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INTERAGENCY COORDINATING GROUP
FOR ADULT LITERACY |
Funding Database: Search Result
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| Agency/Office |
Department of Health and Human Services/Administration of Children and Families |
| Program Name |
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) |
| CFDA Number |
93.569 |
| Program Description |
The Community Services Block Grant program provides assistance to States and local communities, working through a network of community action agencies and other neighborhood-based organizations, for the reduction of poverty, the revitalization of low-income communities, and the empowerment of low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas to become fully self-sufficient. |
| Eligible Grantees |
The 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Secretary also provides assistance directly to the governing body of an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization upon application by the tribe. The State agency can subgrant funding to CSBG eligible entities including community action agencies, limited purpose agencies, migrant/seasonal farm work organizations, and local government agencies. |
| Eligible Beneficiaries |
States make grants to qualified locally-based nonprofit community antipoverty agencies and other eligible entities which provide services to low-income individuals and families. |
| Historic Appropriation Level (in 000s) |
$630,425 |
| Eligible Activities |
The purpose of the Community Services Block Grant program is to provide services and activities to have a measurable impact on causes of poverty in those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem. Education services and activities offered under the CSBG program include: literacy, job training, ABE/GED and post-secondary education. |
| Program Contact |
Margaret Washnitzer
mwashnitzer@acf.hhs.gov
(202) 401-9343 |
| Program URL |
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs |
Last Modified: 01/29/2007
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