{"id":450,"date":"2025-02-25T17:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/comsvcblkgrnt\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:21:43","slug":"comsvcblkgrnt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/comsvcblkgrnt\/","title":{"rendered":"comsvcblkgrnt ~  DSSC Community Services: Community Services Block Grant  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n  <br>\n  \n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n     <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/comsvcblkgrnt.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n    \n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]--><!--[END]--><\/h1>\n    <\/header>\n  <\/div><br>\n \n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Social Services  Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dss\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/about.html\">About DSS<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; Programs<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/faq.html\">FAQs<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  \n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/contact.html\">Contact Information<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/ofclocations.html\">Office Locations<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#ServicesMenu\"><h2>Services <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"ServicesMenu\">  \n    <li>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/assist.dhss.delaware.gov\/\">ASSIST<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/cashast.html\">Cash Assistance<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/genast.html\">General Assistance<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/refast.html\">Refugee Cash Assistance<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/tanf.html\">Temporary Assistance (TANF)<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/foodstamps.html\">Food Supplement Program<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/childcr.html\">Child Care<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/fpl.html\">Income and Eligibility<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#InformationMenu\"><h2>Information <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"InformationMenu\">\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/regs.html\">Regulations<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/pubs.html\">Publications &#038; Forms<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/repstats.html\">Reports &#038; Statistics<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div><br>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-9\" id=\"main_content\"> \n  <!--[type=HTMLEDIT name=\"Content\"]-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), administered by the State of Delaware, Division of State Service Centers, Office of Community Services provides core funding to local agencies to reduce poverty, revitalize low-income communities and to em-power low-income families to become self-sufficient. 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