Community Service Programs

Community Services Block Grant (CSBG): Provides federal funding for Community Action Agencies and other programs that seek to address poverty at the community level. The Community Services Block Grant Act was enacted to assist low-income individuals and families to achieve self-sufficiency. Services provided by the community action agencies vary based on the identified needs in the agency’s service areas. The services provided are to enable families/individuals to accomplish one or more of the following objectives:
To secure and retain meaningful employment
To attain an adequate education
To make better use of available income
To obtain and maintain adequate housing and suitable living environment
To obtain emergency assistance to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs including the need for health services, nutrition, food, housing, and employment related assistance
To remove obstacles and solve problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency
To achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community
To enhance youth and family development, including after school child-care and youth mediation
To provide an emergency basis for the provision of such supplies and services, nutritious foodstuffs, and related necessary to counteract conditions of starvation and malnutrition among the poor
In order to receive assistance, the applicant’s household income must not exceed 125% of the federally established poverty level.
If you would like to apply for CSBG assistance, please contact 205-367-8166.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): Assists low-income households, particularly those with the lowest incomes that pay a high proportion of household income for home energy, primarily in meeting their immediate home energy needs. Crisis assistance requires that at least one household member have a documented health problem and require a controlled environment.
The objectives of LIHEAP are to help low-income families meet the costs of home energy, defined as heating and cooling of residences, and to increase their energy self-sufficiency and reduce their vulnerability resulting from energy needs.
The target population is low-income households, especially those with the lowest incomes and the highest home energy costs or needs in relation to income, taking into account family size. Additional targets are low-income households with members who are especially vulnerable, including the elderly, persons with disabilities and young children. In order to receive assistance, the applicant’s household income must not exceed 150% of the federally established poverty level. If you would like to apply for LIHEAP assistance, please contact 205-367-8166.
United States Department of Agriculture, Child Nutrition Program (USDA) – Provides healthy, nutritious meals and snacks to children enrolled in the Head Start Program.
Alabama Business Charitable Trust: Provide financial assistance to low income individuals with financial emergencies i.e. energy assistance.
Funds from FEMA (Emergency Food and Shelter Program) allows funds to assist clients with nutritional needs. The food pantry assists clients with emergency food
American Red Cross-Project Share: Provide financial assistance for vital heating and cooling to the elderly and disabled.