Overview
The Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program provides street outreach, emergency shelter, rapid re-housing, homelessness prevention, and related services to persons experiencing homelessness or in danger of becoming homeless throughout the state.
Sub-awards are provided to local government entities and non-profit organizations utilizing State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission (HTF) and Federal HUD ESG funds. These agencies then deliver program services at the local level. This program is principally designed to operate within a continuum of assistance that enables individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to move toward housing sustainability.
ESG Rapid Re-Housing
Rapid re-housing assistance must be provided in accordance with the housing relocation and stabilization services requirements in § 576.105, the short- and medium-term rental assistance requirements in § 576.106, and the written standards and procedures established under § 576.400.
According to ESG regulation 24 CFR 576, ESG funds may be used to provide housing relocation and stabilization services and short- and/or medium-term rental assistance as necessary to help a homeless individual or family move as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing. This assistance, referred to as rapid re-housing assistance, may be provided to project participants (within 2 of the 4 HUD categories) who
(1) lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, meaning:
- An individual or family with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or camping ground;
- An individual or family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including congregate shelters, transitional housing, and hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state, or local government projects for low-income individuals); or
- An individual who is exiting an institution where he or she resided for 90 days or less and who resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that institution;
(2) … (This “at risk” class is not eligible for rapid re-housing assistance but may be eligible for homelessness prevention assistance)
(3) … (This “homeless by other definitions” class is not eligible for rapid re-housing assistance but may be eligible for homelessness prevention assistance)
(4) Any individual or family who is living in an emergency shelter or other place described in paragraph one (1) AND:
- Is fleeing, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions that relate to violence against the individual or a family member, including a child, that has either taken place within the individual’s or family’s primary nighttime residence or has made the individual or family afraid to return to their primary nighttime residence;
- Has no other residence; and
- Lacks the resources or support networks, e.g., family, friends, faith-based or other social networks, to obtain other permanent housing.
Applicants may apply for a minimum of $30,000 - No Limit.
Eligibility
- Local Government
- Non Profits
- State Government
Sub-awards are provided to local government entities and non-profit organizations utilizing State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Commission (HTF) and Federal HUD ESG funds.
Financial
(min) N/A
(max)
A 100% match is required. The applicant may include the value of any donated material or building, the value of any lease on a building, any salary paid to staff to carry out the project of the recipient, and the value of the time and services contributed by volunteers to carry out the project according to guidance provided by DCA in the application guidelines.
Contact
Please contact LaDrina M. Jones, ladrina.jones@dca.ga.gov AND Tiffany Bowers-Weller, Tiffany.Weller@dca.ga.gov
Files
Application: | 2024 Certification of Consistency With the Local C... (248.7 Kb) |
Application: | 2024 ESG Site Information Form (115.3 Kb) |
Application: | ESG application_lep_acknowledgment_fillable_0 (14.7 Kb) |
Application: | Board Member Worksheet (25.7 Kb) |
Application: | Program Staffing Worksheet (23.1 Kb) |
Budget: | Rapid Re-Housing Budget (15.5 Kb) |
Guide: | How to Complete Application Budget and Goals (742.7 Kb) |
Guide: | How to Access an Application and Submit Applicatio... (199.5 Kb) |
Guide: | Portal Registration Procedure- Job Aid (284.9 Kb) |
Guide: | Housing Support Standards (87.5 Kb) |
Guide: | 2022 Georgia DCA Statewide Point in Time Count Hom... (4.2 Mb) |
Guide: | 24-25 DCA ESG Application Workshop FINAL (18.6 Mb) |
Guide: | How to Run the CAPER and DQR (1.8 Mb) |
Guide: | 2024 ESG Application Manual (Guidelines) (2.6 Mb) |
Applicants should upload the following completed files:
- Certificate of Consistency- For All Program Types
- Site information- For All Program Types
- LEP Acknowledgement- For All Program Types
- Board Member Worksheet- All Agencies Must Complete
- Rapid Re-Housing Budget
- Program Staffing Worksheet
Guides to be uploaded to eCivis for Application:
- How to Complete Application Budget and Goals
- Application Submission
- Portal Registration Procedure
- Housing Support Standards
- ESG Application Manual
- Most current Point in Time Homeless Count Report
- ESG Program Application Workshop PowerPoint
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