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Austin Public Health reports new CSBG allotment, neighborhood center updates

Community Development Commission · January 13, 2026
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Summary

Austin Public Health briefed the Community Development Commission on Community Services Block Grant activity: a 2026 CSBG allotment of roughly $382,000, nearly $800,000 in 2025 rent assistance to about 262 households through November, neighborhood center renovations and an expanding navigator/outreach effort.

Angel Sambrano, Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) manager with Austin Public Health, told the Community Development Commission that the neighborhood services unit continues to deliver basic needs, preventive health and employment supports through the city’s seven neighborhood centers.

Sambrano said the department received the first allotment of 2026 CSBG funding — “about $382,000” — and that the 2025 contract was nearly fully expended. She reported that from…

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