Family Support Division, Missouri Community Services Block Grant Program

State of Missouri—FFY 2012 & 2013  State Plan and Application

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 proposed FFY 2012 & 2013 CSBG State Plan and Application. Written comments are welcome and will be accepted until August 18, 2011. 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 Valerie Howard, Department of Social Services, Family Support Division, CSBG State Plan, P.O. Box 2320, Jefferson City, MO 65102, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 19, 2011.

A public hearing for the FFY 2012 & 2013 CSBG State Plan and Application is being held August 12, 2011, 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 2012 & 2013 CSBG State Plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and will be available soon after submission on Missouri’s Department of Social Services’ website.