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Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
Subsections: Educational/Scholarship Programs • Employment Programs • Housing Programs • Neighborhood Improvement Programs • Drug Free Community Partnership • Homeless Task Force
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Director: Jennifer Jaeger
PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
REGARDING PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT
TO 2009 CONSOLIDATED PLAN SCHEDULED FOR
3PM ON FRIDAY, MAY 1ST, 2009
There will be a public information meeting on Friday, May 1, 2009 at the City of Rockford Human Services Department, 612 North Church Street, Rockford, Illinois at 3pm to provide an opportunity for the public to view the details of the proposed amendment. All interested agencies, groups and persons wishing to learn more about the proposed amendment are encouraged to attend. The proposed amendment will be made available for public comment and review beginning May 1, 2009 and ending May 14, 2009. The proposed amendment will be available at the following locations: the Department of Human Services, 612 North Church Street, the Community Development, 425 E. State Street and the Rockford Public Library, 215 N. Wyman Street as well as on the City of Rockford website; www.rockfordil.gov.
All interested agencies, groups and persons wishing to have their comments considered by the City of Rockford are invited to send their comments to the following address by 5:00 PM on May 14, 2009:
Nancy McDonald, City of Rockford Human Services, 612 N. Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
The City of Rockford anticipates the award of $861,073 in Homeless Prevention Funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development contingent upon approval of a substantial amendment to the 2009 Consolidated Plan. The Plan, which outlines a municipality’s plans for a period of five years, must be amended whenever a substantial change in funding and/or programming occurs. The Homelessness Prevention Fund will provide financial assistance and services to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized. The funds under this program are intended to target individuals and families who would be homeless but for this assistance. The funds will provide for a variety of assistance, including: short-term or medium-term rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, including such activities as mediation, credit counseling, security or utility deposits, utility payments, moving cost assistance, and case management.
At least 60 percent of funds must be spent within two years; all funds must be spent within three years. The process for distribution of the funding within the City will be via an RFP process in late summer. $1.5 Billion in Homeless Prevention Funding will be allocated nation-wide. The State of Illinois is expected to receive $20,286,504.
CommunityCSBG is primarily funded through the Community Services Block Grant, the federal program that was originally created by the Economic Opportunity Act to respond to poverty needs in local communities. As a poverty response program, Community Services identifies needs and establishes anti-poverty programs in Boone and Winnebago Counties annually. Community Services staff are also deeply involved in a variety of community projects that address issues of persons in poverty that are not directly funded through CSBG. CSBG Community Action Plan 2008
The primary goal of Community Services is to promote self-sufficiency among low-income individuals. Activities include outreach, advocacy, emergency assistance, summer food, self-sufficiency case management and training, operation of housing resource center, consumer education and economic development through small business loans, scholarships and Individual Development Accounts. If you would like more information on programs through Community Services Block Grant please call (815) 987-5685 or by e-mail at Community Services Division.
