous Homelessness Council (NIHC) to support eligibility review and identify opportunities for additional Indigenous collaboration, where appropriate.
The CAEH team is committed to continuously improving the accessibility of the HRIF process, materials, and selected projects, and is working closely with the NIHC on these improvements. CAEH recognizes, as a non-Indigenous organization, that we alone cannot assess the HRIF process through an Indigenous lens. CAEH is committed to equity, dignity, justice and belonging. We are dedicated to serving equity-seeking communities as anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and inclusive allies. We encourage applicants to consider how they might respectfully collaborate with and build on existing capacity within local Indigenous service providers and organizations.
For more information and a glossary of acronyms, please see the Frequently Asked Questions.
Submissions will be accepted until November 9, 2026 at 5:00pm ET.