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Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program

Department of Housing and Community Development · 104007

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 100%.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

ESG funds may be used for four primary activities: Street Outreach, Rapid Re-Housing Assistance, Emergency Shelter, and Homelessness Prevention. In addition, ESG funds may be used for associated Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) costs and administrative activities for some subrecipients. The ESG program provides funding for the following objectives: -Engaging individuals and families experiencing homelessness. -Improving the quality of Emergency Shelters (ES) for individuals and families experiencing homelessness by helping to operate these shelters, and by providing essential services to shelter residents;-Rapidly re-housing individuals and families experiencing homelessness; and-Preventing families/individuals from becoming homeless. The funds are distributed through a formula allocation to California's Continuums of Care (CoCs). For a list of CoC Service Areas eligible to participate in the State’s ESG program, refer to Appendix A of the current NOFA.

Funding geography: ESG funds eligible units of local governments and non-profit organizations, primarily in non-entitlement areas in California.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.