Emergency Food & Shelter Grants Announced For '06
Alaska Receives $380,549
Release Date: December 22, 2005
Release Number: R10-05-105
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska will receive $380,549 from FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). The money will be distributed in 15 boroughs and census areas to help nonprofit and local government agencies feed the hungry, shelter the homeless and prevent hunger and homelessness during fiscal year 2006.
- Bethel Census Area $18,017
- Fairbanks North Star Borough $53,890
- Kenai Peninsula Borough $44,902
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough $11,381
- Kodiak Island Borough $10,738
- Matanuska-Susitna Census Area $51,357
- Nome Census Area $ 9,270
- North Slope Borough $ 7,319
- Northwest Arctic Borough $ 7,500
- Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area $ 6,676
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area $ 6,676
- Valdez-Cordova Census Area $ 10,436
- Wade Hampton Census Area $ 10,416
- Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area $ 6,616
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area $ 7,521
Jurisdictions that did not qualify for a direct award, may receive a grant through the State Set-Aside process. Alaska’s set-aside committee received $117,834. “The Emergency Food and Shelter Program is a good example of how the federal government can forge public/private partnerships to help communities help themselves and assist thousands of people facing non-disaster emergencies,” said FEMA Regional Director John Pennington. “It’s grassroots-driven and tailored to local needs.” State set-aside committees receive funds based upon the number of unemployed people in counties within their state that do not qualify under the National Board’s criteria.
For more information about the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, contact program staff at (703) 706-9660 or visit: http://www.efsp.unitedway.org. FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, trains first responders, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program.
Last Modified: Friday, 13-Jan-2006 14:12:45