Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $90.079 million to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs on October 1, 2025, under the Community Services Block Grant program (CFDA 93.569), with performance through September 30, 2027. This formula grant funds poverty reduction, low-income community revitalization, and self-sufficiency initiatives across Texas through a network of community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations.

TDHCA passes funds to 44 sub-recipients—nonprofit community action agencies, local housing authorities, city and county governments, and regional planning organizations—operating across urban and rural Texas. Sub-recipients deliver services including emergency rental and utility assistance (up to 24 months), weatherization and energy efficiency retrofits, early childhood education coordination, homelessness prevention and housing stabilization, workforce development and job training, health insurance enrollment navigation, public transportation in rural areas, senior volunteer programs, utility bill payment assistance through the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program, and community economic empowerment programming. Major sub-recipients include Gulf Coast Community Services Association (serving the Houston region), Panhandle Community Services (26-county Texas Panhandle service area), Haven For Hope of Bexar County (San Antonio homeless services), City of Fort Worth, City of San Antonio, Opportunity Center for the Homeless (El Paso), and Rolling Plains Management Corp (nine-county rural area spanning Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young Counties). Sub-awards range in award date from December 29, 2025, through June 8, 2026, reflecting staggered disbursement across the grant year. Place of performance is Texas statewide.