 
ACF Resource Spotlight: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
The CSBG program provides States and Indian Tribes with funds to lessen poverty in communities. The funds provide a range of services and activities to assist the needs of low-income individuals including the homeless, migrants and the elderly. Grant amounts are determined by a formula based on each State's and Indian Tribe’s poverty population. Grantees receiving funds under the CSBG program are required to provide services and activities addressing employment, education, better use of available income, housing, nutrition, emergency services and/or health.
The CSBG funds the operations of a network of more that 1,100 local, private, nonprofit, and public agencies that work to alleviate poverty and provide assistance to low-income families in communities throughout the United States. These organizations are called Community Action Agencies (CAAs), and were created in the United States, often coordinating services across social services programs including Head Start, Low Income Home Energy Assistance, and others. With CSBG funds, CAAs provide a range of services to individuals living in poverty in areas such as:
- Employment
- Education
- Income management
- Housing assistance
- Emergency services
- Nutrition
- Health care assistance
- Self sufficiency efforts
These CSBG services are provided to over 95% of all U.S. counties and include approximately 54 Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations.
For a list of CAAs by state for wide-ranging assistance, please refer to this website address:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/documents/8c.html
CSBG Contact Person
Brandy RayNor, Program Team Leader
Telephone: (202) 205-5926
Fax: (202) 401-5718
CSBG@acf.hhs.gov