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Emergency Food & Shelter Program

Funds Available

Federal funds made available through the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security’s Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

have been awarded to jurisdictions in the state

of Nevada for the Emergency Food & Shelter

Program (EFSP) for Phase 42. An award has

been made to the following:

Washoe County has been preliminarily

awarded $207,909

Initial funding decisions were made by a

National Board that is chaired by FEMA and

consists of representatives from American

Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National

Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA;

The Jewish Federations of North America; The

Salvation Army; and United Way Worldwide.

The National Board was charged to distribute

$117 million appropriated by the U.S.

Congress in FY24 to help expand the capacity

of food, shelter, and rent/utilities assistance

programs in high-need areas around the

country. The EFSP was created in 1983 to

supplement and expand the work of local

social service agencies, both nonprofit and

governmental, in an effort to help people with

economic (not disaster-related, i.e. fire, floods,

tornadoes, etc.) emergencies. A Local Board

of volunteers will determine how the funds

are to be distributed among the emergency

food and shelter programs run by local

service agencies in the area. The program

is administered locally by United Way of

Northern Nevada and the Sierra (UWNNS).

Under the terms of the grant from the National

Board, local agencies chosen to receive funds

must:

1) be a private voluntary nonprofit, a faithbased

organization, or a governmental

organization; 2) be eligible to receive Federal

Funds; 3) have an accounting system and be

prepared to submit required documentation;

4) practice nondiscrimination; 5) have

demonstrated the capability to deliver

emergency food and/or shelter programs

through an existing program; and 6) if they

are a private voluntary organization, have a

voluntary board.

Past EFSP participation is not a requirement.

Qualifying agencies are urged to apply. Eligible

agencies serving Washoe County can access

the application and instructions online at

uwnns.org/EFSP beginning January 24, 2025.

For technical assistance, contact UWNNS

at efsp@uwnns.org or (775) 322-8668. All

applications must be received by 1:00 p.m.

on Monday, March 10, 2025. INCOMPLETE,

LATE OR FAXED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT

BE ACCEPTED.

Pub Date: February 5, 2025 Ad # 49862