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Applications now being accepted for emergency food, shelter program
The CNMI received $83,070 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the Northern Mariana Islands.
A Local Board made up of NMI stakeholders will now determine how the funds awarded to the CNMI from the Department of Homeland Security are to be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service agencies here in the Commonwealth.
The Local Board is responsible for recommending agencies to receive these funds and any additional funds made available under this phase of the program.
Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local agencies chosen to receive funds must: 1) be private voluntary non-profits or units of government, 2) be eligible to receive federal funds, 3) have an accounting system, 4) practice nondiscrimination, 5) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and 6) if they are a private voluntary organization, have a voluntary board. Qualifying agencies are urged to apply.
The CNMI has distributed Emergency Food and Shelter funds previously with Salvation Army, Karidat, and Guma Esperanza participating. These agencies were responsible for providing 13,128 meals and 1,108 nights of lodging.
Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying for Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds must contact Local Board chair John Hirsh at 234-3459 or John.Hirsh@redcross.org for an application. The deadline for applications to be received is 5pm on Monday, March 16, 2015. (ARC)
