Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program

Program Description

The Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program is a competitive grant issued each year to community-based shelters and traditional housing facilities, non-profit organizations that provide housing and counseling assistance to the state's homeless population and to those at-risk of becoming homeless.

General Program Requirements

Individual Emergency Shelter agencies may have different qualifications for services. Click here to read the United States Code definition of homeless.

2024 State of South Carolina Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Annual Action Plan

Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing-RUSH

Substantial Amendment to 2024 Action Plan

Your Next Step

To view a list of agencies receiving ESG funds, click here.

Click here for information on food banks, soup kitchens and homeless shelters in South Carolina.