Description:

Administers the federal Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG), awards funds to agencies for provision of health, education, employment and housing and other services to low-income population of New Jersey. Ninety percent of the annual allocation must go to designated community action agencies (CAA's). 

Assistance Provided To:

Private nonprofit organizations and Public agencies.

Type of Assistance:

Financial-Grants

Funding Source:

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Award Period:

October 1 to September 30.

Procedure for Applying:

Submission of an application.

Contact:

Kate Butler - (609) 633-6265 kathleen.Butler@dca.state.nj.us  

 

























Application and Program Information: 

Additional Information:
FY 2012-2013 Community Service Block Grant Biennial State Plan [pdf  415kB]

Report on Best Practices/Lessons Learned from a Consultancy Experience with the National Executive Service Corps (NESC) [pdf 15kB]

Designated Community Action Agencies in New Jersey 

What services are provided through CSBG?  
Who is eligible for assistance?
Innovative programming supported through CSBG 
For more Information 
Related Links  

What services are provided through CSBG?

Since its inception in 1964, CSBG funds have been utilized to help low-income individuals move towards self-sufficiency. The programs receiving CSBG funds provides services in the following nine categories:

1. Employment
2. Education
3. Income
4. Housing
5. Emergency Services
6. Nutrition
7. Linkages
8. Self-sufficiency
9. Health

Who is eligible for assistance?

Non-profit agencies, housing authorities, municipalities, counties and neighborhood organizations with 501[c]3 status who serve low-income persons, are eligible for funding. However, by law, ninety percent (90%) of program funds must go to designated CAA's.


Innovative programming supported through CSBG:

  • Community Gardens
  • Governor's Neighborhood Leadership Initiative
  • Senior Assisted Living and Day Care
  • Community Organizing and Local Community Planning
  • Gleaning
  • Individual Development Accounts
  • Community Health Care Centers

Assistance to special populations (Migrant farm workers, former correctional inmates and their families, etc.)

For More Information: 

CSBG Resource Specialist
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Division of Community Resources
PO Box 811, 5th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625-0811
(609) 633-6265 
E-mail: csbgprogram@dca.state.nj.us 

Related Links: 

New Jersey Community Action Association, Inc. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families- Office of Community Services (federal) 

Federal Poverty Guidelines

End Hunger Program