Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $5.601 million to the Governors Office of Economic Development, Housing & Community Development Division on October 1, 2025, through the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) program, with performance running through September 30, 2027, in Utah.

The Community Services Block Grant supports poverty reduction, low-income community revitalization, and economic self-sufficiency for low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas through a network of community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations. Activities funded include services to help low-income participants secure and retain employment, attain education, obtain adequate housing, secure emergency assistance for health, food, and housing needs, and increase participation in community affairs.

The Housing & Community Development Division passed through CSBG funding to nine sub-recipients across Utah, all regional councils of governments and nonprofit community action agencies: Five County Association of Governments (serving five southern Utah counties); Southeastern Utah Association of Local Governments (serving Carbon, Emery, Grand, and San Juan Counties); Bear River Association of (serving Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties); Salt Lake Community Action Program; Uintah Basin Association of Governments (serving Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah counties); R6 Regional Council (serving six rural counties including Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne); The Family Connection Center, Inc.; Ogden Weber Community Action Partnership, Inc.; and Community Action Services and Food Bank, Inc. Sub-awards were obligated between May 8 and May 14, 2026. Each sub-recipient delivers anti-poverty programming and community services addressing local poverty issues within its respective service region.