The Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG) partners will be meeting September 18, 2024, at the SDH Board Room in Pierre for their annual meeting. ESG is a federal block grant authorized by subtitle B of the McKinney Vento Homelessness Assistance Act and is funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and is administered by SD Housing for the State of South Dakota. ESG funds provide for emergency shelter and homelessness prevention activities including short-term and medium-term rental assistance and services to stabilize and rapidly re-house individuals and households who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. For more information contact Denise Albertson, SD ESG Administrator, at denise@sdhda.org.