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Federal Emergency Shelter Grant (FESG) Program
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Purpose
Fund emergency shelters, services and transitional housing for homeless individuals and families.
Assistance Type
Grants
Terms
HCD through FESG distributes federal Emergency Shelter Grant funds to shelter providers throughout the State.
Eligible Activities
Facility maintenance, operating costs, rent; essential services such as transportation, life skills, legal aid, and counseling; used to move the homeless into permanent housing and transition to independent living. Renovation and Rehabilitation funds are also available.
Eligible Applicants
Local government agencies and nonprofit organizations in communities that do not receive shelter funds directly from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Local nonprofit shelter and service organizations may also receive funds as service providers working in cooperation with local government agency applicants.
Application Process
HUD allocates funds to the state to the FESG program, a Notice of Funding Availability, (NOFA) is advertised and applications are submitted for funds that will be available to award recipients October 1.
Contact
(916) 445-0845
Program Publications and Forms
- Current FESG Operating Facilities Grant Information
- NOFA Early Notice Letter 2008 (Microsoft Word)
- 2008 FESG Notice of Funding Availability (Microsoft Word)
- 2008 FESG Application (Microsoft Word)
- Errata to the 2008 FESG Application, Page 33 (Microsoft Word)
There was an error on the dates your outcomes need to cover. The dates should be January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. Please replace page 33 with the attached page.
The original 2008 FESG Application on the HCD website was corrected on 2-19-08. - 2008 FESG NOFA Workshop (Microsoft PowerPoint)
- Questions and Answers from 2008 NOFA Workshop (Microsoft Word)
- 2007 Awards List by County
- 2007 FESG Awards (Adobe PDF)
- July 12, 2004 - State FESG Regulations -- Final Text (Microsoft Word)
- FESG Federal Regulations (Microsoft Word) or (Adobe PDF)
- FESG Federal Statute (Microsoft Word) or (Adobe PDF)
- FESG 2007 Grant Management Manual (Microsoft Word)
- 2007 Web-Based Grant Management Workshop (Adobe PDF)
- FESG Forms:
- Annual Performance Report (Microsoft Word)
- Annual Performance Report Instructions (Microsoft Word)
- Certificate of Completion (Microsoft Word)
- Federal Emergency Shelter Grant Eligible Expenses (Microsoft Word)
- PAR and Expenditure Detail Report (Microsoft Excel)
- FESG PAR Instructions rev. 10-06 (Microsoft Word)
- Quarterly Report (Microsoft Excel)
- Budget Revision Request (Microsoft Word)
- FESG Timesheet (Microsoft Excel)
- Summary of Non-Staff Project Costs (Microsoft Word)
- Detailed Breakdown of Staff Costs (Microsoft Word)