Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG)

Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG)

The Emergency Solutions Grant assists homeless households and households at risk of homelessness by supporting the services necessary to help them quickly regain stable housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.

The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act) amended the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, with major revisions to what is now titled the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program. The Emergency Solutions Grant is assists homeless households and households at risk of homelessness by supporting the services necessary to help them quickly regain stable housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness.

Any person or family in need of emergency shelter is potentially eligible for ESG funded shelter services.

ESG funding is allocated to EOHLC on an annual basis. Therefore, the services provided may change each year. Currently, EOHLC funds ESG services under the following components:

• Street Outreach
• Rapid Re-housing

If you or someone you know is facing a crisis, these programs may be able to help. You can access a list of resources at the bottom of this page.

What is Street Outreach?

Street Outreach activities are designed to meet the immediate needs of people experiencing homelessness in unsheltered locations by connecting them with emergency shelter, housing, connections to mainstream and critical services, and providing them with urgent, non-facility-based care. Component services generally consist of engagement, case management, emergency health and mental health services, and transportation.

What Is Rapid Re-Housing?

Rapid Re-housing (RRH) activities are designed to move people experiencing literal homelessness into permanent housing as quickly as possible. Component services and assistance generally consist of short-term and medium-term rental assistance, rental arrears, rental application fees, security deposits, advance payment of last month's rent, utility deposits and payments, moving costs, housing search and placement, housing stability case management, mediation, legal services, and credit repair. Referrals to ESG RRH must go through each local CoC’s coordinated entry system.

2022 Request for Responses - Call for Grantees to Provide Support and Services

2022 Request for Responses

2023 ESG Subrecipients (Service and Support Providers)

FY2023 Awards