Local agencies encouraged to apply
Hopkins County has been chosen to receive $11,180 in Federal Emergency Management Funds to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. This is Phase 37 funding.
The selection was made by a national board that is chaired by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The local board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high need areas around the county.
Hopkins County FEMA Board will determine how the funds awarded to Hopkins County are to be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service agencies in the area. Under the terms of the grant, local agencies chosen to receive funds must:
• Be private voluntary non-profits or units of government,
• Be eligible to receive federal funds,
• Have an accounting system,
• Practice nondiscrimination,
• Have demonstrated the capacity to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs and
• If they are a private voluntary organization, they must have a voluntary board.
Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying for these funds should contact Karon Weatherman at 903-885-1661 by Friday, May 29.