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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has allocated $1 billion in grants to the Community Services Block Grant Act (CSBG) through September 2010. The CSBG program provides awards to help lessen poverty in the most underserved communities, including efforts to provide food, housing, healthcare and workforce development supports to poor families. CBSG Funds are administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Community Services, which distributes the funds via a network of public and private Community Action Agencies (CAAs). The Alliance will share updates on guidance for allowable use of the stimulus funds as soon as they become available.
Basic Facts – tools and materials about the program as it currently operates, how it has been used to support afterschool and its administration and application process.
Make the Case – Use these resources to help make the case for apping CSBG
Although there has been no official guidance on the use of CSBG ARRA funds for afterschool, many existing CAAs provide afterschool programs. For example, in New York, the Department of State has received $110 million in CSBG funds, some of which it will pass along to the Department of Youth Community Development (DYCD) with the purpose of “reducing poverty, revitalizing low-income communities, and empowering of low-income families and individuals.” Expanding the use of these funds for DYCD’s youth development portfolio would impact after-school.
Advocates are urged to contact their local Community Action Agencies (CAA) to discuss ways afterschool might be included in CSBG grant awards. Go to the National Community Action Partnership's website and click on the tab “community action network” to search for your local CAA by state and county.
Questions, Answers and Ideas - Read and share questions and strategies about working with this program on the Afterschool Alliance’s Economic Recovery Wiki
