ATLANTA – Alabama will receive $3.5 million from FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to assist nonprofits that are helping residents who are experiencing hunger and homelessness. The money allocated to Alabama combines the EFSP’s annual funding with funds designated for food and shelter support under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
Alabama jurisdictions will receive $1,290,136 for FY 2019 and $2,293,626 from the CARES Act. Local EFSP boards will award 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 Alabama’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.
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program
Alabama
Jurisdictions | FY2019 Allocation | FY2020 Care Allocation |
Birmingham/Jefferson, Shelby Counties | $235,472 | $335,716 |
Autauga County | $14,628 | $20,856 |
Barbour County | $6,624 | $9,445 |
Blount County | $13,750 | $19,604 |
Butler County | $7,231 | $10,309 |
Calhoun County | $33,101 | $47,193 |
Chambers County | $9,508 | $13,556 |
Cherokee County | $6,813 | $9,713 |
Chilton County | $10,720 | $15,284 |
Clarke County | $9,007 | $12,841 |
Coffee County | $12,434 | $17,727 |
Colbert County | $18,076 | $25,772 |
Covington County | $10,762 | $15,344 |
Cullman County | $20,459 | $29,168 |
Dale County | $12,727 | $18,144 |
Dallas County | $16,363 | $23,328 |
DeKalb County | $17,617 | $25,116 |
Elmore County | $20,103 | $28,662 |
Escambia County | $10,762 | $15,344 |
Etowah County | $30,845 | $43,976 |
Franklin County | $8,484 | $12,096 |
Geneva County | $6,395 | $9,117 |
Houston County | $27,919 | $39,804 |
Jackson County | $15,840 | $22,584 |
Lauderdale County | $28,212 | $40,222 |
Lawrence County | $8,965 | $12,782 |
Lee County | $41,607 | $59,319 |
Limestone County | $23,008 | $32,803 |
Macon County | $6,833 | $9,743 |
Madison County | $94,456 | $134,668 |
Marion County | $9,320 | $13,288 |
Marshall County | $21,942 | $31,283 |
Mobile County | $144,171 | $205,547 |
Monroe County | $7,481 | $10,666 |
Montgomery County | $66,663 | $95,042 |
Morgan County | $30,364 | $43,290 |
Pike County | $10,177 | $14,510 |
Russell County | $14,043 | $20,021 |
Talladega County | $25,056 | $35,723 |
Tallapoosa County | $11,410 | $16,267 |
Tuscaloosa County | $57,489 | $81,963 |
Walker County | $17,157 | $24,461 |
Washington County | $6,395 | $9,117 |
Winston County | $6,959 | $9,921 |
State Set-Aside Committee, AL | $82,788 | $572,291 |
Alabama Total | $1,290,136
| $2,293,626 |
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