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Grants Section

Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)

The purpose of the Community Services Block Grant Program is to alleviate the causes and conditions of

poverty. Federal funds nearing $2 million annually are provided to the state’s only federally designated

Community Action Agency, RurAL CAP.

 

RurAL CAP Programs include:

  • home weatherization,
  • access to affordable housing initiatives,
  • affordable childcare for working parents.

Connections to services from other organizations are also provided such as:

  • medical benefits,
  • food stamps,
  • and legal aid.

RurAL CAP also helps ensure residents in economically suppressed rural areas have access to the following educational and capacity building opportunities.

  • Early learning programs which include safety, health and wellness, workforce, educational, energy cost reductions, and family development training that also helps strengthen existing programs and responds to identified community priorities. 
  • Opportunities are provided for youth engagement in community activities and in educational improvements.
  • Assistance is also provided to individuals battling social and behavioral issues. These programs include sobriety assistance, tobacco cessation, wellness, suicide prevention, environmental awareness, community pride, and life skills.

 

For more information about the Grants Section contact:

Pauletta Bourne

Division of Community and Regional Affairs
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Location: Fairbanks
Phone: 451-2721
Fax: 451-2742
Email: pauletta.bourne@alaska.gov