Alameda County, Oakland to Receive Homeland Security Funding Through Recovery Package
For Immediate Release
April 10, 2009
Contact: Nicole Y. Williams
(202) 225-2661
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) announced that Alameda County and the City of Oakland would be receiving over $529,000 in funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), provided through a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant. Additionally, both the Bay Area Rapid Transit and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) systems will be receiving over $16 million in FEMA grants through the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP). The funds were made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s FEMA EFSP awards included:
Alameda County - $316,387
City of Oakland - $213,315
U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA TSGP awards included:
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - 14,235,223
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) - $1,936,142
“The EFSP funds can be used for a broad range of services, including mass shelter, mass feeding, food distribution through food pantries and food banks, one-month assistance with rent, mortgage and utility payments to prevent evictions, and transition assistance from shelters to stable living conditions,” said Congresswoman Lee. “Additionally, the transit security grants will help to ensure that our transit systems are operating in a safe for the people of the Bay Area.
“In these tough economic times, these grants will provide much needed relief and resources to the people of my district and help those that have been affected by the economic downturn get back on their feet.”
To learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, go to www.recovery.gov.
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