SE Iowa receives EFSP money Posted By: Ben Butler April 14, 2009 @ 7:08 am Today's Local News Tweet Share Email Congressman Loebsack announced that $49,191 has been awarded to the Second District by the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) through the Recovery Act. These funds will bring immediate relief to communities to address unemployment, poverty, and unmet needs. The second District includes Washington, Louisa, Henry and Jefferson County. After the floods of 2008, our local emergency shelters were overburdened and overstretched. Congressman Loebsack says as we continue to bring in funds for disaster relief, it is important not to let our families who were spared from the floods fall by the wayside as they struggle with the current economic downturn. The funds will be distributed to support social service agencies and will be used to supplement food, shelter, rent, mortgage and utility assistance programs for people with non-disaster related emergencies.
