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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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December 21, 2004 |
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Arkansas Delegation Announces More Than $1.389 Million in Federal Funds for Emergency Food and Shelter Program |
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, along with U.S. Reps. Marion Berry, Vic Snyder, Mike Ross and John Boozman announced Tuesday that $1,389,454 million in emergency food and shelter grants have been awarded to 60 Arkansas counties. The grants were administered through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFS), which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The funds are used to help individuals and families with non-disaster, temporary emergency needs. The EFS National Board, chaired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and composed of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; United Jewish Communities; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.; The Salvation Army; and United Way of America, provides supplemental funding to shelters, soup kitchens, and food banks. Additional jurisdictions in Arkansas may be selected at a later date by the EFS State Set-Aside Committee, which received $71,165.
The following Arkansas counties received EFS awards:
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Arkansas County |
$12,328 |
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Ashley County |
$21,532 |
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Baxter County |
$16,865 |
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Benton County |
$43,573 |
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Boone County |
$17,956 |
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Bradley County |
$8,018 |
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Carroll County |
$10,766 |
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Chicot County |
$12,535 |
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Clark County |
$12,103 |
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Clay County |
$12,705 |
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Cleburne County |
$9,769 |
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Columbia County |
$13,552 |
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Conway County |
$11,387 |
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Craighead County |
$46,189 |
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Crawford County |
$25,880 |
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Crittenden County |
$35,291 |
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Cross County |
$15,472 |
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Dallas County |
$7,303 |
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Desha County |
$12,968 |
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Drew County |
$14,982 |
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Faulkner County |
$48,448 |
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Franklin County |
$6,512 |
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Garland County |
$45,060 |
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Greene County |
$22,850 |
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Hempstead County |
$12,441 |
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Hot Spring County |
$16,770 |
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Howard County |
$7,435 |
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Independence County |
$23,283 |
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Izard County |
$7,021 |
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Jackson County |
$15,283 |
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Jefferson County |
$63,374 |
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Johnson County |
$10,333 |
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Lawrence County |
$13,495 |
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Lee County |
$10,051 |
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Lincoln County |
$6,682 |
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Logan County |
$9,806 |
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Marion County |
$6,399 |
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Miller County |
$14,173 |
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Mississippi County |
$57,558 |
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Monroe County |
$6,117 |
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Ouachita County |
$19,311 |
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Perry County |
$6,268 |
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Phillips County |
$19,029 |
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Poinsett County |
$16,902 |
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Polk County |
$10,314 |
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Pope County |
$27,348 |
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Pulaski County |
$188,785 |
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Randolph County |
$15,076 |
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St. Francis County |
$25,033 |
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Sebastian County |
$51,648 |
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Sevier County |
$5,722 |
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Sharp County |
$9,562 |
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Stone County |
$6,418 |
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Union County |
$34,011 |
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Van Buren County |
$9,260 |
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Washington County |
$52,909 |
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White County |
$37,493 |
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Woodruff County |
$9,599 |
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Yell County |
$9,336 |
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State Set-Aside Committee, AR |
$71,165 |
The EFS Program has been in existence since 1983 and was authorized under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The EFS Program has distributed more than $2.65 billion to communities nationwide, and has accounted for millions of additional meals and nights of shelter to the hungry and homeless most in need across the nation.
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