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On Friday, May 22, the second notice for public comment on the revised CSBG Model State Plan was published in the Federal Register, volume 80, number 99, page 29716 (https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/05/22/2015-12392/submission-for-omb-review-comment-request ).  

This is the main landing page for the CED program.

LIHEAP AT 2014-06 Correction Needed to Grantee Survey for FY 2013.

LIHEAP Household Report for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2014 — Short Form and Long Form.

LIHEAP Action Transmittal 2014-2 Carryover and Reallotment Report.

The purpose of this letter is to give you an update on the new State and Federal accountability measures for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Network.  These proposed measures are intended to ensure that both State and Federal administrators of CSBG are accountable to high standards of performance management.   It is our expectation that these State and Federal accountability measures will be implemented alongside the new organizational standards for Community Action Agencies.  In addition, as new Results Oriented Management and Accountability (ROMA) next generation tools and protocols are completed in the next several months, the new State and Federal accountability measures we are proposing will help assure accountability and high quality at all levels.

Draft recommendations for Federal performance measures were developed by the Urban Institute and the DSA after several meetings with the CSBG Performance Management Task Force, and feedback from the field.  The draft recommended performance measures reflect the primary responsibilities of DSA and include approximately 15 measures.  Eight of the performance measures have been identified as “critical key measures” and, therefore, to be implemented first.

OCS requests further input from the States to refine and identify priority measures for the States.  We request that the States provide feedback about what State measures should be designated as “critical key measures” to be implemented in the short-term.  Feedback should be provided to the Urban Institute at CSBG-Feedback@Urban.org.

The attached Information Memorandum informs Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations of the CSBG application requirements for FY2014 and provides a framework for the suggested format and “Outline for Model Tribe and Tribal Organization CSBG Application”.

 TO:  States, Tribes, and Territories Administering the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program, Eligible Entities for CSBG Resources

SUBJECT: Use of CSBG funds to support summer jobs for youth and related services.

PURPOSE: To inform CSBG agencies of the opportunities to support summer youth employment efforts with CSBG funds.