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Each year, the Office of Community Services conducts standard reviews as required under Section 45 CFR Sections 96.70 through 96.74 (Subpart G). State reviews follow an Application Model for Social Services Block Program (SSBG) Based on the Availability of Funds to address programmatic and fiscal compliance with SSBG Act requirements.

 

Application for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Funds Based on the Availability of CSBG Funds for States and U.S. Territories

To share with States the requirements and provide guidance for the preparation of SSBG pre-expenditure reports.

LIHEAP IM 2016-03 State Median Income Estimates for Optional Use in FFY 2016 and Mandatory Use in FFY 2017.

HHS Poverty Guidelines for Optional Use in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2016 LIHEAP and Mandatory Use in FFY 2017 LIHEAP.

To provide instructions, outline procedures for the application process, and expectations for reporting to Tribes or Tribal Organizations applying to include a Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) in a P.L. 102-477 demonstration project.

Clarification of the Grandfather Clause at Section 405(g) of the AFI Act.

The AFI program was authorized under the Assets for Independence Act in Title IV of the Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational Services Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998, P.L. 105-285 (the AFI Act). The AFI Act includes Sections 401 through 416.

(g) GRANDFATHERING OF EXISTING STATEWIDE PROGRAMS.--Any statewide individual asset-building program that is carried out in a manner consistent with the purposes of this title, that is established under State law as of the date of enactment of this Act, and that as of such date is operating with an annual State appropriation of not less than $1,000,000 in non-Federal funds, shall be deemed to meet the eligibility requirements of this subtitle, and the entity carrying out the program shall be deemed to be a qualified entity. The Secretary shall consider funding the statewide program as a demonstration project described in this subtitle. In considering the statewide program for funding, the Secretary shall review an application submitted by the entity carrying out such statewide program under this section, notwithstanding the preference requirements listed in subsection (d). Any program requirements under sections 407 through 411 that are inconsistent with State statutory requirements in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, governing such statewide program, shall not apply to the program.

LIHEAP IM on FY 2016 Monitoring Schedule.

Each year, the Division of State Assistance (DSA), within the Office of Community Services (OCS), conducts standard state assessment reviews as required under Section 678B(c) of the CSBG Act.  Below is the proposed 2016 schedule, which is published for Federal and state planning purposes.

In collaboration with the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Network, the Office of Community Services (OCS) developed State and Federal Accountability Measures to track organizational performance by State CSBG Lead Agencies and OCS.  These measures are part of an enhanced framework for accountability and performance management across the CSBG Network.

 

OCS will require States, no later than FY 2016, to collect data and prepare to analyze and report on State CSBG Accountability Measures through their online State plan and annual reports. Concurrently, OCS will collect data and prepare to analyze and report on Federal CSBG Accountability Measures in FY 2016.