Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Phase 36

Program Description: Federal funding program that helps extend currently available services for the hungry and homeless in Westchester County.

Geographic Scope: Westchester County, NY

Funding Available: $466,615 total for Westchester County

Focus Areas:

• Emergency food services
• Emergency shelter services

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant organizations must:

1. Be nonprofit
2. Be eligible to receive federal funds
3. Have an accounting system or an approved fiscal agent
4. Conduct an annual audit if awarded $25,000 or more in federal funds
5. Practice non-discrimination
6. Have demonstrated capability to deliver emergency food and shelter services
7. Have a voluntary board
8. Have capacity to either chargeback or expend Phase 36 funding during the jurisdiction's selected spending period
9. Be able to completely and accurately obtain, retain, and submit required documentation with reports
10. Use DocuSign and online reporting systems

Contact Information

Mary Ann Luna, EFSP Director
United Way of Westchester and Putnam, Inc.

Application Process

Submission Deadline: 4 p.m. on Monday, July 29, 2019 (Note: This deadline has passed; check for current phase deadlines)

Application Portal: www.uwwp.org/efsp36

Required Materials:

• Completed application form
• Documentation demonstrating nonprofit status
• Evidence of federal fund eligibility
• Accounting system documentation or fiscal agent agreement
• Audit documentation (if applicable)
• Evidence of non-discrimination policies
• Proof of capability to deliver emergency food and shelter services
• Documentation of voluntary board
• Plan for expenditure or chargeback during spending period

Submission Format: Online application portal