| ATLANTA – Florida will receive $17.2 million from FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to assist nonprofits that are helping residents who are experiencing hunger and homelessness. The money allocated to Florida combines the EFSP’s annual funding with funds designated for food and shelter support under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Florida jurisdictions will receive $6,446,199 for FY 2019 and $10,797,699 from the CARES Act. A local EFSP board is responsible for awarding the grant funds to local social service organizations, both nonprofit and governmental, that can best address the identified needs of the community. “This funding supports local organizations helping Florida’s hungry and homeless during the coronavirus pandemic and other disasters,” said FEMA Regional Administrator Gracia Szczech. “It can supplement programs offering meals, groceries or food boxes, residential shelters, rent payments or utilities. With the FY 2019 and CARES Act funding, and the FY 2020 funding of $125 million that will be allocated to jurisdictions later this year, the total aid disbursed in the EFSP’s 38-year history will be more than $5 billion. |
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board ProgramFlorida
| Jurisdictions | FY2019 Allocation | FY2020 Care Allocation |
| Alachua County | $86,118 | $122,780 |
| Baker County | $7,774 | $11,083 |
| Bay County | $61,564 | $87,772 |
| Bradford County | $7,314 | $10,428 |
| Brevard County | $191,441 | $272,940 |
| Broward County | $667,902 | $952,237 |
| Citrus County | $48,022 | $68,466 |
| Columbia County | $20,250 | $28,870 |
| Miami-Dade County | $822,376 | $1,172,472 |
| De Soto County | $10,470 | $14,927 |
| Duval County | $340,440 | $485,369 |
| Escambia County | $99,660 | $142,086 |
| Flagler County | $37,657 | $53,688 |
| Gadsden County | $16,425 | $23,418 |
| Hardee County | $9,007 | $12,841 |
| Hendry County | $19,309 | $27,529 |
| Hernando County | $63,507 | $90,543 |
| Highlands County | $34,502 | $49,189 |
| Hillsborough County | $484,339 | $690,529 |
| Indian River County | $52,745 | $75,199 |
| Jackson County | $12,935 | $18,442 |
| Lee County | $229,265 | $326,867 |
| Leon County | $100,078 | $142,682 |
| Levy County | $12,852 | $18,323 |
| Manatee County | $117,987 | $168,215 |
| Marion County | $110,756 | $157,907 |
| Okeechobee County | $12,768 | $18,204 |
| Orange County | $466,472 | $665,055 |
| Osceola County | $126,241 | $179,984 |
| Palm Beach County | $504,443 | $719,191 |
| Pinellas County | $311,977 | $444,790 |
| Polk County | $235,409 | $335,626 |
| Putnam County | $24,408 | $34,799 |
| St. Lucie County | $120,348 | $171,582 |
| Sarasota County | $122,814 | $175,098 |
| Seminole County | $157,671 | $224,794 |
| Sumter County | $31,492 | $44,899 |
| Suwannee County | $13,165 | $18,770 |
| Volusia County | $185,736 | $264,807 |
| Walton County | $18,306 | $26,099 |
| Washington County | $6,854 | $9,772 |
| State Set-Aside Committee, FL | $443,389 | $2,239,427 |
| FLORIDA Total | $6,446,188 | $10,797,699 |
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