Emergency Solutions Grant (formerly Emergency Shelter Grant)

 

“DSS administers the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) in partnership with the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC), Office of Community Initiatives.

The ESG provides funding to cities, counties, and non-profit agencies to address issues of homelessness and homelessness prevention via a competitive grant process. The ESG provides street outreach, shelter, and rapid re-housing services to the homeless, and homelessness prevention services to those at risk of homelessness. It provides funding to operate homeless shelters and to provide case management and essential services (e.g. transportation, medical/mental health care, job training, child care, and other related services) to address the needs of the homeless in moving towards permanent housing. It provides housing search and placement, housing stability case management, rent and utility payments, security deposits, moving costs, legal costs, and credit repair assistance through third party payments to landlords, utility companies, and other related entities to rapidly re-house or to allow participants to remain housed.”

2013-2014

• 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Application and Forms
• Draft FY 2013-2017 CDBG Consolidated Plan and FY 2013 Action Plan
• Missouri FY2014 Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) Draft Action Plan

2012

• 2012 Emergency Solutions Grant Application on Missouri Housing Development Commission website
• FY 2013 Draft Action Plan and FY 2013-2017 Draft Consolidated Plan (CDBG, CoC, ESG, HOME, HOPWA)

Federal Resources

• The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• One CPD
• Consolidate Plan regulation as amended by the ESG Interim Rule and Homeless Definition Final Rule
• US Department of Veteran Affairs

State Resources

• Missouri Housing Development Commission, Community Initiatives
• Missouri Continuum of Care
• Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Office of Community Assistance, Department of Economic Development
• Department of Mental Health Housing Team (DMH)
• Missouri Homeless Shelters and Social Services for the Needy
• Missouri Community Action Network
• Homeless Missourian’s Information System (HMIS)
• Governor’s Committee to End Homelessness (GHEC)
• Homeless Assistance Resources in Missouri, National Resource Center
• Department of Public Safety Veteran’s Commission
• Homeless Youth and Children Program, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,
• Department of Corrections Reentry Process
• Emergency and Homeless Shelters, Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)