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City staff report CSBG spending, food distribution and eviction-prevention numbers at March 11 CDC meeting
Summary
Neighborhood Services Unit staff outlined Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) performance and neighborhood center activities, reporting near-full expenditure of last year’s contract extension and program outcomes including rent assistance, transitional case management, and food distributions.
City staff updated the Austin Community Development Commission March 11 on monthly Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) activity, neighborhood-center services and program outcomes handled by the Neighborhood Services Unit.
Ankit, speaking for the Neighborhood Services Unit, said the CSBG funds services across Travis County and support local neighborhood centers that deliver basic needs assistance, preventive public-health services and employment supports. Staff reported the 2024 contract budget had an extension through March 31 and is approximately 91% expended; staff expect to fully expend remaining funds before the end of the extension.
Staff highlighted several performance datapoints tied to CSBG and related programs. The state’s annual transition-out-of-poverty goal for the city is 43 households; staff said the program had five recorded transitions so far this calendar…
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