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Austin Public Health reports CSBG outcomes: rental aid, food distributions and volunteer hours noted; Q3–Q4 funds released
Summary
Austin Public Health reported CSBG activity on June 10, citing eviction prevention, food-distribution and volunteer-hour totals and confirming release of third- and fourth-quarter FY25 funds to the state.
Austin Public Health presented a summary of Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) activities and outcomes at the Austin Community Development Commission meeting on June 10.
Jill Smith, program manager in the Neighborhood Services Unit at Austin Public Health, presented monthly CSBG metrics and program updates. Smith said, “As of April, we had spent $201,486.70 of the budget and had transitioned 11 individuals out of poverty out of our goal of 43.” She reported casework and service numbers for the calendar year: 271 individuals avoided eviction, 62 utility payments made, about 29,992 people served through food distributions, case management for 79 individuals, clothing distributed to 440 people, and 811 volunteer hours donated.
Smith also provided a January–May update on rental assistance: “From January to May, we helped 309 people and 143 households avoid eviction with our financial stability rental assistance funding, for…
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