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U.S. government agency that promotes economic development
OCS logo as of 2018
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 .
[1] : 79 It is the direct successor of the
Office of Economic Opportunity , an independent agency created in 1964.
[2]
OCS administers six programs which provide funding for community development and poverty alleviation for private and public agencies:
[1] : 79
[3] : 346
The
Assets for Independence program, which provides matching contributions to
Individual Development Accounts for those eligible for the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
[4] The program was funded at $18.9 for the 2016 fiscal year.
[5] 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 .
[6]
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.
[7] 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.
[8]
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.
[9] : 191 The program was funded at $715 million in the 2016 fiscal year.
[10]
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."
[11] : 13 The program was funded at $3.39 billion in the 2016 fiscal year.
[5]
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.
[12]
The
Social Services Block Grant , used to support a wide range of activities. As of 2010
[update] , the most highly supported of which were
child care ,
foster care , and
services for the disabled .
[13] The grant is authorized by Title XX of the
Social Security Act , and funding is allocated according to population.
[14] : 93 The program was funded at $1.6 billion for the 2016 fiscal year.
[15]
See also
References
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a
b 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 .
^
"Records of the Community Services Administration" . U.S. National Archives .
^ Berns, Roberta M. (1 January 2012).
Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support .
Cengage Learning .
ISBN
978-1133710158 . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
^
"AFI Fact Sheet" . Office of Community Services . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
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a
b
"OCS Fact Sheet" (PDF) . Office of Community Services . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
^ Weston, Liz (March 15, 2018).
"2 sexy ways to get paid to save" .
Market Watch . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
^
"CED Fact Sheet" . Office of Community Services . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
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"Community Economic Development Program (CED) Overview Webinar" (PDF) . Office of Community Services . January 29, 2015.
^ 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 .
^
"CSBG Fact Sheet" . Office of Community Services . March 16, 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
^ Morris, Paul M. (2006).
National Energy Policy: Major Federal Energy Programs and Status .
Nova Science Publishers .
ISBN
9781594546969 . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
^
"RCD Fact Sheet" . Office of Community Services . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
^ Karen E. Lynch (March 14, 2016).
"Social Services Block Grant: Background and Funding" (PDF) . Congressional Research Service. Retrieved August 15, 2017 . >
^ Patti, Rino J. (October 2008).
The Handbook of Human Services Management .
SAGE Publications .
ISBN
9781412952910 . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
^
"SSBG Fact Sheet" . Office of Community Services . Retrieved 8 May 2018 .
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