Description: Social Services Block Grants (SSBG) enables each state or territory to meet the needs of its residents through locally relevant social services. SSBGs support programs that allow communities to achieve or maintain economic self-sufficiency to prevent, reduce or eliminate… Read More ›
Pass-Through Funds/ Block Grants
Federal funds flowing through state and local governments
HHS – Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (2014)
Description: The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is designed to help needy families achieve self-sufficiency. States receive block grants to design and operate programs that accomplish one of the purposes of the TANF program. The four purposes of… Read More ›
HHS – Community-Based Grants for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (2014)
Description: This formula grant program provides funding to States to develop, operate, expand, and enhance community-based, prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect. The program was reauthorized, amended and renamed as… Read More ›
ED – Client Assistance Program (2014)
Description: The purpose of this program is to advise and inform clients, client applicants, and other individuals with disabilities of all the available services and benefits under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and of the services and benefits… Read More ›
USDA – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Outreach (2014)
Description: State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) agencies have the option to conduct program informational activities (outreach) to inform low-income households about the availability, eligibility requirements, application procedures and the benefits of SNAP (Section 11(e) (1) (A) of The Food… Read More ›
HHS – State Domestic Violence Coalitions (2014)
Description: This announcement governs the proposed award of mandatory grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to States (including Territories and Insular Areas). The purpose of these grants is to assist States in establishing, maintaining, and expanding… Read More ›
HUD – Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program (2014)
Description: The ESG program provides funding to: Engage homeless individuals and families living on the street; Improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; Help operate these shelters; Provide essential services to shelter residents; Rapidly… Read More ›
HUD – HOME Investment Partnerships Program (2014)
Description: The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) provides formula grants to states and localities that communities use – often in partnership with local nonprofit groups – to fund a wide range of activities including building, buying, and/or rehabilitating affordable housing… Read More ›
HUD – CDBG (2014)
Description: Under the State CDBG Program, states award grants to smaller units of general local government that develop and preserve decent affordable housing, to provide services to the most vulnerable in our communities, and to create and retain jobs. Annually,… Read More ›
HUD – CDBG Insular Affairs Program (2014)
Description: HUD annually allocates CDBG grants funds to four designated areas: American Samoa; Guam; Northern Mariana Islands; and the Virgin Islands. The funds are allocated in proportion to the populations of the eligible Territories. The program is administered by HUD’s… Read More ›
Civil Legal Aid Federal Funding Resources 