Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $14.956197 million to the Oregon Department of Housing & Community Services on October 1, 2025, under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) program, with performance extending through September 30, 2027. The award funds poverty reduction, low-income community revitalization, and economic self-sufficiency services across Oregon.

OHCS distributes CSBG funding as pass-through sub-awards to 18 community action agencies and local government entities across the state. Sub-recipients deliver administrative functions, direct client services, program delivery, energy education, housing assistance, homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing, street outreach, and emergency shelter operations. Primary sub-recipients include Community Action Program of East Central Oregon (Pendleton), Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency (Salem), Multnomah County, Community Services Consortium (Albany), Lane County, Klamath & Lake Community Action Services, United Community Action Network (Roseburg), Communities In Action (Ontario), Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, Mid-Columbia Community Action Council, Oregon Community Action Team (Columbia County), Access (Medford), Community Action Organization (Hillsboro), Neighbor Impact (Redmond), Oregon Coast Community Action (Coos Bay), County of Clackamas, Yamhill Community Action Partnership, and Community Action Partnership of Oregon (Salem). Sub-award obligations flow to these entities with award dates between April 30, 2026, and July 31, 2026.

The Community Services Block Grant program's statutory purpose is to provide assistance to states and local communities working through community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations for poverty reduction, low-income community revitalization, and economic self-sufficiency for low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas. Eligible activities include services to secure and retain meaningful employment, attain adequate education, make better use of available income, obtain and maintain adequate housing and suitable living environments, obtain emergency assistance through loans or grants, remove obstacles to self-sufficiency, achieve greater community participation, and coordinate linkages between governmental and other social services programs.