The Community Services Block Grant Program provides funds to
support services and activities that are designed to assist
low-income families to become self-sufficient.
Services are provided through the 16 Community Action
Agencies in the state.
Eligibility: Based on current OMB poverty income
guidelines.
Assistance : Available at the local Community
Action Agency
The Community Services Block Grant Program helps
low-income persons to become more independent by:
- Providing a range of services through local community
action agencies to enable persons of low-income to
become more employable, better educated, better trained
to handle their finances, improve their housing, make
use of social and human services available to serve
them, and to get involved in improving their community.
- Providing funds to enable low-income persons to get
involved in economic development activities.
- Providing emergency assistance to low-income
individuals to recover from non-insured disasters.
- Providing funds to develop innovative approaches at
the state and local levels to meet nutritional needs of
low-income individuals.
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