Program Description
The Community Services Block Grant program provides States and
Federal and State-recognized Indian Tribes with funds to provide a range of
services to address the needs of low-income individuals to ameliorate the
causes and conditions of poverty. Some of those services include:
- Secure and retain meaningful
employment
- Attain an adequate
education
- Make better use of available
income
- Obtain and maintain adequate
housing and a suitable living environment
- Obtain emergency assistance through loans or grants to
meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including health
services, nutritious food, housing, and employment-related
assistance
General Program Requirements
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must characterize
your financial situation as either low income, or as very low
income.
Application Process
For more information, see the Program Contact Information below.
Program Contact Information
For more information, please visit:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg
Managing Agency
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/
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