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The Office of Community Services (OCS) is pleased to provide a summary of the survey results from our inaugural Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Needs Assessment Survey. Thank you to everyone that completed the survey and helped spread the word about the T/TA assessment in order to ensure a robust response. We are very appreciative of your contributions to OCS’ T/TA Learning Agenda, including your time, feedback, and thoughtful comments.

The purpose of this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) is to provide an update on apportionment of Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. These awards represent the full allocation of funding for FY 2023, including the return of the 1% which was held at the Secretary’s discretion.

To provide instructions and the application requirements for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Disaster Supplemental for Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, for Initial Planning, Needs Assessment, and Cost Documentation grants. Applications are due on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

To help support a responsive and meaningful grant recipient experience, the Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Community Assistance (DCA) is announcing a realignment of regional assignments for Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program Specialists.

Please join the Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Community Assistance (DCA) for a special meet and greet with the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Assistant Secretary (AS), January Contreras,  as she prepares to mark her first 100 days with ACF. The virtual meet and greet will take place from 2:00-2:45 PM (ET) on Wednesday, July 6.

The Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Community Assistance (DCA) is pleased to announce the FY2023 CSBG State Plan Webinar series.

We are pleased to provide the registration links for the Office of Community Services’ (OCS) 2021 World Water Week events. As indicated in the World Water Week Save-the-Date announcement that went out on August 11, 2021, OCS will host Building Resilience Faster: Partnering to Increase Availability, Affordability, and Access to Quality Water and Wastewater Services, a series of events in observance of World Water Week 2021, August 23 - 27, 2021.

To inform states and U.S. territories of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) application requirements for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022. To qualify for FFY 2022 CSBG funding, states and territories must submit their state plan applications to the Office of Community Service (OCS) by September 1, 2021 using the approved online CSBG State Plan format. States and territories shall submit their information electronically through the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) On-Line Data Collection system (OLDC), available through GrantSolutions.gov

The purpose of this message is to encourage CSBG grantees to review and consider opportunities to support small household plumbing repairs and to coordinate a range of other services and supports for households receiving assistance through the emergency Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) grants administered by the Office of Community Services (OCS). Grantees are also encouraged to consider opportunities to coordinate intake services and, when possible, to link LIHWAP assistance to other household assistance provided by CSBG eligible entities.