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![handle is hein.crs/goveoyr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Shelter and Services Program (SSP) FY2024
Funding
April 17, 2024
On April 12, 2024, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the availability of
FY2024 Shelter and Services Program (SSP) grant funding. The SSP funds nonfederal entities providing
food, shelter, transportation, and supportive services to noncitizen migrants released from Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) custody.
Authority, Funding, and Allowable Activities
The DHS Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-47, Div. C, Title II) directed Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to transfer $650 million of its FY2024 appropriation to FEMA for the SSP. The funding is
to support sheltering and related activities provided by non-Federal entities, in support of relieving
overcrowding in [CBP] short-term holding facilities.
In FY2024, funding for the SSP is separated into two funding opportunities, totaling $640.9 million. The
remaining $9.1 million is for FEMA's administrative costs.
The eligible activities and services that applicants, including local or state governments, Indian tribes, or
nonprofit organizations, may receive SSP funding for must be provided for noncitizen migrants following
their release from DHS, and must fall into one of the following categories:
* Primary Services, including Applications must include at
* Shelter (e.g., hotel/motel room costs, utilities, housekeeping) least one Primary Service.
* Food (e.g., food items, food banks, contracted meals,
cookware, dishes and utensils)
* Transportation (e.g., from a DHS facility to a shelter, shelter to shelter, onward
destination transportation)
* Acute medical care (e.g., basic first aid and supplies, health screenings, over-the-
counter medication)
* Personal hygiene supplies (e.g., toiletries, diapers and wipes)
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