NEWS RELEASE - Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Announces Emergency Solutions Grant Awards

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Announces Emergency Solutions Grant Awards Over $2.9 million awarded to support homeless shelters and services New Carrollton, MD (September 6, 2017) - The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today announced the recipients of Fiscal Year 2018 grants through the Emergency Solutions Grants program. Over $2.9 million in program grants will assist homeless shelters and support homeless services in 19 counties and five municipalities in Maryland. In Fiscal Year 2017, over 6,200 Marylanders experiencing or at risk of homelessness were assisted with services through the Emergency Solutions Grants program. The awards are expected to leverage over $3.4 million in additional funding. "Homelessness affects all parts of Maryland," said Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Kenneth C. Holt. "The state is proud to partner with local communities and nonprofit service providers through the Emergency Solutions Grants program to shelter and support this vulnerable population." Emergency Solutions Grants funds are used to support shelter operations, outreach, as well as prevention and rapid re-housing. Rapid re-housing is an important, evidence-based strategy that quickly moves homeless households back into housing and provides time-limited services that are scaled to the need of the family. The Fiscal Year 2018 Emergency Solutions Grants program awardees are: Allegany County - $128,000 Allegany County Human Resources Development Commission - $100,100 Family Crisis Resource Center - $27,900 City of Annapolis Light House - $116,600 City of Baltimore Strong City Baltimore / Youth Empowered Society - $80,000 Calvert County - $97,900 Calvert Affordable Housing Alliance - $25,300 Community Ministry of Calvert County - $13,200 Project ECHO - $59,400 Caroline County Saint Martin's Ministries - $38,500 Carroll County Human Services Program - $111,900 Cecil County - $112,600 Cecil County Men's Shelter - $27,100 Deep Roots, Inc. - $35,600 Human Services Development Corporation, Inc. - $49,900 Charles County - $97,200 Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC- Angel's Watch - $32,500 LifeStyles of MD Foundation, Inc. - $31,800 Robert Fuller Transitional House - $32,900 Town of Denton His Hope Haven (Winter Haven Shelter) - $108,900 Dorchester County - $122,250 Delmarva Community Services, Inc. - $117,900 Dorchester County - $4,350 Frederick County - $116,200 Advocates for Homeless Families - $51,300 Heartly House, Inc. - $64,900 City of Frederick - $99,900 Frederick Community Action Agency - $47,000 The Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs - $52,900 Garrett County Garrett County Community Action Committee, Inc. - $105,100 Harford County - $130,050 Anna's House / Associated Catholic Charities, Inc. - $10,400 Harford Community Action Agency, Inc. - $101,700 Harford County Department of Housing and Community Development - $9,350 Sexual Assault/Spousal Abuse Resource Center - $8,600 Howard County - $127,700 Bridges to Housing Stability, Inc. - $22,000 Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center - $14,000 HopeWorks of Howard County - $45,700 Howard County Department of Corrections - $46,000 Kent County Saint Martin's Ministries - $53,800 Prince George's County Prince George's County - $80,000 Queen Anne's County Queen Anne's County Housing & Community Services - $91,500 City of Salisbury - $126,400 City of Salisbury - $25,000 Diakonia, Inc. - $77,600 Samaritan Ministries - $23,800 Somerset County - $112,800 Catholic Charities Seton Center - $61,600 Somerset Committee for the Homeless, Inc. - $51,200 St. Mary's County - $125,000 Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC- Angel's Watch - $22,800 Three Oaks Center - $102,200 Talbot County Neighborhood Service Center, Inc. - $81,900 Washington County - $143,250 CASA, Inc. - $19,900 REACH, Inc. - $58,300 Washington County - $4,350 Washington County Community Action Council, Inc. - $60,700 Worcester County - $119,900 Diakonia, Inc. - $90,200 Samaritan Ministries - $29,700 Training and Technical Assistance to Continuums of Care & Data Warehouse - $120,000 Special Population Homelessness Initiative - $293,477 TOTAL - $2,940,797 # # # MEDIA CONTACT: Sara Luell, Director of Communications, sara.luell@maryland.gov, 301-429-7803   1-800-756-0119 | http://dhcd.maryland.gov STAY CONNECTED: