The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is a federal, anti-poverty block
grant which funds the operations of a state-administered network of local
agencies. This CSBG network consists of more than 1,100 agencies
that create, coordinate and deliver programs and services to low-income
Americans in 96 percent of the nation's counties.
Most agencies in the CSBG network are Community Action Agencies (CAAs), created
through the Economic Opportunity Act, a predecessor of the CSBG. Community
representation and accountability are hallmarks of the CSBG network, where
agencies are governed by a tri-partite board. This board structure consists of
elected public officials, representatives of the low-income community, and
appointed leaders from the private sector.
Because the CSBG funds the central management and
core activities of these agencies, the CSBG network is able to mobilize
additional resources to combat the central causes of poverty.
CSBG Authorizing Statute
Public Law 105-285: The Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training
and Educational Services Act of 1998 (October 27, 1998) can be found here:
PDF Public Law 105-285
TEXT Public Law 105-285
Click Here to see Act by specific section
House CSBG Proposal
for Hurricane Relief - October 2005
Legislative Action
CSBG Colleague
Allocation Letter
Revised FY 2006
CSBG Allocations
The Federal Budget
Outlook: Implications for States, Communities, and Low-Income Families by
Sharon Parrott, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - February 11, 2005
Newspaper Responses to
the President's Proposed Elimination of CSBG - February 6, 2005
Education
Committee Leaders Seek Independent GAO Analysis of Financial Oversight in
Federal CSBG Program - May 2005
NASCSP Testimony related
to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Submitted to the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - April 8, 2004
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for Children and Families,
(45 CFR Part 1050 RIN 0970-AC13) Charitable Choice Provisions Applicable to
Programs Authorized Under the Community Services Block Grant Act
Statement of Wade F. Horn,
Ph.D., Administration of Children and Families, Department of Health and Human
Services, Before the Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committtee on Appropriations, U.S.
House of Representatives - March 15, 2003
A
Message from Raymond C. Scheppach, the Executive Director of the National
Governors Association - 2002
NASCSP Testimony related to the U.
S. Department of Health and Human Services Submitted to the House of
Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education and Related Agencies - May 6, 2002
Family
Development and Self-sufficiency Act of 2002-- A Legislative Proposal --2002
TANF Reauthorization and Community Action
To
view all IM's issued by the Office of Community Services click here.
CSBG Reauthorization:
Thoughts on the
Additional Separate Audit in the Senate CSBG Reauthorization Bill by Connie
Greer, NASCSP Chair - March 2004
Thoughts on the US Senate
CSBG Reauthorization Bill
by Connie Greer, NASCSP Board Chair
- September 2003
CSBG Reauthorization: NASCSP's
Position - Revised July 2003
CSBG
Reauthorization: NASCSP's Position - Revised March 2003
CSBG
Reauthorization: NASCSP's Position - Revised February 2003
CSBG
Reauthorization: NASCSP's Position - Revised December 2002
CSBG
Reauthorization: NASCSP's Position - May 2002
FY 07 NPI Forms (excel)
FY
07 Section D Final (word)
FY 07 Section E Final (excel)
FY 07 Section F Final (excel)
FY 07 Section G Final (excel)
FY 07
Instructions
Lexicon
FY 07 NPI
Guide
FY 07
Agency Forms, Part I
FY 07
Agency Forms, Part II
FY 07
Section G
Guide
for Ethnic & Race Categories
The FY 2005 and 2006 stories are forthcoming!
2004 Success Stories
Program
Management Success Stories
Poverty
Elimination Success Stories
Innovative
Program Success Stories
Accomplishment
and Coordination of Funds
Success
Stories
Youth
and Senior Programs Success Stories
Accomplishments
& Coordination of Funds Narratives
Innovative
Program Narratives
Poverty Elimination Stories
Program
Management Narratives
Youth
& Seniors Narratives
2003 Success Stories
Accomplishments
& Coordination of Funds Narratives
Innovative Program
Narratives
Poverty Elimination
Narratives
Program Management
Narratives
Youth & Seniors
Narratives
The Results and Performance
Accountability Information Guide
ROMA1.org: The Results Oriented
Management and Accountability Website
Leader to Leader Institute
Grants.gov
CSBG Coalition Citites
List
Model
CSBG Annual Report Instruction Guide
Model CSBG Annual Report
National
Community Action Management Academy Curriculum Correlation to The CCAP Body of
Knowledge
by the National
Community Action Management Academy - December 5, 2003
The American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): Audit Committee Toolkit for
Nonprofit Organizations - August 2005
Best
Practices: Models for Change?
by
James Masters, Center for Community Futures - August 2005
Monitoring Tools
Click
Here to see State Monitoring Tools
Virtual CAP CAA Assessment and Technical
Assistance Strategies
NASCSP MONITORING WORKGROUP STATE SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL
Board Training
Purchase Board Training DVD and Manual for your agency
today!
GAO REPORT
2006
GAO Report on CSBG.
Fiscal
Checklist
Sample NPO Audit Report
A-110 Circular
A-122 Circular (with revisions)
PRISM Internal Control Checklist
Fiscal
101 Presentation
Foundations
of Monitoring Presentation
Board
of Directors Interview
Board
Governance Presentation
Guiding
Principles for Board Governance
Board Meeting Observation Tool
Financial
Analysis Presenation
Community
Action Public Information Campaign Manual
Press Release:
President's Budget Puts 15 Million Poor at Risk
NASCSP Talking
Points on the Presidents FY 2007 Budget
Press Release:
President's Budget Overlooks Successful Performance and Results
Press Release:
CSBG Network Touted as Critical Component in Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
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