Specifications include, but are not limited to: The LANE COUNTY EMERGENCY FOOD & SHELTER BOARD’S Allocations Committee will be convened to determine the highest need and best use of funds and to select Local Recipient Organizations (LROs) that will provide emergency food and shelter adapted to particular community needs. FEMA legislation specifically calls for “sensitivity to the transition from temporary shelter to permanent homes and attention to specialized needs of homeless individuals with mental and physical disabilities and illness, and to facilitate access for homeless individuals to other sources of services and benefits.” Funds are intended to supplement and expand the work of local social service agencies to assist people with economic emergencies to include: supplement feeding, sheltering (including transitional sheltering) as well as rent/mortgage and utility assistance efforts only. Applicants may be required to make a presentation to the EFSP board to provide an overview to their planned use of funding, vendors will be notified as to a date and time, if required.
