HUD EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDING
Emergency Solutions Grant funding in our CoC comes via two different channels:
1) Directly to the City of Utica as an entitlement community, and
2) Via NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA).
Members of the MV Housing and Homeless Coalition have access to HUD’s Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds via the City of Utica which is the only entitlement community in our CoC and therefore eligible for federal formula funding for this program. CoC partners can also access ESG funds for non-entitlement communities via NY State. While the funds available from HUD for the ESG program are only about 5% of our CoC’s annual Continuum of Care homeless funding and can only be used to serve homeless persons and families in the City of Utica, this program provides critical support to a number of local organizations serving the homeless in Utica, NY.
Access HUD’s ESG Program Guides, Tools, and Webinars is available here.
For more information or questions:
contact Steve Darman, CoC Chair at sdarman@mvhomeless.org or 315-868-2155.