NOTICE OF PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT

IOWA COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT CARES SUPPLEMENTAL

DES MOINES – Iowans have an opportunity to inspect and comment on Iowa’s proposed Federal Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) State Plan and Application.

The purpose of the federal CSBG Program is to provide assistance to states and local communities, working through a network of community action agencies and other neighborhood-based organizations, for the reduction of poverty, revitalization of low-income communities, and the empowerment of low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas to become fully self-sufficient. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Community Access and Eligibility administers Iowa’s CSBG Program and is authorized by Iowa law to contract and distribute Iowa’s CSBG Program funds to Iowa’s community action agencies.

Copies of the proposed Iowa Community Services Block Grant 2026-2027 State Plan will be available for public viewing at all Iowa Community Action Agencies, the Iowa Community Action Association, and on the CAA Subdivision website: Community Services Block Grant | Health & Human Services from July 15 – July 28, 2025. Written comments regarding the plan will be accepted through July 29, 2025, at 8:30am, emailed to dcaa@hhs.iowa.gov with the subject “CSBG State Plan Comments”.

A virtual public hearing on the proposed plan and application will be held on July 29, 2025, at 3:00 PM via Zoom:
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81776004999?pwd=amCV4lemQzYBGlk7peYzdv3p703Kgn.1
Meeting ID: 817 7600 4999
Passcode: 6mB2VT

Verbal comments received during the meeting are limited to 10 minutes per person. The proposed plan and application are subject to change based on comments received and regulations from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) State Plan and Application.