The Emergency Shelter Grant Program (ESG) was first enacted under Title V of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s appropriation act for the fiscal year 1987, and was fully established by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act in 1988.
The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 amended the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. The HEARTH Act included major revisions to the Emergency Shelter Grant Program, essentially changing it to the Emergency Solutions Grant Program.
The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. ESG is a program that may provide assistance to all areas of the state.
Grant funding is used to upgrade existing homeless facilities and domestic abuse shelters, to help meet the operating costs of such facilities, to provide essential services (such as health and mental health services) to both sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons, to help prevent homelessness, to rapidly re-house homeless persons and to assist in the costs of administering the Homeless Management Information System.
Eligible activities for homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing include: rental assistance, utility assistance, moving costs, case management and limited legal assistance.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program provides housing assistance and related support services to low-income persons disabled by HIV/AIDS as well as their families. The purpose of the program is to devise long-term housing strategies for people living with HIV/AIDS and to prevent them from becoming destitute. As a supportive housing program, HOPWA also helps to ensure persons with HIV/AIDS have access to necessary medical care and other related services.
The HOPWA program works in partnership with local communities and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low-income persons with HIV/AIDS. Program funds are awarded as grants from one of three HOPWA programs: Formula Program, Competitive Program or National Technical Assistance.
Projects funded through the HOPWA program as subject to Environmental Review. This review is conducted by ADECA personnel but does require that the Project Sponsor submit a completed Environmental Review determination form (ENV-HOPWA) to ADECA to initiate the review process. The required form can be found below.
HOPWA Environmental Review Determination Form (ENV-HOPWA)
Phone: (334) 353-0288
2020 ESG Application Process Memo
2020 Application Manual
Action Plan
Proposed 2020 Action Plan
ESG Application Workshop Slides
2020 ESG Application Slides
Application Form
Application Form
ESG Coordination Requirements
Homeless Definition and Documentation
Continuums of Care Contacts
Continuums of Care Map
Audit Certification
Subrecipient and Second-tier Subrecipient Budgets
Subrecipient Budget Instructions
Subrecipient Budget
Second-tier Subrecipient Budget Instructions
Second-tier Subrecipient Budget
Implementation Manual
PY 2019 ESG Compliance Workshop Agenda
PY 2019 ESG Compliance Workshop Presentation Slides
ESG Program Compliance
Environmental Review
Tab 1- Emergency Shelter Grants Program (ESG) Policy Letters
Policy Letter 1: Submittal of Requests for Payment for the Months of March and September
Policy Letter 2: Submittal of Amendments and Final Requests for Payment
Policy Letter 3: Signed Time and Attendance Reports
Policy Letter 4: Documentation for Travel
Policy Letter 5: Required Reports
Tab 2 - Letter of Award
List of Second-tier Subrecipients Funded Through the State of Alabama Emergency Solutions Grants Program
Subrecipient Administration
Certification
W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification
Program Correspondence
State of Alabama Disclosure Statement
Certifications by the Chief Executive Officer
Certifications by the Authorized Official
Certification of Local Government Approval for Nonprofit Organizations Receiving ESG Funds from State Grantees
Certificate of Compliance with the Beason-Hammon Act
Certification of Compliance with the Confidentiality Policy
Certification of Compliance with the Conflict of Interest Policy
Tab 3 - Environmental Review
Non-Profit
Use the Environmental Level of Review Chart located below to complete the Level of Review forms and submit them to ADECA to initiate the Environmental Review.
01 ESG Non-profit Level of Environmental Review Form (ENV-NPLER)
02 ESG Non-profit Level of Environmental Review Form Attachment (ENV-NPLERA)
03 ESG Environmental Level of Review Chart
04 Sample ESG Non-profit Submittal
Local Unit of Government
Subject to the same requirements as the CDBG program: 
Click here.
Tab 4 - Procurement
Written Quote Request
Verbal Quote Request
Code of Alabama 1975 - Article 2 - State Bid Laws
PMU-1 Form
2 CFR Part 200 – Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
Tab 5 - Invoices
Subrecipient Request for Payment Instructions
Subrecipient Request for Payment
Second-tier Subrecipient Expenditure Attachment Instructions
Second-tier Subrecipient Expenditure Attachment
Invoice Documentation Cover Sheets
Administration
Emergency Shelter
HMIS
Prevention
Rapid Re-Housing
Street Outreach
Tab 6 - Grant Closeout
Conditions of Project Closeout
Tab 7 - ESG Reporting
Sage Guidance for ESG Subrecipients Webinar
Form 60002
Section 3 Overview
Tab 8 - ESG Monitoring Checklists
Financial
HESG Participant File Checklist
Participant File Review
Policies and Procedures
Procurement – Local Unit of Government
Procurement – Nonprofit
Programmatic Review
Shelter Standards
Staff Salaries
Environmental
Tab 9 - Resources
HUD Exchange
ESG Program Regulations
HUD's ESG SNAPs-Shots
HUD's ESG Program Guidance
HUD Data Sets
Income Limits
Annual Income
Determining Income and Calculating Rent
CPD Income Eligibility Calculator
CPD Income Eligibility Calculator User Manual
Rent Reasonableness and Fair Market Rent
Rent Reasonableness Checklist
Fair Market Rent
PHA Utility Allowance for Rent Reasonableness Documentation
Rental Assistance Agreement and Lease Requirements
Minimum Habitability Standards for Emergency Shelters and Permanent Housing
Housing Habitability Standards Checklist
Lead Screening Checklist
“Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home” Pamphlet
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Form
Veterans Administration Homeless Coordinators
HUD Handbook 1378 - Tenant Assistance, Relocation and Real Property Acquisition
Prevention/Re-Housing Documentation Checklist Instructions
Prevention/Re-Housing Documentation Checklist Sample
ESG Program Components Quick Reference
ESG FAQs
Sample Housing Stabilization Case Plan
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity