The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program is authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as amended by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act).
Donor Name: City of Albany Community Development Agency
State: New York
City: Albany
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $271,357
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The ESG program is authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as amended by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act). This federally funded program is administered through HUD by a formula allocation to ESG entitlement localities and states. The City of Albany is responsible for administering the City’s ESG allocation. The allocation (less 7.5 percent for local government administrative costs) will be allocated to nonprofits.
The goal of the ESG program is to assist at-risk and homeless households obtain and maintain appropriate permanent housing. Through the 2022-23 funding year, the City of Albany will support emergency shelters, as well as street outreach, prevention and rapid rehousing programs to meet this goal.
Funding Levels
The estimated total funding available for annual distribution through this competitive application is approximately $271,357 for June 2022 through May 2023. Please note actual HUD funding levels have yet to be determined on the federal level and may vary.
The City of Albany anticipates awarding organizations within the following parameters:
- Up to 60 percent of the funding (less administrative costs) will be obligated for emergency shelters and street outreach
- Of the remaining funds, 50 percent or more may be obligated for homeless prevention and 50 percent or less may for rapid rehousing services
Eligible Program Participants
ESG program participants in Emergency Shelter and Rapid Re-housing must meet HUD’s definition of homelessness:
Applicant Eligibility
The following eligibility criteria will be used to consider ESG applications for funding. The applicant or proposed program must:
- Be eligible under the definitions of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act
- Coordinate activities with the Continuum of Care to carry out ESG eligible activities
- Demonstrate the capacity to participate in/and meet performance and reporting requirements under the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
- Strengthen the Albany County CoC by addressing gaps in residential and non-residential services
- Develop and implement a plan of homeless prevention that emphasizes “housing stabilization” (Homeless Prevention/Rapid Rehousing Programs)
- Develop goals and actions that specifically target chronic homeless, veterans, families with children and unaccompanied youth (Shelter/Outreach)
- Cultivate collaboration between the recipient agency and the Continuum of Care process
- Be able to match their ESG allocation with an equal amount of other federal, state and/or local resources (cash or in-kind) which must be used or counted towards eligible ESG activities.
For more information, visit Emergency Solutions Grant.
