The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) has announced the 2023 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program.
Donor Name: Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)
State: Pennsylvania
County: Franklin County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/24/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) offers resources to address the needs of homeless people to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.
DCED will use the ESG funding to support applicants who will work to end homelessness quickly and as efficiently as possible for all vulnerable populations
All funded applicants will use a coordinated entry process established by their local Continuum of Care to ensure the homeless crisis response system is easy to access, the needs of the homeless population are quickly identified and assessed, and priority decisions are based on those known needs. Funded applicants will be expected to use a Housing First approach by ensuring people experiencing a housing crisis are quickly connected to permanent housing.
Funding Information
- The minimum grant request is $25,000.
- Although services are allowable for up to 24 months in accordance with, contracts will not extend beyond 18 months. Therefore, all activities must be completed within 18 months.
Eligible Projects
ESG Funds may be used for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homeless as defined in the following project categories:
- Rapid Rehousing
- These projects involve financial assistance, rental assistance, and services provided to individuals and families who are literally homeless
- Street Outreach
- These projects involve reaching out to unsheltered homeless people to connect them with emergency shelter, housing, or critical services. These projects may provide urgent, non-facility based care to those unwilling or unable to access emergency shelter, housing, or an appropriate health facility.
- Homelessness Prevention
- These projects involve financial assistance, rental assistance, and services provided to individuals and families who are at imminent risk of homelessness or those who qualify as at-risk of homelessness as issued in HUD’s regulations. Eligible individuals and families must have an annual income below 30% of Area Median Income.
- Emergency Shelter
- These projects involve expansion or improvement of facilities with the primary purpose of providing temporary shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations and does not require occupants to sign leases or occupancy agreements. Any project funded as a traditional shelter under a Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Shelter Grant may continue to be funded under ESG. Note: Shelters serving women and children are not eligible per HUD guidelines.
- Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
- HMIS is a database used to confidentially aggregate data on homeless populations. These projects involve purchasing software, purchasing hardware, or providing funding for staff to maintain the agency HMIS.
Eligible Uses of Funds
- Grant funds must be used for eligible activities as described in the HUD ESG regulations. Applicants are encouraged to review this table along with the ESG regulations published on December 5, 2011 for a more complete description of each activity.
- Administrative costs may be requested under any eligible project activity. Administrative costs include costs of overall program management, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Emergency Shelter and Street Outreach component requests may not exceed 60% of the total grant request.
- Administrative funds may not exceed 3.75% of the total grant reques
Eligibility Criteria
- Local Governments
- any county, city, borough, township, town, or home rule municipality.
- Nonprofit Organization
- an organization described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and which is exempt from taxation under subtitle A of the Code, has an accounting system and a voluntary board, and practices nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance and registered with the Bureau of Charitable Organizations. A nonprofit organization does not include a governmental organization, such as a public housing agency or housing finance agency.
- A nonprofit may apply on their own for a regional project that spans more than one county – Note: accepting participants from various/outside counties is not considered regional
- A local government may apply “on behalf of” a nonprofit organization for a project that is contained within one county
- an organization described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and which is exempt from taxation under subtitle A of the Code, has an accounting system and a voluntary board, and practices nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance and registered with the Bureau of Charitable Organizations. A nonprofit organization does not include a governmental organization, such as a public housing agency or housing finance agency.
- ESG Direct Entitlement Communities
- any local government that receives a direct allocation of ESG funding from HUD. These applicants will not receive priority over the non-entitlement applicants.
For more information, visit DCED.
