Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371-11378) authorizes the ESGP. The grant is available to units of general local government or private nonprofit organizations. The ESGP is designed to help improve the quality of existing emergency shelters for the homeless, to make available additional emergency shelters, to help meet the costs of operating emergency shelters and to provide certain essential social services to homeless individuals, so that these persons have access not only to safe and sanitary shelter, but also to the supportive services and other kinds of assistance they need to improve their situations. The program is also intended to restrict the increase of homelessness through the funding of preventative programs and activities.

Eligible Applicants
For the State of Delaware ESGP, eligible applicants are: 1) Units of general local government located in Kent and Sussex Counties and 2) Private nonprofit organizations located in Kent and Sussex Counties.

Available Funding for FY2010
Application funding is currently closed.

Agencies Awarded Funds in FY2011
Agencies awarded

DSHA Contact Person
Do you have questions about this program? Would you like to suggest an improvement to this Web page? Please contact Stephanie Killen, Management Analyst III, at 302.739.4263.