Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare $8.347 million under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027.

The CSBG funds support the reduction of poverty, revitalization of low-income communities, and empowerment of low-income families and individuals across Idaho to achieve self-sufficiency. The program finances services and activities addressing causes of poverty; employment assistance; education and income management; housing and living environment improvements; emergency assistance through loans or grants for health services, food, and housing; removal of obstacles to self-sufficiency; community participation; and coordination of linkages between governmental and social services programs. Work is performed throughout Idaho with the Department of Health & Welfare administering the funds and distributing them to community action agencies, county governments, local health departments, tribal health entities, and other neighborhood-based organizations operating across Idaho's seven public health districts. The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare operates as a state-level administrator within its role as the primary federal grant recipient for health, human services, and nutrition assistance programs across Idaho.