WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has appropriated fiscal 2009 funds totaling $1,296,679 to the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
“These funds will help provide the neediest Iowans with basic needs,” Grassley said. “The local emphasis of this program will help these funds get out the door quickly.”
The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program will divide the funds to Iowa counties to supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food and supportive services for the hungry, homeless, and people in economic crisis. The funds will be divided as shown below.
v Appanoose County - $8,472
v Black Hawk County - $71,287
v Cass County - $8,219
v Clinton County - $27,994
v Crawford County - $7,586
v Des Moines County - $28,247
v Jasper County - $34,240
v Johnson County - $53,864
v Marshall County - $24,201
v Page County - $9,837
v Polk County - $224,281
v Scott County - $89,343
v Story County - $35,075
v Wapello County - $22,051
v Webster County - $20,787
v Woodbury County - $52,524
v State Set-Aside Committee, IA - $578,671