Nevada
Over $5.8 Million Awarded to Support Southern Nevadans as Inflation Rises
As the price of meals, hire, and utilities proceed to soar as a consequence of inflation, and Southern Nevadans budgets tighten, United Method of Southern Nevada (UWSN) is proud to announce that 20 of the group’s nonprofit companions acquired $5.8 million in federal funds by Part 39 of the Emergency Meals and Shelter Program (EFSP). This distribution of $5.8 million marks the most important EFSP funding distribution in Southern Nevada’s historical past and can present important meals, shelter, and utility help.
In Southern Nevada, the EFSP gives a community of sources for these struggling to maintain a roof over their heads and meals on the desk. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Clark County’s Emergency Meals and Shelter Program distributed $4.1 million to offer over 400,000 meals and greater than 46,300 nights of shelter. EFSP funds had been additionally used to help 1,140 households with emergency rental help.
People can entry assist from the next 20 organizations listed beneath:
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada 702-385-2662 catholiccharities.com Offering meals and shelter help
Chicanos Por La Causa Inc. (CPLC Nevada) 702-207-1614 cplcnevada.org Offering shelter help
East Valley Household Providers 702-631-7098 eastvalleyfamilyservices.org Offering meals, shelter, hire/mortgage, and utility help
Emergency Assist of Boulder Metropolis 702-293-0332 emergencyaidbc.org Offering hire and mortgage help
Household Promise of Las Vegas 702-638-8806 familypromiselv.com Offering shelter help
Serving to Palms of Vegas Valley 702-633-7264 dh.hhovv.org Offering meals help
HELP of Southern Nevada 702-836-2113 helpsonv.org Offering meals help
HopeLink of Southern Nevada 702-566-0576 link2hope.org Offering hire and mortgage help
Jewish Household Service Company 702-732-0304 jfsalv.org Offering served meals, hire, mortgage, and utility help
Kline Veterans Fund 702-560-1748 klineveteransfund.org Offering hire/mortgage and utility help
Lutheran Social Providers 702-639-1730 lssnv.org Offering meals and shelter help
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth 702-383-1332 nphy.org Offering meals help
Olive Crest 702-685-3459 olivecrest.org Offering shelter, hire/mortgage, and utility help
Puentes 702-592-0056 puenteslasvegas.org Offering hire/mortgage help
RISE Properties 702-350-1898 risehomesnv.com Offering shelter and hire/mortgage help
The Simply One Undertaking 702-462-2253 thejustoneproject.org Offering meals help
The Salvation Military of Southern Nevada 702-870-4430 salvationarmysouthernnevada.org Offering meals, shelter, hire, mortgage, and utility help
Three Sq. 702-644-3663 threesquare.org Offering utility help
United Labor Company of Nevada 702-648-3500 ulan.org Offering meals, hire, and mortgage help
SafeNest 702-646-4981 safenest.org Offering shelter help
The Emergency Meals and Shelter Program is overseen by a Nationwide Board that’s chaired by the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety’s Federal Emergency Administration Company and consists of representatives from American Pink Cross, Catholic Charities USA, Nationwide Council of the Church buildings of Christ within the USA, The Jewish Federation of North America, The Salvation Military, and United Method Worldwide. The Native Board is charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to assist increase the capability of meals and shelter applications in Clark County.
The Native Board for Clark County’s Emergency Meals and Shelter Program determines how the federal funds are to be distributed among the many emergency help applications run by native service companies within the space. The Native Board is chargeable for recommending companies to obtain these funds and any further funds made out there underneath this section of this system. Members of the Native Board embrace representatives from native governments, nonprofit service companies, and faith-based organizations.
About United Method of Southern Nevada: Starting in 2022 and into 2023, United Method of Southern Nevada (UWSN) celebrates its sixty fifth anniversary, and we’re pleased with the unimaginable influence we’ve made in our group over the previous six and a half a long time. United Method of Southern Nevada is devoted to making sure that each particular person in Southern Nevada has the chance to succeed. We’ve been doing this since 1957—earlier than a lot of our beloved resorts and casinos lit up the world-famous Las Vegas Strip. This yr, we’ll have a good time our successes, honor the legends who helped us get right here, and encourage Southern Nevadans to help UWSN for years to come back.