LebTown January 22, 2021 2 min read A recent grant proposal for the Fresh Start Homeless Shelter program, submitted in November of last year to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, was not approved. The proposal was submitted for Round 1 of the Emergency Solutions Grant established by the CARES Act (ESG-CV), on behalf of Community Action Partnership and Lebanon County Christian Ministries. It was also presented by Samuel Ortiz, Administrator for Lebanon County Community Action Partnership, and Bryan Smith, Executive Director for LCCM, at the County Commissioners meeting held on Nov. 19, 2020. This also coincides with the anniversary of the commissioners signing a proclamation that designated Nov. 16 to Nov. 24, 2019 as “National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week”, as previously reported by LebTown.