Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $10.350737 million to the Human Services RI Department on October 1, 2025, under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) program, with performance through September 30, 2027, in Rhode Island. The grant funds community action programs to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income families and individuals to achieve self-sufficiency through services addressing employment, education, housing, emergency assistance, and community participation.

The Human Services RI Department, a state-level agency with administrative oversight in Rhode Island, distributed funding to nine community action program sub-recipients: East Bay Community Action Program Inc., Blackstone Valley Community Action Program Inc. (doing business as Bvcap), Westbay Community Action Inc., Community Care Alliance (doing business as Northern Rhode Island Community Service), Comprehensive Community Action Inc., Tri-County Community Action Agency (doing business as Tri-Town Economic Opportunity Committee), Rhode Island Community Action Association, and Community Action Partnership Of Providence County (doing business as Providence Community Action). Sub-award dates range from October 8, 2025, through July 30, 2026. These community action organizations deliver poverty reduction and community empowerment services across their respective service territories in northern, eastern, and central Rhode Island, with particular emphasis on energy assistance, homeless prevention, family support, behavioral health services, and economic self-sufficiency programming for low-income and vulnerable populations. The award operates as a formula grant allocated quarterly beginning October 1 through September annually, contingent upon the state's approved plan and compliance with statutory guidelines.