1059 Application availability for the 2015 emergency solutions grant

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Application Availability for the 2015 Emergency Solutions Grant

[45 Pa.B. 2730]
[Saturday, June 6, 2015]

 The Department of Community and Economic Development (Department), Center for Community Financing, is anticipating receiving funding through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 2015 Emergency Solutions Grant. The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-22), provides funding for the Emergency Solutions program for the Commonwealth to address the needs of homeless people through services in Street Outreach, Emergency Shelters, Rapid Rehousing and Homelessness Prevention. The focus is to help individuals and families to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness, or both.

 The Department will accept applications from any general purpose units of local government, including cities, boroughs, townships, towns, counties, home rule municipalities and communities that desire to apply ''on behalf of'' other municipalities. Priority will be given to nonentitled jurisdictions; however, the Department will consider funding applications received from all eligible government jurisdictions previously listed.

 A fully executed application with all applicable attachments must be submitted to the Department through the Electronic Single Application (ESA) only, and during the time the application is open. The application will open on June 1, 2015, and close at 5 p.m. on July 31, 2015. Applications received during this window of time will be considered for funding. Hard copies will not be accepted. The ESA may be accessed on the Department's web site at http://www.newpa.com/find-and-apply-for-funding/apply-for-programs-funding.

 A copy of the guidelines and application may be obtained by download from the Department's web site at http://www.newpa.com/find-and-apply-for-funding/funding-and-program-finder/emergency-solutions-grant-esg-formerly-emergency-shelter-grant. A hard copy may be requested by persons with a disability who wish to submit an application in accordance with the provisions stated herein and who require assistance with that application. Persons who require copies of this notice in an alternate format (large type, Braille, and the like) should contact Megan L. Snyder, 4th Floor, Commonwealth Keystone Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [phone] or TDD [phone] to discuss how the Department may best accommodate those needs. Copies of the application may also be viewed at any of the Department's regional offices. The following is the listing of the Department's regional offices and the counties they serve:

Regional Offices

Southeast
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties

Department of Community and Economic Development
200 South Broad Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
[phone]

Northeast
Bradford, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming Counties

Department of Community and Economic Development
409 Lackawanna Avenue
Oppenheim Building, 3rd Floor
Scranton, PA 18503
[phone]

Lehigh Valley
Berks, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton Counties

[phone]

Central
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, 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
301 5th Avenue, Suite 250
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
100 State Street, Suite 205
Erie, PA 16507
[phone]

Main Office

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

DENNIS M. DAVIN, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-1059. Filed for public inspection June 5, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]