Emergency Food and Shelter Program

Posted by on November 25, 2013

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey is pleased to issue this Request for Proposals. Philadelphia County has been awarded federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). The EFSP National Board Program is a federal program created in 1983 to provide nonprofit organizations with supplemental funding for shelter, emergency rent, mortgage, utility and food assistance. EFSP funds can be used only to supplement and expand eligible on-going services; funds may not be used to start new programs or to substitute other program funds.  United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey administers the program in Philadelphia County.  The Phase 31 program in Philadelphia will provide one-year grants for the twelve-month period beginning January 15, 2014.

The local board in Philadelphia expects that shelters receiving funds from this program comply with the Shelter Standards of the Mayor’s Public/Private Task Force on Homelessness. If you are applying for funds for shelter services and currently have a contract with the Office of Supportive Housing (OSH), please attach a copy of the most recent OSH monitoring report with the application. If you do not currently have a contract with OSH and wish to apply for a shelter grant, please complete the Survey on Shelter Standards Compliance. A copy of the Philadelphia Shelter Standards is available upon request.

The application form and requested attachments are due via email to Katie Dunphy at kdunphy@uwgpsnj.org by 5:00pm on Monday, December 23, 2013.  For more information, please feel free to contact Katie Dunphy at 215-665-2403.

Please note: An electronic version of the application packet is available at http://www.unitedforimpact.org/agencies/request-for-proposal-listings.  Please do not use application forms from previous EFSP phases.