DeKalb County has been awarded $52,713 to assist with feeding the hungry, housing the homeless and assisting low-income households within the county. The county was selected to receive this award under Phase 30 of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.  This is a decrease of $915 over the 2011 Phase 29 allocation.

Congress has appropriated $120 million nationwide to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to supplement and extend emergency food and shelter programs.

In the past, the county has distributed these funds to a number of local programs throughout the county that are in the business of providing shelter to the homeless, feeding hungry residents or providing emergency rent or utility assistance.