Community Services Block Grants (CSBG): Background and Funding

Spar, Karen

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Politics and government;    Public welfare;    Social security;   

RP-ID  :  RL32872
RP-ID  :  RL32872_2016Jan08

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides information on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), which funds a network of local antipoverty agencies. It begins with background information on the CSBG and related activities, discusses a proposal pending in Congress to reauthorize CSBG and related activities, summarizes a new "Upward Mobility Project" initiative of the Obama Administration, and discusses current and recent funding activities affecting the CSBG.