The purpose of the Neighbor-to-Neighbor LifeLine fund is to help meet immediate needs in the areas of housing (including shelter, foreclosure intervention, security deposit and emergency rental assistance), food, and emergency relief (coverage of one-time expenses that threaten to put a family or individual in a crisis situation). It is not intended to be an ongoing funding source.

Successful applicants for N2N LifeLine grants will clearly demonstrate how the requested funding will help your organization serve more people in crisis, or provide more enhanced or additional services to those whom you are already serving.  Please review the 2009 Grant Awards Page for examples of successful N2N applicants.

EXAMPLES

The following information is meant to provide clarification and examples for applicants of services that could be funded through N2N LifeLine. These are illustrative examples and should not be read as an exhaustive list of services that will meet the funding criteria.

Emergency food
• Purchase of food
• Purchase and distribution of supermarket gift certificates/vouchers/cards
• Increased costs for your organization associated with procuring, storing and/or delivering emergency food
• Purchase of equipment to store, transport, or deliver food
• Costs associated with training volunteers or to reimbursing volunteers for travel expenses to deliver food

Emergency housing
• Additional shelter-based or supportive housing beds for individuals and/or families
• Foreclosure intervention services such as financial counseling and/or emergency mortgage payments
• Security deposits
• Emergency rental assistance
• Increased costs for your organization associated with providing additional emergency housing, shelter, foreclosure intervention, security deposit and emergency rental assistance services

Emergency relief funds
• In situations in which there is no other source of payment, and failure to intervene will place an individual or family in crisis, such as loss of job, utility shut-off, loss of transportation, or loss of child care, purchase of goods and/or services necessary to prevent the crisis
 

USE OF GRANT FUNDS

Grant funds may not be used for cash payments to individuals.  Rental assistance and emergency relief fund dollars may be paid to a landlord or corporate entity on behalf of a particular individual.  No more than 10% of the grant may be used for administrative expenses. 

N2N LifeLine funds are intended to address immediate, emergency needs. The timeframe for expending grant funds is from the date of the award through December 31, 2010.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information on the N2N LifeLine eligibility and application process, please refer to the application instructions.