Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $43.343 million to Louisiana Works (Workforce Development division of the Louisiana Workforce Commission) under the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG, CFDA 93.569) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The CSBG program provides assistance to states and local communities through a network of community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income families and individuals toward self-sufficiency. Eligible activities include youth development programs addressing violence prevention and crime reduction through youth mediation, mentoring, life skills training, job creation, and after-school child care; emergency assistance for food, housing, energy, and medical needs; employment and literacy support; housing acquisition and maintenance; child support services referral; and coordination of antipover­ty programs across governmental and nonprofit partners.

Louisiana Works distributed the award as sub-grants to 42 sub-recipients across Louisiana parishes and community action agencies, with sub-award dates ranging from January 9, 2026, through April 2, 2026. Sub-recipients include parish governments (Calcasieu Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Lincoln Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish Council, St. Mary, St. Tammany Parish Government, Webster Parish, St. Charles Parish, Desoto Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, Iberville Parish, Plaquemines Parish, Lafourche Parish Council, St. James Parish, St. Bernard Parish Government, and East Baton Rouge Parish), community action agencies (ST Mary Community Action Committee Association, ST. Martin-Iberia-Lafayette Community Action Agency/Smile Inc., Vernon Community Action Council, Ouachita Multi-Purpose Community Action, Cameron Community Action Agency, Union Community Action Association, Allen Action Agency/Head Start, Beauregard Community Action Association, Pine Belt Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency, East Carroll Parish Police Jury, St. Landry Parish Government, Quad-Area Community Action Agency, Caddo Community Action Agency, Bossier Office of Community Services, Cenla Community Action Committee, Delta Community Action Association, Evang Community Action, La Salle Community Action Association, Macon Economic Opportunity, Natchitoches Parish Police Jury, Avoyelles Progress Action Committee, Assist Agency, and Total Community Action Inc.), and other local entities. The funding supports delivery of poverty-reduction services, youth intervention and development, emergency assistance, employment training, housing support, nutrition programs, energy crisis assistance, and coordination of social services across Louisiana's low-income communities.