Iowa gets emergency food, shelter funds

Iowa has been awarded $1,153,346 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), Sen. Tom Harkin announced today.

EFSP funds were first authorized by Congress in 1983 and are appropriated annually under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. EFSP funds are used to supplement food, shelter, rent, mortgage and utility assistance programs for people with non-disaster related emergencies.

The award to Iowa included:

Appanoose County                       $7,002

Black Hawk County                    $58,925

Cass County                                      $6,765

Clinton County                             $26,673

Crawford County                            $5,771

Davis County                                   $4,792

Des Moines County                    $22,460

Johnson County                          $44,728

Marshall County                          $20,161

Page County                                    $8,857

Polk County                               $190,778

Scott County                                $80,851

Story County                                $28,661

Union County                                 $5,949

Wapello County                           $21,570

Webster County                           $18,855

Woodbury County                      $41,019

State Set-Aside Committee   $559,529

Iowa Total                                 $1,153,346