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DISTRIBUTION OF ESG-CV AND THDA FUNDS AGENCY
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Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750,016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750,016 The Mary Parrish Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,526 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,526 Nashville CARES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $137,850. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $137,850 Operation Stand Down Tenessee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,000 The Salvation Army. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,506,182 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $747,987.56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,254,169.56 Park Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $695,478 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $999,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,695,477 Room In The Inn Shelter and Camp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $311,459 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $311,459 Step Up on Second, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $766,437 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $152,458.44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $918,895.44 Oasis Center, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $143,724 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $143,724 Nashville District Management Corporation / The Nashville Downtown Partnership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $443,264 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $443,264 The Contributor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $482,550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $350,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $832,550 Community Care Fellowship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,241,442 . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,241,442 Nashville Launch Pad, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $109,145 Catholic Charities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $73,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $73,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $146,000 Colbys Army. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $76,555 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $114,811 Metro Homeless Impact Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $395,020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $395,020 MDHA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $818,396 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $818,396
Learn More About: Emergency Solutions GrantCOVID spending for homelessness BY JUDITH TACKET T
In 2020, Congress appropriated $4 billion of the CARES Act funds to cities to serve people experiencing homelessness through a program called Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG). This signified about 17 times more funding than the annual allocation outside of the COVID emergency. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), these funds were designated “to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, among individuals and families who are homeless or receiving homeless assistance and to support additional homeless assis-
tance and homelessness prevention activities to mitigate the impacts created by coronavirus under the Emergency Solutions Grant program.” In Nashville, the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) is the administrator of these HUD funds, and in summer of 2020, MDHA received an allocation of more than $10 million in Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act (ESG-CV) dollars. This was 22 times more in ESG funding than the regular ESG allocation of $450,000 that Nashville received that same year. MDHA published a Request for Applications (RFA) in the summer
of 2020 for nonprofits to submit program suggestions. Nashville was among 30 cities that also received technical assistance by ICF (a consultant firm paid for by HUD). Local leadership was able to focus on using the existing collaborative community approach for stakeholder input while ICF came alongside with the expertise on how to prioritize funds for individuals experiencing long-term homelessness, a population that traditionally had been underfunded for years in Nashville. In the end, $6.9 million was dedicated to Rapid ReHousing programs aimed at helping people move off the streets as quickly
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as possible. In Tennessee, large cities like Nashville receive direct allocations from HUD. Rural areas receive their funding through the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA). When THDA is unable to distribute all its funds, allocations are made available to cities including Nashville. That’s why a few months after HUD’s direct appropriation, Nashville received $2.4 million in additional ESG-CV funds from the state. So, how many providers received funding and how many people were served in Nashville with the total of over $12.4 million in ESG-CV funds?
