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Emergency Food and Shelter Program
National Board Program
(EFSP)
United Way of America serves as the fiscal agent and secretariat for the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP). The EFSP is a public/private partnership with the American Red Cross; Catholic Charities USA; the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; The Salvation Army; United Jewish Communities: United Way of America; and, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The staff of the EFSP implements the program according to the law and the National Board guidelines. Allocations are made annually to approximately 2,500 jurisdictions from the Congressional appropriation. Over 10,500 agencies receive funds to provide services to the hungry and homeless for non-disaster related emergencies.
The staff at UWA provides support to the National Board, allocates and disburses funds, provides consultation and technical assistance to Local Boards and agencies, conducts training, and conducts compliance reviews of funded agencies. The National Board allocates 1% of the administrative allowance for the program to UWA to administer the EFSP.
The Local EFSP board helps to allocate and disburse funds at the local County level. Local board members include:
- Fr. Ed Boren - Catholic Charities
- Pat Curry - American Red Cross
- Kim Effenberger - Matagorda County United Way
- Pat Matthes - El Campo Hospice Support Care,
- Cindy Ottis - Salvation Army Bay City
- Ray Rodriguez - Homeless representative
- Ed Schultz - Matagorda County Environmental Health Officer
- Barbara Sulak - Matagorda County Extension Office
- Judge Greg Westmoreland - Matagorda County
- Hill Winfrey - Ministerial Alliance