The Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded County of Beaver $281,941 under the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (CFDA 14.231) on September 25, 2025.
ESG funds support five program components: street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing assistance, and homeless management information system (HMIS), along with eligible administrative activities. Under this award, County of Beaver may use funds to engage homeless individuals and families living on the street; rehabilitate or convert buildings into emergency shelters; pay operating expenses for emergency shelters; provide essential services to shelter residents and unsheltered individuals; deliver rapid re-housing assistance to move homeless individuals and families into permanent housing; and prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless through homelessness prevention services.
The assistance type is a formula grant. Performance runs through September 24, 2027, with place of performance in Beaver, Pennsylvania. County of Beaver functions as the eligible recipient jurisdiction under the ESG program's formula allocation mechanism; as an established local government entity, it participates in the Consolidated Plan review process required under 24 CFR 91 and must maintain records for the greater of five years or the period specified under 24 CFR 576.500(y).