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Nearly $800,000 in federal grant money is available to help Orange County’s estimated 15,000 homeless people, according to a Red Cross official.
Grant applications for emergency food and shelter programs are available through the Red Cross, said Paula Zintl, Red Cross human resources manager. The Red Cross is a member of the Orange County Emergency Food and Shelter Board, which will review and grant the funds received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“There are a tremendous number of people homeless and hungry here,” said Zintl, despite the county’s reputation for affluence and low unemployment rate of 2.5% in October.
Statewide, unemployment was 4.8%.
The application deadline is Monday.
Orange County agencies last year provided 1.3 million meals, 28,600 nights of shelter and paid mortgage or rent for 178 families.
For more information, contact Paula Zintl with the Red Cross at (714) 835-5381, Ext. 275.
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