CSBG Youth Empowerment Junior Prep Sports American Samoa
Junior Prep Sports (JPS) is a student-first sports program that teaches discipline, teamwork, resilience, and leadership — qualities that prepare Samoan youth for success. JPS offers community-led mentorship in academics and athletics, supplemented by funding from the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG). The comprehensive educational and personal development opportunities offered by JPS are supported by a robust network of coaches, mentors, former participants, and community leaders to help build brighter futures for the youth of American Samoa.
CSBG Empowering Families RurAL CAP’s Child Development Center in Alaska
The Rural Alaska Community Action Program’s (RurAL CAP) Child Development Center in Alaska, supported by the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), serves as a pivotal resource in breaking the cycle of poverty for low-income families. By affording parents the chance to work and sustain their households, while simultaneously offering their children a nurturing and enriching environment, this center plays a vital role in fostering economic stability and growth within the community.
CSBG Youth Empowerment: Beloit Fresh Start
Beloit Fresh Start Youth Build helps young people who struggle in traditional classroom settings by providing academic, career, and community service opportunities. The Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) provides funding to Community Action, Inc. which they blend and braid with resources from a variety of federal, state, and local partners to run this program which focuses on intensive individualized support that encourages personal leadership and development in life skills critical for long term success.
Bilingual Childcare Center Supports Rural Community in Ellsworth, Maine
When rural families have access to child care, they have a path out of poverty. Learn how childcare entrepreneurs funded through a Community Economic Development (CED) grant to Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) are providing this crucial service. Through participation in CEI’s Child Care Business Lab, childcare entrepreneur Thania Hernandez hired six staff members at her bilingual, nature-based child care center, Mis Primeros Pasos (My First Steps) in Ellsworth, Maine; providing a safe learning environment for local children and helping parents get back to work.
Helping Working Families with Flexible Childcare in Kingfield, Maine
Child care in rural Maine is hard to come by, and without it, parents and caregivers cannot work. Learn how childcare entrepreneurs funded through a Community Economic Development (CED) grant to Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) are solving this problem.