Community-focused assistance and development : selected programs and analyses / Theodore Mclaughlin, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mclaughlin, Theodore, editor.

Series:

Hunger and poverty.

Hunger and Poverty: Causes, Impacts and Eradication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--United States.

Community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (131 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Community Services Block Grants (CSBG) provide federal funds to states, territories, and tribes for distribution to local agencies to support a wide range of community-based activities to reduce poverty. Smaller related programs--Community Economic Development (CED), Rural Community Facilities (RCF), and Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)--also support antipoverty efforts. CSBG and some of these related activities trace their roots to the War on Poverty, launched more than 50 years ago in 1964. Today, they are administered at the federal level by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This book provides information on the CSBG; describes several smaller related programs that are administered by the same federal office that currently oversees the CSBG; discusses a proposal pending in Congress to reauthorize CSBG and related activities; summarizes a new "Upward Mobility Project" initiative of the Obama Administration; and discusses current and recent funding activities affecting the CSBG. Furthermore, this book describes the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund's (CDFI Fund) history, current appropriations, and each of its programs; and informs the congressional debate concerning the Community Reinvestment Act's (CRA) effectiveness in incentivizing bank lending and investment activity to low- and moderate-income (LMI) borrowers.

Contents:

Individual Development Accounts11 Formerly Funded Related Activities ; National Youth Sports Program ; Community Food and Nutrition Program ; Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI)13 ; CSBG PROGRAM DATA ; Use of Federal CSBG Funds ; Sources of Federal Non-CSBG Funds ; Recipients of CSBG Services ; REAUTHORIZATION PROPOSAL IN THE 114TH CONGRESS ; ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED "UPWARD MOBILITY PROJECT"; FUNDING ACTIVITY: FY2016 ; Senate Committee Action ; House Committee Action ; Administration Budget and Legislative Proposals ; FUNDING ACTIVITY: FY201528 ; Final Appropriations Act

Administration Proposal FUNDING ACTIVITY: FY201434 ; Final Appropriations Act ; Senate Committee Action on Full-Year Appropriations Bill ; Administration Proposal ; FUNDING ACTIVITY: FY201338; Final Continuing Resolution ; House Action on Full-Year Appropriations Bill in the 112th Congress ; Senate Action on Full-Year Appropriations Bill in the 112th Congress ; Administration Proposal; APPENDIX A. ADDITIONAL FUNDING INFORMATION ; FY201245; Final Congressional Action ; Administration Proposal ; FY2011 ; Final Congressional Action ; Administration Proposal ; FY2010

Community Investments Eligible for CRA Consideration

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-730-X