Children and Families Administration October 1, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of Community Services (OCS) announces the award of a $500,000 single source program expansion supplement to the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP), located in Washington, DC, to support performance training and technical assistance on data collection, analysis and dissemination issues faced by state community services programs within the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Network; develop performance based reporting tools for ARRA CSBG funded activities; develop and maintain a catalog of innovative programs and practices related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The project activities are designed to support and strengthen the ability of the CSBG Network to comply with and carry out CSBG activities funded by ARRA. The training projects and resources developed under the award will include analysis and explanation of the practical impact of ARRA for States and CSBG-eligible entities so that they can work more effectively to reach the ARRA goals and document how they have in fact reached those goals and used the ARRA funds.