Rapid Shelter Resources

Funding Sources

• CARES ACT – HUD ESG – $4 Billion total in Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) targeted toward communities with high homeless populations or individuals at risk of becoming homeless – link here.
• California State Resources – FEMA Reimbursement, Emergency Funding, Project Roomkey
• HUD CDBG-CV 
• Emergency Management Performance Grant Program
  • Deadline: April 28, 2020 at 5 p.m. EDT. Per the NOFO for the COVID 19 Supplemental – total funding available in fiscal year 2020: $100 million. It funds “5. Planning for alternate care sites” “2. Integration of emergency management and public health operations;” “Information Sharing” and covers a wide range of costs

Operations

• Guidelines for opening an emergency shelter – this field guide from Red Cross
• FEMA fact sheet: https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1565204480008-bd52bde3d0430ea3db34b1ccf5a76595/FACTSHEET_ShelteringSupport.pdf
• Disasters case Studies, staffing matrixes, concepts: https://nationalmasscarestrategy.org/sheltering/