Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Department of State New York $162.511 million on October 1, 2025, under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569), a formula grant supporting poverty reduction and family self-sufficiency initiatives across New York State through September 30, 2027.

The award funds community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations working to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income families and individuals to achieve self-sufficiency. Funded activities include emergency assistance through loans or grants, employment support, education assistance, housing and living environment improvements, health services, nutritious food provision, removal of barriers to self-sufficiency, increased community participation, and coordination of linkages between governmental and social service programs.

The Department of State New York distributes CSBG funding to over 70 sub-recipients across the state, including regional and county-based community action agencies and economic opportunity councils. Named sub-recipients include Regional Economic Community Action Program Inc. (Recap Weatherization) in Orange County, Yonkers Community Action Program Inc., Wyoming County Community Action Inc., Washington County Economic Opportunity Council Inc. (L.E.A.P.), Warren-Hamilton Counties Action Committee for Economic Opportunity Inc., Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk Inc., St. Lawrence County Community Development Program Inc., Tompkins Community Action Inc., The Commission On Economic Opportunity For The Greater Capital Region Inc., Pro Action of Steuben and Yates Inc., Tioga Opportunities Inc., Community Action of Orleans and Genesee Inc., Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency Inc., Action For A Better Community Inc., Oswego County Opportunities Inc., Cortland County Community Action Program Inc. (Capco), Delaware Opportunities Inc., Fulmont Community Action Agency Inc., Albany County Opportunity Inc., Community Action of Greene County Inc., Greater Opportunities, Joint Council For Economic Opportunity Of Clinton & Franklin Counties Inc., Allegany County Community Opportunities And Rural Development Inc., Chautauqua Opportunities Inc., Cattaraugus Community Action Inc., Economic Opportunity Program (Ernie Davis Family Center), The Community Action Organization of Western New York Inc., Lifeworks Community Action Inc., Schenectady Community Action Program Inc. (Scap), Wayne County Action Program Inc. (Finger Lakes Community Action), Pathstone Corporation, Cayuga/Seneca Community Action Agency Inc., Lewis County Opportunities Inc., Community Action Planning Council Of Jefferson County Inc., Opportunities For Otsego Inc., Economic Opportunity Commission Of Nassau County Inc., Niagara Community Action Program Inc., Columbia Opportunities Inc., The City of New York Department of Youth and Community Development, Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation, Adirondack Community Action Programs Inc., Peoples Equal Action And Community Effort Inc. (PEACE), and Livingston County. Sub-recipient awards range from May 2026 through January 2026, delivering poverty-alleviation services designed to increase family income and quality of life for low-income New Yorkers.