COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG)
State of Missouri
FFY 2010 & 2011 State Plan
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program provides for a local response to the identified needs and the conditions of poverty experienced by all Missouri citizens who live in the crisis of poverty. The purposes of the response are for the reduction of poverty, the revitalization of low-income communities, and the empowerment of low-income families and individuals. The Community Services Block Grant Act was included as part of the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998, P. L. 105-285.
The public is invited to examine the FFY 2010 & 2011 CSBG State Plan 
. Written comments are welcome and will be accepted until August 7, 2009. The State of Missouri encourages comments to be submitted by email to Janet.Mccubbin@dss.mo.gov. If access to the internet is unavailable, comments can be submitted by fax to (573) 522-9557, or mailed to Jeannie Chaffin, Department of Social Services, Family Support Division, CSBG State Plan, PO Box 2320, Jefferson City, MO 65102, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 7, 2009.
A public hearing for the FFY2010-2011 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) State Plan is being held August 7, 2009, at the Governor's Office Building, Room 450, Jefferson City, Missouri, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The final version of the FFY 2010 & 2011 CSBG State Plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
