Formula Grant 2601LACOSR

The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program (CFDA 93.569), administered by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services, awarded Louisiana Workforce Commission $12,077,068 in formula grant funding effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award supports comprehensive antipoverty and community services initiatives designed to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income families and individuals to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Core services delivered through the program include emergency assistance for food, housing, and energy needs; youth development programs featuring violence prevention, mentoring, life skills training, and job creation activities; employment training and job placement services; literacy improvement initiatives; and coordination of social services to maximize program effectiveness and prevent duplication across service providers.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission distributes CSBG funding to 16 sub-grantees across the state, including community action agencies, parish governments, and local service organizations such as ST. Martin-Iberia-Lafayette Community Action Agency (Smile), Lincoln Parish Police Jury, ST Mary Community Action Committee Association, Quad-Area Community Action Agency, and multiple other parish-level entities. These sub-awardees implement locally tailored antipoverty strategies that address barriers to self-sufficiency, provide emergency supplies and nutritious food assistance, remove obstacles to employment and housing stability, and establish linkages between governmental and nonprofit social service programs to ensure effective delivery to low-income populations throughout Louisiana's rural and urban communities.