Csbg-2026 - community services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $28.770 million to the South Carolina Office of State Treasurer (doing business as the Department of Administration) on October 1, 2025, under the Community Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.569) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award funds the delivery of poverty reduction and community economic self-sufficiency services across South Carolina through a network of community action agencies and neighborhood-based organizations serving low-income families, elderly individuals, and vulnerable populations.

The South Carolina Office of State Treasurer passed through CSBG funding to 14 sub-recipients effective January 1, 2026. Sub-grantees include Aiken/Barnwell Counties Community Action Agency, Waccamaw Economic Opportunity Council Inc., Community Action Agency (Rock Hill), Wateree Community Action Inc., Georgia Manor, Chesterfield-Marlboro County Economic Opportunity Council Inc., Orangeburg-Calhoun-Allendale-Bamberg Community Action Agency Inc., Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources Inc. (doing business as Share), Gleamns Human Resources Commission Inc., Lowcountry Community Action Agency Inc., Darlington County Community Action Agency, and Charleston County Human Services Commission (doing business as Palmetto Community Action Partnership). These sub-recipients deliver services addressing education, employment, emergency assistance, housing, nutrition, healthcare, and home energy cost relief to support low-income household self-sufficiency throughout South Carolina's rural and urban service areas.