Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the North Dakota Department of Commerce $7.877 million under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) on October 1, 2025, for the period through September 30, 2027.

The CSBG funds support assistance to low-income individuals and families across North Dakota through a network of community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations. The program supports poverty reduction, revitalization of low-income communities, and economic self-sufficiency activities including employment assistance, education support, emergency relief through loans or grants, housing assistance, and removal of obstacles to self-sufficiency. The funding also supports coordination and linkages between governmental and social services programs to ensure effective delivery to low-income residents.

North Dakota Department of Commerce passed funding to six sub-recipients: Community Action Region VI (serving Regions 4 and 6); Community Action Partnership—Minot Region (Region 2); Community Action Partnership (Regions 1 and 8); Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency/Sendcaa (Fargo region); Community Action Program Region VII Inc.; and Dakota Prairie Community Action Agency, Inc. (Region 3). Sub-awards were obligated in April and late April 2026. These sub-recipients deliver community services, weatherization assistance, energy support, housing assistance, and anti-poverty programming to low-income populations in their respective North Dakota service regions.