WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is a federally funded grant program that aims to combat poverty within communities by removing the barriers to self-sufficiency faced by individuals and families.
The state administers the CSBG grant through a network of 20 local agencies that reach all 95 counties. Agencies conduct regular assessments of the needs in their communities and develop action plans for providing programs and services to meet identified needs. As a result, available CSBG services vary by community and range from “safety net” emergency services to job development, adult education, and financial management. In providing these services, it is the goal of CSBG to assist individuals and families in obtaining the resources and skills necessary to achieve and sustain independence to grow beyond the need of services.
In order to obtain CSBG services, clients must demonstrate income eligibility and a need for the service. Household income must be at or below 125% of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Poverty Guidelines to receive CSBG services. Documentation of the client’s income eligibility and need for service must be completed prior to delivery of services.
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The Office of Community Services, Division of CommunityAssistance, publish Information Memoranda (IM) fordistribution to CSBG program administrators. AnInformation Memoranda (IM) provides guidance to assistin implementing the CSBG legislation, programinstruction and policy clarification, in addition todisseminating information and program practices tostakeholders.
The IM numbering system is chronological. The highernumber reflects the most recently release IM. Onlyrelevant IM’s are posted on this web site, therefore theIM’s posted may not be in sequential as out dated IM’shave been removed.
The following Information Memoranda have beenreleased to State CSBG Lead Agencies, State CommunityAction Associations, CAA Executive Directors and othernonprofit agencies receiving CSBG funds.
Topics:Emergency/Disasters , Employment/Jobs , Families ,Homelessness , Partnerships , Poverty , Self-Sufficiency , TribalTypes:Policy & Guidance | Information Memorandums (IM)Audiences:Families , Federal Partners , Grantees , ProspectiveGrantees , States , TribesTags:Funding , Poverty , Uses
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