| The ELCA Domestic Hunger Program is part of the ELCA World Hunger Program, and both are coordinated by the Program Unit for Church in Society. The Community Development Services Program in the Program Unit for Church in Society provides administrative coordination for the ELCA domestic hunger grants process.
The domestic hunger grants process follows this cycle:
May 1, 2009
Grant applications available online |
June 30, 2009
Deadline for submitting all completed applications: electronic submissions due, and any required hard copies are postmarked by this date |
January 1, 2010
Notifications and checks mailed to grant recipients |
In addition to Church in Society staff serving under the Domestic Hunger Program, there are a number of representatives from other units in the ELCA churchwide offices who participate in the grants screening and allocation process, including the Program Units for Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission, Multicultural Ministries, and Women of the ELCA.
Over a dozen churchwide representatives from these units and one representative from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service in Baltimore, MD, form the grants committee, which meets in March to read and review each application carefully. The committee makes recommendations for funding in conjunction with each synod’s prioritization of grants submitted within the synod and its comments about each applicant. The committee agrees on which proposals to fund and the amount of each grant, and checks are then mailed to grant recipients in April. 
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If you have general questions, please contact:
Ms. Johnnie Thompson,
Administrative Staff for Poverty Ministries
ELCA – Church in Society
8765 W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631-4101
Johnnie Thompson
phone: 800-638-3522 ext.2693 or 773-380-2693
fax: 773-380-2707
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For specific financial inquiries, please contact:
Joe Young (for hunger grants)
Director for Community Development Services
ELCA – Church in Society
8765 W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631-4101
Joe Young
phone: 800-638-3522 ext.2683 or 773-380-2683
fax: 773-380-2707 |
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