Community Services Block Grant – CARES

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The $2 trillion economic relief package aims to protect the American people from the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19. The CARES act authorized an additional $42 million dollars to be allocated to supplement the Community Services Block Grant program in Pennsylvania. The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is authorized by the Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training Educational Services Human Serves Reauthorization Act of 1998, Public Law 105-285, October 27, 1998 (42 USCS §9901 et. seq.), and the act of July 2, 2014 (P.L. 834, No. 90) known as the Community Services Block Grant Act, as a state-administered anti-poverty block grant that funds the operations of a network of certified CSBG eligible entities (CEE) including Community Action Agencies (CAA) and local government entities. The goal of these local agencies is to ameliorate the causes and conditions of poverty. The national CSBG network consists of more than 1,000 agencies that create, coordinate, and deliver programs and services to low-income Americans in 99 percent of the nation’s counties Financial Info: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The $2 trillion economic relief package aims to protect the American people from the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19. The CARES act authorized an additional $42 million dollars to be allocated to supplement the Community Services Block Grant program in Pennsylvania. The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is authorized by the Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training Educational Services Human Serves Reauthorization Act of 1998, Public Law 105-285, October 27, 1998 (42 USCS §9901 et. seq.), and the act of July 2, 2014 (P.L. 834, No. 90) known as the Community Services Block Grant Act, as a state-administered anti-poverty block grant that funds the operations of a network of certified CSBG eligible entities (CEE) including Community Action Agencies (CAA) and local government entities. The goal of these local agencies is to ameliorate the causes and conditions of poverty. The national CSBG network consists of more than 1,000 agencies that create, coordinate, and deliver programs and services to low-income Americans in 99 percent of the nation’s counties