Eastern Carolina Homelessness Organization, Inc. (ECHO), a non-profit organization that provides housing for families and individuals that are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness, announced that they have received a special grant for victims of Hurricane Matthew.
The grant will provide temporary housing during the transition back into victim’s original residence or into new permanent housing.
ECHO has been serving the 12 counties of upper-eastern South Carolina for 11 years and is proud to be of service to the many residents affected by this disaster.
ECHO President/ Executive Director Joey Smoak said, “Thanks to the One SC Fund, Central Carolina Community Foundation, and Governor Haley, ECHO will be able to help families and individuals that are homeless because of the hurricane that do not qualify to receive assistance from federal disaster programs. This grant will help fill the gaps in assistance already being provided with temporary housing while getting these residents back into permanent housing.”
A portion of the grant will help impacted residents with temporary housing solutions during their transition back into their original residence.
The other portion of the grant will serve residents that have no home to go back to due to the hurricane with funding for temporary shelter while working with one of ECHO’s 6 homeless assistance programs to identify and place them into a permanent housing solution.
See www.echomeless.org or call 1-843-213-1798 for more information about ECHO. This Project is supported by a grant from the One SC Fund housed at Central Carolina Community Foundation. The ONE SC Fund is a fundraising effort that helps South Carolinians who are recovering from a disaster such as Hurricane Matthew and the 2015 Thousand Year Flood.
Governor Nikki Haley, with the help of Central Carolina Community Foundation and a team of South Carolinians from entertainment, business, and public service, announced the One SC Fund in November 2015 after flooding touched South Carolinians from every walk of life.
For more information about the One SC Fund, visit www.onescfund.org. Central Carolina Community Foundation – the Midlands’ expert on philanthropy – is a nonprofit organization serving 11 counties in the Midlands by distributing grants and scholarships and linking the resources of donors, nonprofits and area leaders to communities in need.
For more information about the Foundation, visit www.yourfoundatin.org or call 1-803-254-5601.
