South Dakota Housing is seeking applicants for the Emergency Solutions Grants Program– and the deadline is tomorrow (May 31, 2023).
The ESG program provides financing for short-term and medium-term rental assistance and services to stabilize and rapidly re-house individuals and households who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. ESG funds can be used for street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing assistance and costs associated with the Homeless Management Information system.
Eligible applicants are non-profits and units of local governments. The application deadline is May 31, 2023, at 5pm CT. The application deadline is firm as to the date AND hour. SD Housing will accept applications submitted electronically. Applicants can choose to continue to submit a hard copy application or submit electronically using the upload option on the SD Housing website. Applicants cannot submit applications via facsimile.
The ESG program allocation plan and application can be found on SD Housing’s website at https://www.sdhousing.org/social-programs.
Total funding available: $639,874.
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60% of the total funding will be available for street outreach and shelter operation activities
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40% of the total funding will be available for homeless prevention, rapid re-housing activities and HMIS activities.
For more information, contact Denise Albertson at 605-773-3181 or denise@sdhda.org.
The Emergency Solutions Grants Program is a federal block grant authorized by the McKinney Vento Homelessness Assistance Act and is funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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