Emergency Food and Shelter-American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program -American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (EFSP) is a Federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and has been entrusted through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.) and Public Law 111-5 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 “to supplement and expand ongoing efforts to provide shelter, food and supportive services” for the nation’s hungry and homeless.