South Carolina To Get Millions To Help Homeless

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced South Carolina will receive more than $3.4 million to assist homeless and disadvantaged persons throughout the state. The Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) program funds may be used to supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food and supportive services for the state’s hungry, homeless, and people in economic crisis.

South Carolina awardees include:

Abbeville County $23,392
Aiken County $103,960
Allendale County $13,074
Anderson County $137,643
Bamberg County $17,196
Barnwell County $23,063
Berkeley County $109,599
Calhoun County $12,442
Charleston County $216,922
Cherokee County $52,928
Chester County $45,139
Chesterfield County $39,197
Clarendon County $30,219
Colleton County $32,495
Darlington County $61,754
Dillon County $32,950
Dorchester County $81,706
Edgefield County $17,651
Fairfield County $28,449
Florence County $107,500
Georgetown County $53,560
Greenville County $290,435
Greenwood County $56,468
Hampton County $16,665
Horry County $205,846
Jasper County $14,035
Kershaw County $46,960
Lancaster County $81,327
Laurens County $62,613
Lee County $18,764
Lexington County $153,878
McCormick County $9,357
Marion County $42,206
Marlboro County $35,530
Newberry County $30,573
Oconee County $53,004
Orangeburg County $99,762
Pickens County $84,159
Richland County $264,413
Saluda County $12,695
Spartanburg County $219,097
Sumter County $90,380
Union County $31,206
Williamsburg County $39,146
York County $170,316
State Set-Aside Committee, SC $49,742

South Carolina Total $3,419,416

The EFS National Board is chaired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and composed of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; United Jewish Communities; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; The Salvation Army; and United Way of America. A Local Board administers the funds within each jurisdiction. The Board must be composed of representatives of the same organizations as those on the National Board, with a local government official replacing the FEMA representative. In jurisdictions where affiliates of National Board agencies do not exist, other appropriate groups and individuals are invited to sit on the Local Board. Additionally, the Local Board is required to include a homeless person, a formerly homeless person, or former recipient of program services.

Grants were awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.