FEMA ANNOUNCES $530 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20220118/fema-announces-530-million-emergency-food-and-shelter-program]


Release Date: 
1월 18, 2022 

WASHINGTON – FEMA has announced that the National Board for the
Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) allocated $530 million to
jurisdictions (counties and cities) across the country
[https://www.efsp.unitedway.org/efsp/website/websiteContents/index.cfm?template=latestNews.cfm?LatestNewsNo=2] to
assist our nation’s hungry and homeless populations.

Congress appropriated $130 million through the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021, and $400 million through Section 4007 of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, to the EFSP. The program’s
National Board will distribute the funds to local organizations
dedicated to feeding, sheltering and providing critical resources to
people with economic emergencies. These funds are for people with
non-disaster related emergencies and can be used for a broad range of
services, including mass shelter, mass feeding, food pantries and food
banks, utility bill payments to prevent cut-offs, rent/mortgage
payments to prevent evictions/foreclosures and transition assistance
from shelters to stable living conditions. The $400 million in
supplemental funding was provided by Congress to specifically address
the continuing economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Board is chaired by FEMA with representatives from
American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, The Jewish Federations of
North America, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA,
The Salvation Army and United Way Worldwide. United Way Worldwide,
selected by the National Board as its secretariat and fiscal agent, is
also responsible for the EFSP’s daily administration, in alignment
with federal requirements and National Board governance.

EFSP funding is allocated to qualifying local jurisdictions based on a
formula using the most recent national population, unemployment, and
poverty data. Grants are then awarded by local boards to nonprofit and
government organizations that provide direct services to those in need
in their communities. All applications are evaluated competitively.
With this FY 2021 annual and supplemental funding, the total aid
disbursed in the EFSP’s 39-year history will be more than $5.6
billion.

Find information about allocations on the EFSP website
[https://www.efsp.unitedway.org/efsp/website/websiteContents/index.cfm?template=latestNews.cfm?LatestNewsNo=2].
Learn more about how EFSP funds help Americans rebuild their lives
[https://www.fema.gov/blog/femas-emergency-food-and-shelter-program-provides-resources-help-families-find-food-shelter].

A state-by-state list of the eligible jurisdictions and award amounts
is available at www.efsp.unitedway.org
[http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/].