Local Board Announces 2009 EFSP Funding Awards

ANDERSON, IN - Madison County’s local board for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, chaired nationally by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) has announced its funding awards for 2009. The local board was notified in December that it had $98,851 eligible to distribute for 2009 funding, and placed public notices in the media inviting any 501(c) 3 agencies to apply for part of this funding.

For funding requests to be eligible, they had to be for expansions of existing programs that currently provide emergency shelter or food to persons in need.  Local agencies submitted eligible requests totaling $189,525.

The 2009 funded programs are as follows:

The EFSP Local Board is chaired by Margaret Dodd of St. Vincent DePaul in Anderson. United Way of Madison County is the local fiscal agent for the program and local board convener. Local board members are representatives of constituencies and organizations as required by the national EFSP program, including Catholic Charities, a local Ministerial Association, a government agency, a homeless advocate, the American Jewish Federation, United Way, Salvation Army, and the American Red Cross.