Emergency Solutions Grants

ESG supports programs that assist people to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.

Administering Agency:

HUD

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Key Details:

Funding Overview:

ESG supports programs that assist people to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.

Common Uses:

Street outreach, emergency shelter construction and operation, homelessness prevention services, support services in emergency shelters, participation with data collection through Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and rapid re-housing. States must share administrative funds with subrecipient local governments and may share administrative funds with nonprofit subrecipients.

Issue Area(s): Housing and Homelessness

Eligibility: City, County, State, Territory

Key Usage Options: Administrative, Hire Staff, IT, Real Estate, Rental, Research/Evaluation, Screening/Assessment, Staff Training

Funding Amount/Range: $76,000 - $14,000,000

Allocation Frequency: Annual

Funding/Expending Period: 2 years

Funding Type: Other

How to Obtain: Direct Allocation, Application Process

Match Requirement: Yes

State Pass-Through:Yes

Notes:

Metropolitan cities and urban counties must fully match grant funds, states must match all but $100,000, and territories are exempt from matching. Requires projects to be part of a jurisdiction's 3- to 5-year Consolidated Plan that is submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.