1998 Emergency shelter grant program

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Emergency Shelter Grant Program

[34 Pa.B. 6054]

   The Department of Community and Economic Development (Department), Center for Community Building, Office of Community Development, is anticipating applying for funding through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

   The Emergency Shelter Grant Program (program) is established within Title IV, Subtitle B 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.

   One copy of the application may be submitted to the Department by local governments to the Customer Service Center, Department of Community and Economic Development, 4th Floor, Commonwealth Keystone Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120 in accordance with the Department's Single Application requirements. A copy of the application must also be sent to the appropriate regional office. The application window will open on November 8, 2004, and close at 5 p.m. on January 21, 2005. Applications received prior to or after these dates may not be considered for funding.

   Applications forms and instructions may be obtained by contacting the Department's Center for Community Building, Office of Community Development in Harrisburg, [phone] or the Department's regional offices. 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 (for example, large type, Braille or the like) should contact Edward Geiger, 4th Floor, Commonwealth Keystone Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [phone] to discuss how the Department may best accommodate their needs.

   The following is the listing of the Department's regional offices and the counties they serve:

Southeast

Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties

Department of Community and Economic Development
1801 State Office Building
1400 Spring Garden Street
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
201 Samters Building
101 Penn Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503
[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
Commonwealth Keystone Building
400 North Street, 4th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120
[phone]

Southwest

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

Department of Community and Economic Development
1405 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
1200 Lovell Place
Erie, PA 16503
[phone]

Main Office

Center for Community Building
Office of Community Development
400 North Street, 4th Floor
Commonwealth Keystone Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
[phone]

DENNIS YABLONSKY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-1998. Filed for public inspection November 5, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]