Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $34.312 million to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs under the Community Services Block Grant program (CFDA 93.569) on October 1, 2025, with performance through September 30, 2027. The award serves Alabama statewide and funds poverty reduction and community revitalization activities delivered through community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations across the state.

ADECA passed funding to 22 community action agencies in sub-awards executed on July 20, 2026. Sub-recipients—including Community Action Partnership of North Alabama, Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Community Action Agency of South Alabama, Mobile Community Action, Organized Community Action Program, Montgomery Community Action Agency, Walker County Community Action Agency, Community Action of Etowah County, Comm Actn Agency Huntsville-Madison & Limestone, Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama, Macon Russell Community Action Agency, Pickens County Community Action Committee & Community Development Corp, Community Action Agency of Talladega/Clay/Randolph/Calhoun/Cleburne Counties, Community Action Agency of Northeast Alabama, Community Action Committee of Chambers-Tallapoosa-Coosa, Community Action Partnership of Middle Alabama, Southeast Alabama Community Action Partnership, and Alabama Council on Human Relations (Lee County Headstart)—deliver services to ameliorate causes of poverty in their service areas. These services include energy assistance, weatherization, water and wastewater bill assistance, housing counseling, early childhood education coordination, and emergency support to low-income households and families. The CSBG program targets poverty reduction, community revitalization, and self-sufficiency among low-income residents in rural and urban areas across Alabama.