Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Virginia Department of Social Services $29.977 million under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) on October 1, 2025, for the period of performance through September 30, 2027. The CSBG program provides assistance to states and local communities through a network of community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas to achieve self-sufficiency. Services target securing and retaining meaningful employment, attaining adequate education, obtaining emergency assistance through loans or grants for immediate family needs including health services and housing, removing obstacles to self-sufficiency, and increasing participation in community affairs.

The Virginia Department of Social Services, through its Division of Finance, administers this formula grant statewide across Virginia. The award was obligated on July 1, 2025, and the state passed funds to fourteen sub-recipients, each receiving allocations under specific CSBG projects (CVS-25-065-01 through CVS-25-065-14) effective July 1, 2025. Sub-recipients include the City of Alexandria, County of Arlington, Appalachian Community Action and Development Agency Inc., City of Waynesboro, Bay Aging, Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging / Community Action Agency, Clinch Valley Community Action Inc., County of Goochland, Hampton Roads Community Action, Lynchburg Community Action Group Inc., Monticello Area Community Action Agency, The Improvement Association, Uplift Community Action Inc., and County of Fairfax Virginia. These organizations deliver community action services, emergency assistance, employment support, nutrition programs, housing counseling, weatherization services, and related poverty-reduction activities to low-income populations across the Commonwealth.