What is ESG?

 

Emergency Solutions Grant Program

 

Who is “in charge of” or audits, compliancy, and program design of the ESG programs?

The chain begins at the funding provider-  United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - HUD   

The organization that monitors the funds, the grantees and outcomes- OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (ODOC)

All agencies that are awarded ESG funding must be members in good standing of the North Central Oklahoma Continuum of Care (NCOCoC)

 

Who is eligible for the ESG program?

 

 An individual or family who:

(1.) Has an annual income below 30 percent of median family income for the area, as determined by HUD;

(2.) Does not have sufficient resources or support networks, e.g., family, friends, faith-based or other social networks, immediately available to prevent them from moving to an emergency shelter or another place described in paragraph (1) of the “homeless” definition in this section; and

(3.) Meets one of the following conditions:

(a.) Has moved because of economic reasons two or more times during the 60 days immediately preceding the application for homelessness prevention assistance;

(b.) Is living in the home of another because of economic hardship;

(c.) Has been notified in writing that their right to occupy their current housing or living situation will be terminated within 21 days after the date of application for assistance;

(d.) Lives in a hotel or motel and the cost of the hotel or motel stay is not paid by charitable organizations or by Federal, State, or local government programs for low-income individuals;

(e.) Lives in a single-room occupancy or efficiency apartment unit in which there reside more than two persons or lives in a larger housing unit in which there reside more than 1.5 persons reside per room, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau;

(f.) Is exiting a publicly funded institution, or system of care (such as a health-care facility, a mental health facility, foster care or other youth facility, or correction program or institution); or

(g.) Otherwise lives in housing that has characteristics associated with         instability and an increased risk of homelessness, as identified in the recipient’s approved consolidated

 

 

Our goal is to assist each and every client to transition into permanent housing, living self sufficiently; once the needed life-skills have been obtained to maintain employment or consistent income, budgeting the monthly expenses and developing a living plan that has been provided through our services.

 

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