Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Oficina Para El Desarrollo Socioeconomico Y Comunitatrio (ODSEC) $78.880971 million under the Community Services Block Grant program on October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027.

ODSEC, a local government entity based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, administers the award as an intermediary that distributes federal funding to support community development, poverty reduction, and related initiatives across Puerto Rico. The Community Services Block Grant program provides assistance to states and local communities through networks of community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities, and empower low-income families and individuals to achieve self-sufficiency. Funded activities include services designed to secure and retain meaningful employment, attain adequate education, obtain and maintain adequate housing, receive emergency assistance to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs including health services and nutritious food, remove obstacles to self-sufficiency, increase participation in community affairs, and coordinate linkages between governmental and other social services programs to ensure effective delivery to low-income individuals.

ODSEC operates as a critical conduit between the federal government and local communities through partnerships with local governments, community action agencies, and nonprofit organizations implementing evidence-based programs that address socioeconomic challenges facing Puerto Rico's residents, particularly vulnerable populations including youth and low-income families.

Performance occurs in Puerto Rico. The assistance type is a formula grant allocated under the Community Services Block Grant Act framework.