Formula Grant E25MC310002

The City of Omaha received $371,317 in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program funding (CFDA 14.231) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, with an award date of September 19, 2025, and a completion deadline of September 18, 2027. As a Formula Grant recipient, the City of Omaha will deploy these funds across five core program components: street outreach services to engage unsheltered homeless individuals and families; emergency shelter rehabilitation, conversion, and operations; homelessness prevention assistance to help at-risk households avoid housing instability; rapid re-housing support to assist homeless individuals and families in quickly obtaining and stabilizing permanent housing; and Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) activities to track and coordinate services.

The grant enables the City of Omaha to provide comprehensive housing crisis interventions, including essential services such as case management, job training, and rental assistance alongside emergency shelter operations and facilities improvements. Through this funding, the municipality will engage vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness or housing instability, improve local shelter capacity and quality, and support rapid transitions to permanent housing stability. The award supports both direct service delivery and administrative activities necessary to implement these homelessness prevention and housing stabilization initiatives within the Omaha metropolitan area.