The emergency solutions grant (ESG) authorizes the department of housing and urban development (HUD) to make grants to states, units of general-purpose local government, and territories for the…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded County of Monmouth $201,894 under the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (CFDA 14.231) on December 8, 2025.

The ESG Program funds street outreach, emergency shelter operations, essential services for shelter residents, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing assistance, and homeless management information systems. Eligible activities include rehabilitating or converting buildings for emergency shelter use, paying operating expenses for shelters, providing services to individuals and families in emergency shelters or unsheltered settings, and delivering rental assistance and housing stabilization services to help homeless individuals and families move into permanent housing or prevent homelessness.

County of Monmouth, a local government entity located in Freehold, New Jersey, receives this formula allocation for use in its jurisdiction. The period of performance runs from December 8, 2025 through December 7, 2027. As a participating ESG grantee, Monmouth County administers these funds as a prime recipient and manages related homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing programming alongside its broader portfolio of HUD housing and homelessness programs, including the Continuum of Care Program and HOME Investment Partnerships Program.

Activities

ESG funds may be used for five program components: street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid RE-housing assistance, and homeless management information system (hmis). Funds can also be used for administrative activities. The five program components and the eligible activities that may be funded under each are set forth in 24 code of federal regulations (CFR) 576.101 through 576.107.

Expected outcomes

With ESG program funding, communities can engage homeless individuals and families living on the street, improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals/families, support the operation of emergency shelters, provide essential services to shelter residents, rapidly work to rehouse homeless individuals and families and prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless.

Intended beneficiaries

Eligible recipients of the ESG funds generally consist of metropolitan cities, urban counties, territories, and states, as defined in 24 CFR 576.2. The minimum eligibility criteria for ESG beneficiaries are as follows: for essential services related to street outreach, beneficiaries must meet the criteria under paragraph (1) (i) of the "homeless" definition under 576.2. For emergency shelter, beneficiaries must meet the "homeless" definition in 24 CFR 576.2. For essential services related to emergency shelter, beneficiaries must be "homeless" and staying in an emergency shelter (which could include a day shelter). For homelessness prevention assistance, beneficiaries must meet the requirements described in 24 CFR 576.103PAR. For rapid RE-housing assistance, beneficiaries must meet requirements described in 24 CFR 576.104. Further eligibility criteria may be established at the local level in accordance with 24 CFR 576.400(e).

Subrecipient activities

The subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of award.