Richard G. Lugar, United States Senator for Indiana

U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar announced that Indiana communities will share $3,695,580 in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of its Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) Program. Communities receiving grant money are listed at the end of the release.

The funds will support social service agencies to help feed and shelter the hungry and homeless. EFS funds are used to supplement food, shelter, rent, mortgage and utility assistance programs for people with non-disaster related emergencies.

According to the FEMA, jurisdictions that qualified for awards were chosen based on the following criteria:

1. Most current 12-month national unemployment rates;

2. Total number of unemployed within a civil jurisdiction;

3. Total number of individuals below the poverty level within a civil jurisdiction; and,

4. The total population of the civil jurisdiction.

More specifically, jurisdictions were selected to receive funding according to one of the following criteria:

· Jurisdictions, including balance of counties, with 13,000+ unemployed and a 4.3 percent rate of unemployment.

· Jurisdictions, including balance of counties, with 300 to 12,999 unemployed and a 6.3 percent rate of unemployment.

· Jurisdictions, including balance of counties, with 300 or more unemployed and an 11 percent rate of poverty.

A national board of volunteer agencies chaired by FEMA administers the EFS Program. The National Board qualifies local jurisdictions for annual EFS funding awards based on criteria involving current population, unemployment and poverty levels. Grants are awarded to local social service agencies that are chosen by local boards in the qualifying jurisdictions.

Information on how funds will be allocated and the person in charge of the local board for each county is posted at http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/wc.dll?EFSP~fundedcounties~18.

Communities receiving grants:

Allen County	$246,838
Blackford County	$11,430
Clay County	$21,773
Crawford County	$9,483
Daviess County	$13,251
Delaware County	$85,044
Elkhart County	$161,490
Fayette County	$26,426
Floyd County	$44,507
Grant County	$56,114
Greene County	$23,063
Henry County	$36,364
Howard County	$65,446
Knox County	$23,063
LaGrange County	$28,120
Lake County	$258,015
Gary City	$63,423
La Porte County	$73,715
Lawrence County	$40,259
Madison County	$98,851
Marion County	$591,490
Miami County	$29,056
Monroe County	$70,301
Noble County	$40,132
Orange County	$15,274
Parke County	$11,026
Randolph County	$20,129
St. Joseph County	$190,293
Scott County	$16,640
Starke County	$18,157
Steuben County	$26,907
Tippecanoe County	$88,509
Vanderburgh County	$111,495
Vigo County	$73,917
Wabash County	$28,373
Wayne County	$53,661
State Set-Aside Committee, IN	$923,545
*Indiana* *Total*	*$3,695,580*

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