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For Immediate Release |
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Contact: Murat Gokcigdem |
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Phone: (202) 225-8885 |
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February 26, 2008 |
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CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAMS IN DALLAS COUNTY
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Dallas, Collin, and Denton Counties to receive $1,918,493 |
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Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced today that Dallas County has been awarded grants by the Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) Program which are given out by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). EFS funds are used to supplement food, shelter, rent, mortgage, and utility assistance programs for people with non-disaster related emergencies.
"With my strong support, Congress appropriated $153 million for the EFS Program for Fiscal Year 2008. This funding will support social service agencies in North Texas to help feed and shelter our community's hungry and homeless," Congresswoman Johnson said. "I am pleased that so many counties in Texas will receive funding, so they can better serve individuals and families who are in need in these difficult times.”
The EFS Program has been in existence since 1983 and was authorized under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. With the FY 2008 allocation, more than $3.105 billion in federal aid will have been disbursed through the EFS Program since its inception 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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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.
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