Mayor's Office of Human Services

The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), enacted into law on May 20, 2009, revised the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program and renamed it the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program. As such, new regulations were promulgated for this revised program, requiring recipient jurisdictions to substantially amend their previously submitted Annual Action Plan for the ESG program in order to receive the second allocation of funding for revised program as the eligible activities for these new monies are different than the previous iteration of this grant.

A Substantial Amendment to the Emergency Solutions Grant for Federal Fiscal year 2011 delineates how a second allocation in ESG funding in the amount of $573,821,
for FFY 2011 will be spent.

To facilitate public discussion, the Substantial Amendment for the ESG program can be accessed here and hard copies will be available at the following locations:

The Enoch Pratt Library
400 Cathedral Street, Maryland Room
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

The Department of Housing and Community Development
417 E. Fayette Street – Room 1101
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Mayor’s Office of Human Services/Homeless Services Program
620 Fallsway
Baltimore, MD 21202

The public will have until April 23, 2012 to provide written comments on the substantial amendment. A hearing to afford the public an opportunity to comment on the contents of the Amendment will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 6:00 p.m., in the Board of Estimates Room (215), City Hall, 100 N. Holliday Street. A final Substantial Amendment, incorporating community comments, will be made available to the public upon submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. For questions related to the Substantial Amendment contact Kate Briddell at (410) 396-3757.