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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 within the Department of Health and Human Services. It is the direct successor of the Office of Economic Opportunity, an independent agency created in 1964.

OCS administers six programs which provide funding for community development and poverty alleviation for private and public agencies:

• The Assets for Independence program, which provides matching contributions to Individual Development Accounts for those eligible for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The program was funded at $18.9 for the 2016 fiscal year. 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.
• The Community Economic Development Program, which provides funding for non-profits with the principal goal of supporting low-income housing or community economic development. The program was funded at $19.75 million for the 2017 fiscal year. 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.
• 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. The program was funded at $715 million in the 2016 fiscal year.
• 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." The program was funded at $3.39 billion in the 2016 fiscal year.
• 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.
• 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. The grant is authorized by Title XX of the Social Security Act, and funding is allocated according to population. The program was funded at $1.6 billion for the 2016 fiscal year.

See also

• Poverty in the United States
• Poverty reduction

References

1. ^ Hughes, Jan N.; Greca, Annette M. La; Conoley, Jane Close (11 January 2001). Handbook of Psychological Services for Children and Adolescents. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198028970. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
2. "Records of the Community Services Administration". U.S. National Archives.
3. Berns, Roberta M. (1 January 2012). Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1133710158. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
4. "AFI Fact Sheet". Office of Community Services. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
5. ^ "OCS Fact Sheet" (PDF). Office of Community Services. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
6. Weston, Liz (March 15, 2018). "2 sexy ways to get paid to save". Market Watch. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
7. "CED Fact Sheet". Office of Community Services. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
8. "Community Economic Development Program (CED) Overview Webinar" (PDF). Office of Community Services. January 29, 2015.
9. Soifer, Steven D.; McNeely, Joseph B.; Costa, Cathy; Pickering-Bernheim, Nancy (18 November 2014). Community Economic Development in Social Work. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231508575. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
10. "CSBG Fact Sheet". Office of Community Services. March 16, 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
11. Morris, Paul M. (2006). National Energy Policy: Major Federal Energy Programs and Status. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 9781594546969. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
12. "RCD Fact Sheet". Office of Community Services. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
13. Karen E. Lynch (March 14, 2016). "Social Services Block Grant: Background and Funding" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved August 15, 2017.>
14. Patti, Rino J. (October 2008). The Handbook of Human Services Management. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781412952910. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
15. "SSBG Fact Sheet". Office of Community Services. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

External links

• Official website

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