is a federally funded program to supplement the work of local social service agencies to help people with economic (not disaster-related) emergencies. EFSP provides local communities support to help residents with utility, housing and food needs.
Indiana Association of United Ways (IaUW) administers the State Set-Aside allocations for Indiana.
Each community has a Local Board, which selects the Local Recipient Organizations (LROs) for providing the emergency assistance to people in need. Local Boards are meeting in summer for distribution to LROs this summer.
Phase 29 (FY 2011): The State Set-Aside Committee will met August 1, 2011, to determine recommendations. Indiana was awarded a total of $1,646,277 from which 26 counties and the City of Gary received direct awards totaling $1,150,163, and the State Set-Aside Committee will decide about how to distribute $496,114 for remaining counties. In contrast, Indiana received $4.2 M last year for Phase 28, with $592K in State Set-Aside for 27 counties.
Phase 29 (2011) Final Recommendations for State-Set-Aside Awards(
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New Deadlines - The National EFSP Office offers extended spending deadlines through March 31, 2012, available upon request. Local Boards received a memo in early December, 2011, describing spending deadline and required certification forms.
Local Boards (LBs) and Local Recipient Organizations (LROs) may update their information online at efsp.unitedway.org with their unique login and password.
Phase 29 Manual of Responsibilities and Requirements for EFSP (note that this info is updated for LBs and LROs on the national site):
Phase 29 Manual (, 565 KB)
Local Boards are strongly encouraged to review the new materials posted in the password-accessed section of the National EFSP site. For your convenience, we are posting a sample of just a FEW new or critical materials below:
, 27 KB) – all Local Board members should review this before making determinations., 82 KB) which highlights the changes for Phase 29, 42 KB), Rent/Mortgage(, 45 KB), Metered Utility(, 45 KB) – note there are 8 QRGs, 1.96 MB)General Information:
EFSP Program Overview(, 367 KB)
For questions about EFSP State Set-Aside in Indiana, contact Iverne or Lucinda.
