1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web94-220 EPWUpdated July 6, 1998Community Services Block Grants:Background and Current LegislationKaren SparSpecialist in Social LegislationEducation and Public WelfareSummaryCommunity Services Blo
2、ck Grants (CSBG) are funds that are provided to states,and then passed through to local agencies, for a wide variety of antipoverty activities.The CSBG program is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) and is the modern day version of the antipoverty initiative launched by
3、PresidentLyndon Johnson during the 1960s. In FY1998, the CSBG and several related activitiesare funded at $542 million. The legislation authorizing the CSBG is scheduled to expireat the end of FY1998, and the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee on June23 approved S. 2206, which would reauthor
4、ize the program for an additional five years,through FY2003. This report provides background on the CSBG and related activities,including information on funding, and tracks the progress of relevant legislation andappropriations measures. This report is continually updated.The Block GrantUse of Funds
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