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Emergency Service Grant
Summary:
Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) are provided by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development. GHURA administers
ESG for Guam. ESG funds are used to improve the quality
and number of emergency homeless shelters. ESG provides
a foundation for homeless people to begin moving to
independent living.
Eligible Applicants:
Applicants must be organizations operating emergency
shelters and providing supportive services to homeless
individuals and families on Guam.
- Local governments or
- Nonprofit organizations.
Eligible Beneficiaries:
A person must be homeless (or at great risk of becoming
immediately homeless) to receive help from ESG projects.
Eligible Activities:
- Conversion, major rehabilitation, or renovation
of buildings as emergency shelters,
- Shelter operating expenses,
- Essential services (supportive services concerned
with employment, health, drug abuse, and education),
or
- 30 percent cap on essential services
- Homelessness prevention activities.
- 30 percent cap on homelessness prevention activities.
Application:
To receive an ESG grant, an applicant must submit a
proposal to GHURA’s Research, Planning and Evaluation
Office. For application kit, contact the Research, Planning
and Evaluation Office at Phone: 671-477-9851, Fax: 671-472-7565
or rebcruz@mail.gov.gu
Technical Guidance:
ESG is authorized under Subtitle B of title IV of the
Stewart B. McKinney Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.). Program
regulations are at 24
CFR 576. Additional information about the ESG program
can be found by visiting the ESG
program web pages at the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development web site.
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