84 Emergency Shelter Grant Program; request for applications

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Emergency Shelter Grant Program; Request for Applications

[27 Pa.B. 322]

   The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) has been invited to apply for funding through the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

   The Emergency Shelter Grant Program is established within subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 11371--11378). The program authorizes grants for the rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use as emergency shelters for the homeless, for the payment of certain operating expenses and essential services in connection with emergency shelters for the homeless and for homeless prevention activities. The program is designed to be the first step in a continuum of assistance to enable homeless individuals and families to move toward independent living as well as to prevent homelessness.

   Applications may be submitted to the Department by local governments on behalf of homeless service providers through February 28, 1997. Application forms and instructions may be obtained by contacting the Department's regional offices or the main office in Harrisburg. Persons with a disability who wish to submit an application in accordance with the provisions stated herein and who require assistance with that application and persons who require copies of this notice in an alternate format (large type, braille, and the like) should contact David Chittister, Room 358 Forum Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, telephone [phone] to discuss how the Department may best accommodate their needs. The following is the listing of DCED Regional Offices and the counties they serve:

Department of Community and Economic Development Regional Offices

Southeast

   Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and
   Philadelphia counties

   Department of Community and Economic Development
908 State Office Building
Broad and Spring Garden Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19130
[phone]

Northeast

   Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh,
   Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Schuylkill,
Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming counties

   Department of Community and Economic Development
Suite 201 Samters Building
101 Penn Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503-2025
[phone]

Central

   Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster,
      Lebanon, Perry and York, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Somerset and Union counties

   Department of Community and Economic Development
576 Forum Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
[phone]

Southwest

   Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene,
   Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland counties

   Department of Community and Economic Development
413 State Office Building
300 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
[phone]

Northwest

   Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie,
   Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer,
   Potter, Venango and Warren counties

   Department of Community and Economic Development
Third Floor--Rothrock Building
121 West 10th Street
Erie, PA 16501
[phone]

Main Office

   358 Forum Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
[phone]

THOMAS B. HAGEN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-84. Filed for public inspection January 17, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]