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10 Aract Number 00029953/ Page 9 of 33 Scope of Work ESG Emergency Response and Housing Stability Activities BACKGROUND On any given night,North Carolina has over 10,000 homeless people. Across the State, homelessness affects more than 500 families including men, women and children who experience financial difficulty and cannot recover. Families and individuals who are at or below 30% area median income are served through this grant and are vulnerable and cannot survive even a small financial crisis. The ESG program is designed to help persons who are homeless and persons who are at-risk of homelessness. The Emergency Solutions Grant(ESG) was created in the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act which combines the previous Emergency Shelter Grant and the previous Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing programs under one federal act designed to prevent or end homelessness. The ESG program is intended to assist people in preventing or ending their homelessness through two primary functions: Emergency Response Activities, such as funding emergency shelter operations and services and street outreach and Housing Stability Activities, such as homeless prevention and rapid re-housing. Funds can also be used for HMIS participation and administration. All contractors are expected to use ESG funds in accordance with the grant regulations contained in 24 CFR Parts 91 and 576. The Housing and Homelessness Unit within the Division of Aging and Adult Services is responsible for encouraging access to housing resources by all persons served by the Department of Health and Human Services. The Housing and Homelessness Unit operates the Emergency Solutions Grant. PURPOSE The ESG Contractor is responsible for completing tasks from a menu of federally eligible services. The ESG grant will support: 1. Emergency Response activities through: • Operating expenses for homeless shelters, • Services provided to residents of homeless shelters 2. Housing Stability activities through: • Housing stability case management • Providing flexible cash assistance for deposits,rent, utilities and/or past due rent and utilities The Contractor will ensure that both activities above are provided in Orange County. The Contractor will provide services or shelter to homeless individuals and/or families for the period during which the ESG assistance is provided, without regard to a particular site or structure, so long as the Contractor serves the same type of persons (e.g., families with children, unaccompanied youth,disabled individuals, or victims of domestic violence) or persons in the same geographic area.