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OCS has extended the response deadline for the 2021 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Survey for Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Eligible Entities to Tuesday, March 30, 2021.

This purpose of this message is to provide the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) grantees with an update on the allocations for the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021.

The purpose of this message is to provide you with an update regarding Executive Order 13969, issued on December 28, 2020. This document provides guidance for both state Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) lead agencies and local eligible entities on providing emergency learning scholarships and other supports to low-income school age students and families impacted by school closure.

Assets for Independence (AFI) enables community-based nonprofits and government agencies to implement and demonstrate an assets-based approach for giving low-income families a hand up out of poverty. AFI projects help participants save earned income in matched savings accounts called Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). The program emphasizes enabling people to learn about and use sound budgeting and money management practices, to address financial issues, and to plan for long-term success. Especially when combined with other support services, the asset building approach helps families set goals and progress toward financial stability. Locate an AFI IDA project near you!

The AFI Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on the Assets for Independence program and Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). At IDAresources.org , you can quickly learn about the AFI program and IDAs. You can also contact the AFI Resource Center at 1-866-778-6037 or info@IDAresources.org for more information. 

The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) supports projects that increase access to healthy, affordable food in communities that currently lack these options. 

This resource contains information about the Social Services Block Grant Program in 2013. This report was prepared for the Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc. under contract. Information about the Social Services Block Grant program is available on the Internet at the following address: /programs/ocs/programs/ssbg/

This message provides an update on plans for information collection and reporting for both the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) supplemental grants awarded as a result of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019.

Reporting of SSBG Supplemental Emergency Fund Expenditures

Social Services Block Grant Supplemental Funds allocations to states in FY 2009  totaling $600,000,000.

LIHEAP Energy Burden Evaluation Study, 2005.