Wolf Administration announces $5.8 million for homelessness relief and prevention - PA Department of Community & Economic Development

Wolf Administration announces $5.8 million for homelessness relief and prevention – PA Department of Community & Economic Development

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Acting Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Neil Weaver, today announced that $5.8 million has been awarded to help homeless families find homes and fight the roaming throughout the Commonwealth. Funding is provided through the federal Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program.

“ESG funding provides local governments and not-for-profits across the Commonwealth with the tools they need to help unlock critical housing resources for their communities,” Sec said. Weaver. “The funding approved today will go to trusted community organizations to help individuals and families experiencing or facing homelessness.

A total of $5,872,054 in ESG funding has been approved for 16 municipal grantees and six nonprofit organizations that will administer regional projects spanning 26 counties.

ESG 2022 funding eligibility falls into six categories: Rapid Relocation, Homelessness Prevention, Street Outreach, Emergency Shelter, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and Administration.

ESG funding is authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homelessness Act as amended by the Homelessness Emergency Assistance and Early Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009.

Priority for funding is given to applicants representing areas of the Commonwealth that are not already receiving a direct funding allocation from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Emergency Solutions Grant.

A list of approved projects is below:

Allegheny County $300,000

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention

Town of Allentown $252,113

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter

Bucks County $114,125

Butler County $368,935

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention

Center County $212,689

  • Homelessness Prevention
  • emergency shelter

Cumberland County $247,962

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

Dauphin County $209,270

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

Franklin County $220,987

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

Indiana County $79,887

McKean County $155,264

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

Mercer County

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • emergency shelter

Monroe County $409,812

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter

Montgomery County $129,687

City of Philadelphia $421,329

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention

Schuylkill County $166,000

  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter

Wayne County $95,647

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

Nonprofit Beneficiaries (Regional Awards)

Blair Community Action Program $241,737

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • HMIS

Community Action Center $228,250

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • HMIS

Central Susquehanna Opportunities $274,938

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

Clinton County Housing Coalition, Inc. $173,262

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

Lawrence County Social Services $1,324,558

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • Street awareness
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

Union-Snyder Community Action Agency $119,027

  • Quick relocation
  • Homelessness Prevention
  • emergency shelter
  • HMIS

For more information on the Wolf administration’s commitment to community and economic development, visit the DCED website and be sure to stay up to date with all of our agency news on Facebook.