Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program

The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) is a federally-funded program administrated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Unlike FEMA’s disaster assistance programs authorized under the Stafford Act, the EFSP is authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (PL 100-77). Implementation of the EFSP is not contingent on a Presidential disaster declaration, and funds are not to be used to provide emergency assistance for circumstances that are the immediate result of a disaster situation.