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(Washington, D.C.) {U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, along
with U.S. Reps. Marion Berry, Vic Snyder, Mike Ross and John Boozman announced
Tuesday that $1,389,454 million in emergency food and shelter grants have
been awarded to 60 Arkansas counties. The grants were administered through
the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFS), which is part of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The funds are used to help individuals and families with non-disaster,
temporary emergency needs.
The EFS National Board, chaired by the Department of Homeland Security’s
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and composed of representatives
from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; United Jewish Communities;
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; The Salvation
Army; and United Way of America, provides supplemental funding to shelters,
soup kitchens, and food banks. Additional jurisdictions in Arkansas
may be selected at a later date by the EFS State Set-Aside Committee, which
received $71,165.
The following Arkansas counties received EFS awards:
Arkansas County
$12,328
Ashley County
$21,532
Baxter County
$16,865
Benton County
$43,573
Boone County
$17,956
Bradley County
$8,018
Carroll County
$10,766
Chicot County
$12,535
Clark County
$12,103
Clay County
$12,705
Cleburne County
$9,769
Columbia County
$13,552
Conway County
$11,387
Craighead County
$46,189
Crawford County
$25,880
Crittenden County
$35,291
Cross County
$15,472
Dallas County
$7,303
Desha County
$12,968
Drew County
$14,982
Faulkner County
$48,448
Franklin County
$6,512
Garland County
$45,060
Greene County
$22,850
Hempstead County
$12,441
Hot Spring County
$16,770
Howard County
$7,435
Independence County
$23,283
Izard County
$7,021
Jackson County
$15,283
Jefferson County
$63,374
Johnson County
$10,333
Lawrence County
$13,495
Lee County
$10,051
Lincoln County
$6,682
Logan County
$9,806
Marion County
$6,399
Miller County
$14,173
Mississippi County
$57,558
Monroe County
$6,117
Ouachita County
$19,311
Perry County
$6,268
Phillips County
$19,029
Poinsett County
$16,902
Polk County
$10,314
Pope County
$27,348
Pulaski County
$188,785
Randolph County
$15,076
St. Francis County
$25,033
Sebastian County
$51,648
Sevier County
$5,722
Sharp County
$9,562
Stone County
$6,418
Union County
$34,011
Van Buren County
$9,260
Washington County
$52,909
White County
$37,493
Woodruff County
$9,599
Yell County
$9,336
State Set-Aside Committee, AR
$71,165
The EFS Program has been in existence since 1983 and was authorized
under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The EFS
Program has distributed more than $2.65 billion to communities nationwide,
and has accounted for millions of additional meals and nights of shelter
to the hungry and homeless most in need across the nation. |
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