ELIGIBILITY
Eligible client households must meet 100% of the United States Department of Health and Human Services' low-income poverty guidelines. Click this link to see a copy of the 2009 CSBG poverty income guidelines.
FUNDING SOURCE
The federal Department of Health and Human Services administers the Community Services Block Grant program funds which are allocated to states annually based on a formula-based grant set in federal law and which is not competitive.
California’s designated CSBG administrator is the Department of Community Services & Development.This is the agency that gives the grant money to the NonProfits.
CSD in turn distributes allocations to the state's existing network of community action agencies and additional community partners. The California State Budget Act annually directs the percentage of distribution of CSBG funds in California to:
Community Action Agencies and Rural Community Services (the nonprofits) 76.1%
Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers (another nonprofit) 10.0%
Native American Indian Programs 3.9%
Discretionary 5.0%
CSD Administrative Cost 5.0%
http://www.csd.ca.gov/Programs/Commu...28CSBG%29.aspx
CSBG Community Services Block Grant, funded organizations are officially designated organizations and submit a bi-annual Community Action Plan.
The official organizations are the Nonprofits. The CSBG funds are not available on a competitive basis.
http://www.csd.ca.gov/Contractors/CSBG/CSBG.aspx
Announcements
ARRA Update
Click here for CSBG IS Forms (425.OR, 425.OF, 090), scroll to bottom of the page under Reporting Forms, New 2009 CSBG IS Reports
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
will add significant new funding to the CSBG Program. Learn more at CSD's Recovery Act page. Any questions regarding the Recovery Act please contact Pamela Harrison at
pharrison@csd.ca.gov
CSD is pleased to announce that the following agencies have been funded through the 2009 ARRA EITC Initiative. Congratulations! Thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal. We received many excellent applications and simply were not able to fund each one.
Note:
Beginning September 23, Community Services & Development (CSD) will be hosting EARS from a different server and the installation of the new EARS certificate is mandatory for all EARS users. Clicking on the EARS link, will forward any user that currently has the old certificate installed to the new EARS location where they can download the new EARS certificate. For questions or concerns regarding the EARS changes please contact Tamija Bryant by e-mail:
tbryant@csd.ca.gov or by phone: (916) 576-7198.
Contracts
2010 CSBG Contract (includes references and reporting forms)
2009-10 CSBG ARRA Contract (includes references and reporting forms)
2009 ARRA EITC Initiative - (RFP and applicable documents) - released July 20, 2009
2008-09 CSBG Contract (includes references and reporting forms)
2008-09 Asset Development
2006-07 CSBG Contract (includes references and reporting forms)
Discretionary Funding and other Special Contract Information (Includes Special Needs discretionary Information and other discretionary funding opportunities)