Dougherty County has received $52,445 in federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP). These funds have been awarded to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Dougherty County.

“The amount of funding available to Dougherty County agencies through this phase shows an increase of close to 13 percent from the last funding cycle,” according to LaKisha Bryant Bruce, president and CEO of United Way of Southwest Georgia. “We know the needs have increased for food and shelter programs so we are encouraged that our Emergency Food and Shelter Program partners will have more funds available to them as they work to relieve hunger and homelessness in our community.”

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