Programs

​​​Application Materials

• ​​2024/2025 ESG Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
  
• 2024/2025 ESG Certifications and Assurances​
• Blank Sample Application 
  
• Certificate of Local Approval for Emergency Shelter​
• 2024-2025 ESG RRH Scoresheet
  
• 2024-2025 ESG ES, SO, PREV Scoresheet
  

Universal Funding Application​

All ESG applications must be submitted through KHC's Universal Funding App​​lication (UFA) online platform. Visit the FAQ section of the UFA webpage for information on how to create an account, start an application, etc.​ The name of the application in the UFA is 2024/2025 Emergency Solutions Grant Application.

Submission Deadline

• Application Submission Deadline - 5 p.m. ET, Friday, June 21, 2024​​​

​ESG Application Webinar 

An informational webinar was held on Thursday, May 30, 2024. A link to the recording and a copy of the presentation slides can be found below.

• ​Recording
  

• Slides
  

The Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program is designed to identify sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons, as well as those at risk of homelessness, and provide the services necessary to help them quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.

The ESG Program provides funds to:​

• Engage homeless individuals and families living on the street.​
  
• Improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families.
• Help operate these shelters.
• Provide essential services to shelter residents.
  
• Rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families.
  
• Prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless.

The program is also intended to lower the increase of homelessness through the funding of preventive programs and services. Eligible applicants include units of local government or private, nonprofit organizations that receive approval by an appropriate unit of local government.

ESG Program funds may be used for one or more of the five program components:

• Street Outreach
  
• Emergency Shelter
  
• Homelessness Prevention
  
• Rapid Re-Housing
  
• Homeless Management Information System
  

​Resources from the National Alliance to End Homelessness 

Rapid Rehousing

• Rapid Re-Housing Cor​e Components
• Rapid Re-Housing Benchmarks and Standards (Standards begin on page 5)
• Rapid Re-Housing Toolkit​ (revised March 2022)​​
  

Low-Barrier Emergency Shelter

• Emergency Shelter Learning Series​