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The Office of Community Services (OCS) is a division of the US Executive Branch under the Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Health and Human Services.[1]{{rp|79}} OCS administers six programs which provide funding for community development and poverty alleviation for private and public agencies:[1]{{rp|79}}[2]{{rp|346}}

  • The Assets for Independence program, which provides matching contributions to Individual Development Accounts for those eligible for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.[3] The program was funded at $18.9 for the 2016 fiscal year.[4] Participants in the program's first year saw a median increase in saving of $657, a drop in experiences of economic hardship by 34%, and a 39% drop in the use of payday loans.[5]
  • The Community Economic Development Program, which provides funding for non-profits with the principle goal of supporting low-income housing or community economic development. The program was funded at $19.75 million for the 2017 fiscal year.[6] This program includes separate funding as part of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, a partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services, the Treasury Department, and the Department of Agriculture to increase access healthy food.[7]
  • The Community Services Block Grant, which was created in 1981 in a consolidation of over 200 government programs, and provides funding directly to states to distribute.[8]{{rp|191}} The program was funded at $715 million in the 2016 fiscal year.[9]
  • The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which "provides grants to states to fund fuel payment assistance and home energy efficiency improvements for low-income households."[10]{{rp|13}} The program was funded at $3.39 billion in the 2016 fiscal year.[4]
  • The Rural Community Development Program which provides funding for water management and wastewater treatment. The program was funded at $7.45 million in the 2016 fiscal year.[11]
  • The Social Services Block Grant, used to support a wide range of activities. {{As of|2010}}, the most highly supported of which were child care, foster care, and services for the disabled.[12] The grant is authorized by Title XX of the Social Security Act, and funding is allocated according to population.[13]{{rp|93}} The program was funded at $1.6 billion for the 2016 fiscal year.[14]

See also

  • Poverty in the United States
  • Poverty reduction

References

1. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Hughes|first1=Jan N.|last2=Greca|first2=Annette M. La|last3=Conoley|first3=Jane Close|title=Handbook of Psychological Services for Children and Adolescents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9cqy0ocWacC|accessdate=8 May 2018|date=11 January 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198028970}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Berns|first=Roberta M.|title=Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bIJAAAAQBAJ|accessdate=8 May 2018|date=1 January 2012|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=1133710158}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=AFI Fact Sheet|url=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/afi-fact-sheet|website=Office of Community Services|accessdate=8 May 2018}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|title=OCS Fact Sheet|url=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2017factsheets_ocs.pdf|website=Office of Community Services|accessdate=8 May 2018}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Weston|first1=Liz|title=2 sexy ways to get paid to save|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/2-sexy-ways-to-get-paid-to-save-2018-03-15|accessdate=8 May 2018|agency=Market Watch|date=March 15, 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=CED Fact Sheet|url=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/ced-fact-sheet-1|website=Office of Community Services|accessdate=8 May 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Community Economic Development Program (CED) Overview Webinar|url=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocs/ced_program_overview_transcript_2015.pdf|website=Office of Community Services|date=January 29, 2015}}
8. ^{{cite book|last1=Soifer|first1=Steven D.|last2=McNeely|first2=Joseph B.|last3=Costa|first3=Cathy|first4=Nancy|last4=Pickering-Bernheim|title=Community Economic Development in Social Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=23HCBAAAQBAJ|accessdate=8 May 2018|date=18 November 2014|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231508575}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=CSBG Fact Sheet|url=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/csbg-fact-sheet|website=Office of Community Services|accessdate=8 May 2018|date=March 16, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite book|last=Morris|first=Paul M.|title=National Energy Policy: Major Federal Energy Programs and Status|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_Iy7Yn6B5UC|accessdate=8 May 2018|year=2006|publisher=Nova Science Publishers|isbn=9781594546969}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=RCD Fact Sheet|url=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/rcd-fact-sheet-0|website=Office of Community Services|accessdate=8 May 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web | url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/94-953.pdf | title=Social Services Block Grant: Background and Funding | publisher=Congressional Research Service | date=March 14, 2016 | accessdate=August 15, 2017 | author=Karen E. Lynch}}>
13. ^{{cite book|last=Patti|first=Rino J.|title=The Handbook of Human Services Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KkjAzHD04owC|accessdate=8 May 2018|date=October 2008|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=9781412952910}}
14. ^{{cite web|title=SSBG Fact Sheet|url=https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/resource/ssbg-fact-sheet|website=Office of Community Services|accessdate=8 May 2018}}

External links

{{Commons cat|Office of Community Services}}
  • {{Official website|https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs}}
{{US-gov-stub}}{{United States Department of Health and Human Services}}

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