Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)

Emergency Solutions Grant funding is available to eligible nonprofit and county government agencies and used for multiple interventions to directly assist the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. 

These activities include: (1) engaging homeless individuals and families living on the street; (2) assisting with the operations of emergency shelters for the homeless; (3) providing essential services to homeless shelter residents; (4) rapidly re-housing homeless individuals and families; (5) preventing individuals and families from becoming homeless; and (6) operating Bergen County’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).