Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development $5.854 million under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027.

The CSBG funds support a network of community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations across Alaska to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income families and individuals toward self-sufficiency. The program delivers services and activities addressing causes of poverty, employment assistance, education access, adequate housing, emergency assistance through loans or grants, removal of obstacles to self-sufficiency, and coordination of linkages among governmental and social services programs.

As a formula grant, funds are allocated to the state based on statutory allocation methodology and distributed through the state's approved plan. The Alaska Department of Commerce passed funds to Rural Alaska Community Action Program Inc. (Rural Cap), a nonprofit community development corporation serving rural and Alaska Native communities statewide, through a sub-award dated August 26, 2026. Rural Cap used funds for a variety of cost categories to provide services outlined in the FFY26 State Plan, including low-income housing, workforce development, early childhood education, senior services, and disaster recovery support in Alaska's remote communities.