Community Services Program

Our Mission:
The Community Services Program provides guidance, oversight, and funding to local designated eligible entities to provide services that address the causes and conditions of poverty and have a measurable impact on low-income individuals’ health and self-sufficiency.
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​The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is a federally funded block grant administered by the Office of Community Services within the Administration for Children and Families of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The CSBG Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) provides funds to states and tribal entities to support services for individuals and families with low incomes that alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in communities. In Wyoming, these funds are received and managed through the Community Services Program, which is located within the Wyoming Department of Health’s Public Health Division, specifically the Rural and Frontier Health Section.

Wyoming annually receives approximately $3.7 million in CSBG statutory formula funding through the federal CSBG Act. Of this total award, Wyoming allocates 90% to Eligible Entities (EEs) based on a county poverty index rating scale. EEs are state-designated and may directly provide services or fund local agencies to provide direct services to eligible clients. EEs can be local governments, nonprofit agencies, or a hybrid of the two. Designated Community Action Agencies (CAAs) are local entities that support low-income individuals and families in their progress toward greater self-sufficiency by providing services that address employment, education, income and asset-building, housing, nutrition, emergency services, and/or healthcare. Local services are informed by community needs assessments conducted every three years.