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Contract Number 00027858 / Page 9 of 33 <br /> Attachment B <br /> North Carolina ESG State Sub - recipient Scope of Work <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Housing and Homelessness Unit within the Division of Aging and Adult Services is <br /> responsible for encouraging access to housing resources by all persons served by the <br /> Department of Health and Human Services. One specific program of the Housing and <br /> Homeless Unit is the Emergency Solutions Grant. The Emergency Solutions Grant <br /> (ESG) was created in the HEARTH Act by combining the previous Emergency Shelter <br /> Grant and the previous Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re- Housing programs. The <br /> ESG program is intended to assist people in preventing or ending their homelessness <br /> through its support of homeless emergency services (primarily homeless shelters) and <br /> community housing stability programs. The program is designed to emphasize placement <br /> in permanent housing as the desired outcome. On any given night in North Carolina <br /> there are over 10,000 homeless people eligible for this assistance. <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> ESG Grantees are responsible for completing tasks from a menu of federally eligible <br /> services. The ESG grant will support <br /> - Operating expenses for homeless shelters, including but not limited to case <br /> management, insurance, facility rent and utility payments <br /> - Housing Stability expenses aimed at preventing homelessness, or assisting a <br /> homeless household to become stably housed through housing stability case <br /> management and/or providing flexible cash assistance for deposits, rent, utilities <br /> and/or past due rent and utilities. <br /> Grantees may provide one or both of these services. <br /> SCOPE OF WORK <br /> As a regional fiscal sponsor, the recipient is responsible for ensuring that the following <br /> occur: <br /> I. Training <br /> All core ESG project staff, including housing stability managers, case management <br /> supervisors, grant managers, Emergency Services case managers, CHIN data entry, <br /> and financial processors must attend ESG training provided by the State within 45 <br /> days of contract execution. <br /> Attachment A, pg. 1 <br /> Scope of Work <br />