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Federal Emergency Shelter Grant Program (FESG)
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Funds emergency shelters, services and transitional housing for
homeless individuals and families.
Grants
One- or two-year grants. HCD distributes federal Emergency Shelter
Grant (ESG) funds to shelter providers.
Shelter maintenance, operating costs, rent and essential services
such as transportation, life skills, legal aid and counseling, to help the
homeless transition into permanent housing and independent living.
Renovation and rehabilitation funds are also available.
Local government agencies and nonprofit organizations in communities
that do not receive shelter funds directly from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Local nonprofit shelter and
service organizations may also receive funds as service providers
working in cooperation with local government agency applicants.
When HUD allocates funds to the state FESG program, applications
are invited through issuance of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).
Typically, NOFAs are issued in February or March and awards are
announced in August or September.
(916) 445-0845 or e-mail homeless@hcd.ca.gov
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