The purpose of the Emergency Food and Shelter (EFSP) program is to supplement and expand the work of local social service agencies, both nonprofit and governmental, in an effort to assist people exp​eriencing severe economic crisis that is not the immediate result of a natural or man-made disaster situation.

EFSP is a Federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and has been entrusted through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (PL 100-77) “to supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food and supportive services” for hungry and homeless people across the nation.

The program's objectives are:

• To allocate funds to the neediest areas
• To ensure fast response
• To foster public-private sector partnerships
• To ensure local decision-making
• To maintain minimal, but accountable, reporting

The Los Angeles County EFSP Local Board will release the EFSP Phase 37 RFP on Friday May 15, 2020 through June 5, 2020

The application will be available on the Los Angeles County EFSP website at www.losangeles-efsp.org