Warren County to receive nearly $60,000 in emergency food and shelter funds

Warren County will receive $59,816 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program to assist nonprofits that are helping residents who are experiencing hunger and homelessness.

A total of $3.6 million is allocated to the state of Mississippi in the program. The money combines the EFSP’s annual funding with funds designated for food and shelter support included in the federal coronavirus relief bill, known as the CARES Act.

Mississippi jurisdictions will receive $1,395,189 for fiscal year 2019 and $2,214,864 in relief funds. A local EFSP board is responsible for awarding the grant funds to local social service organizations, both nonprofit and governmental, that can best address the identified needs of the community.

“This funding supports local organizations helping Mississippi’s hungry and homeless during the coronavirus pandemic and other disasters,” said FEMA Regional Administrator Gracia Szczech. “It can supplement programs offering meals, groceries or food boxes, residential shelters, rent payments or utilities.

With the FY 2019 and CARES Act funding, and the FY 2020 funding of $125 million that will be allocated to jurisdictions later this year, the total aid disbursed in the EFSP’s 38-year history will be more than $5 billion.

Mississippi Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program allocations: