Funding: Emergency Food and Shelter Program Announces Jurisdiction Allocations January 2022

FEMA Advisory

Emergency Food and Shelter Program Announces Jurisdiction Allocations   

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The National Board for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program announced $530 million in FY 2021 annual and supplemental funding to jurisdictions (counties and cities) to assist with feeding and sheltering.

The funds were made available by Congress and awarded by FEMA to the National Board for allocation and administration. The funds will be used to assist social service organizations dedicated to feeding, sheltering, and providing other critical resources to our nation's hungry and homeless. EFSP funds are used to supplement food, shelter, rent, mortgage, and utility assistance programs for people with non-disaster related emergencies.

The National Board’s funding allocations to jurisdictions were made available by Congress through two sets of funding: 1) $130 million in annual funding through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and 2) $400 million in supplemental funding through Section 4007 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The $400 million in supplemental funding was provided by Congress to specifically address the continuing economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Board qualifies local jurisdictions for EFSP allocations based on criteria involving the latest national population, unemployment, and poverty data. Local boards in the qualifying jurisdictions decide which nonprofit and government agencies receive the allocated funds. The funds are then disbursed directly to the agencies by the National Board. Eight percent (8%) of the funding will be made available to State Set-Aside Committees that will make funding determinations to aid people in jurisdictions with needs that may not be reflected in the National Board’s qualifying formula.

The National Board is chaired by FEMA and includes representatives from American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, The Jewish Federations of North America, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, The Salvation Army, and United Way Worldwide. United Way Worldwide, selected by the National Board as its Secretariat and Fiscal Agent, is also responsible for the daily administration of the EFSP in alignment with federal requirements and National Board governance.

Information on allocations is available on the National Board’s website. In the next several days, the National Board will provide further instructions to each jurisdiction receiving an allocation of funds. 

Presenters Needed for Public Administration Research Conference (PARC) in March 2022. January 11, 202

 The UCF Center for Public and Nonprofit Management at the School of Public Administration is looking for presenters interested in sharing research and field experience from across the public administration discipline at the upcoming Public Administration Research Conference (PARC) in March 2022. 

Visit the conference website to learn more about this year's theme and submit a proposal: https://pheedloop.com/PARC21/site/home/. The deadline to submit proposals is January 17^th! For more information about PARC, please contact Justin Miller with CPNM at justin.miller@ucf.edu.

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Department of Education's FY2022 Forecast of Contract Opportunities January 2022

 

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Good Afternoon/Evening,

This is a notification that the U.S. Department of Education's FY2022 Forecast of Contract Opportunities is now live at https://www2.ed.gov/fund/contract/find/forecast.html. Please note that the forecast is not binding and is based on predictions of what ED expects to buy in the next fiscal year. 

If you have any questions about specific items, please reach out to the point of contact listed next to each Forecast item in question. For more general inquiries, you can email the small business office at small.business@ed.gov. 

 

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Forecast of ED Contract Opportunities

Forecast Date: January 6, 2022

The FY 2022 Forecast of U.S. Department of Education (ED) Contract Opportunities is available below. All items are pending availability of funds. The Department may, at any time, delay or cancel any or all Forecast items if the Department's requirements change. All contract award dates are projections. The information is subject to change and is in no way binding on the Government. Interested parties should monitor FedBizOpps for notices providing specific information on current opportunities.

ED posts solicitations at FedBizOpps (FBO). FBO is the single point on the Internet where vendors can access information needed to bid on government contracts over $25,000.00. Vendors may view a synopsis, download a solicitation, and register to receive notification of modifications to existing notices. FBO provides the capability to search for business opportunities by agency, posted date, classification code, and NAICS code. Opportunities for GSA schedule holders may be found at GSA's e-Buy website.  Opportunities may also be solicited through Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC) or Agency contracts, or made through direct awards to 8(a) firms.

Small businesses, SBA 8(a) certified, HUBZone certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Program certified and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program certified businesses should check the opportunities on the Forecast they are interested in. Businesses may contact the individuals named on the Forecast for information about a specific requirement. Capability statements may be sent electronically to the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) at small.business@ed.gov or they may be faxed to (202) 245-6304. Alternatively, a hard copy can be mailed to the following address:

U.S. Department of Education/OSDBU
PCP, Room 10115
550 12 Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20202-0521

The Forecast is available for viewing and/or downloading:

 MS Excel (94 KB) - FY 2022 Forecast of Contract Opportunities

In order to view the ED Forecast, please download the file using Google Chrome.  Microsoft Explorer/Edge users should download the Forecast workbook to their computer in order to open the file.

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