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 Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded $195,125 to the County of Salt Lake Housing and Community Development Division on September 23, 2025, under the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (CFDA 14.231).

The award funds street outreach and emergency shelter operations through September 22, 2027. ESG program funds support five eligible activities: street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing assistance, and homeless management information system operations, plus administrative costs. The program helps individuals and families regain permanent housing stability after experiencing homelessness or a housing crisis by enabling communities to engage unsheltered individuals, improve emergency shelter capacity and quality, support shelter operations, provide essential services to shelter residents, and rapidly rehouse homeless individuals while preventing others from becoming homeless.

The County of Salt Lake Housing and Community Development Division, a division of Salt Lake County Human Services Department, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on affordable housing development, homelessness intervention, and community development activities across Salt Lake County, Utah. Performance occurs in Salt Lake City, Utah. The recipient maintains substantial federal funding activity through HUD Community Planning and Development programs, including recurring allocations under the Continuum of Care Program and Home Investment Partnerships Program alongside this ESG award.

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.