PUBLIC NOTICECOMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT 2022-2023 November 7, 2021

​“The Community Action Council of Portage County wishes to announce the availability of its draft Two Year Budget and Work Plan for Calendar Years 2022 and 2023 under the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) for public review and comment. CSBG funding is used by the CAC to provide core funding for a wide variety of agency-operated programs designed to impact on poverty in Portage County and will be submitted to the Ohio Department of Development in December 2021. In the prior 2 year period, CSBG funds facilitated the provision of services to over 24,000 Portage County families in a wide variety of areas, including utility assistance and weatherization, other energy conservation and efficiency services, emergency home repair, rent and mortgage assistance, youth and after school services, technology training and testing, summer and other food services for children, and other services. Any individual wishing to review the application may contact the agency’s administrative offices @ (330) 297-1456, by visiting the offices located at 1036 West Main Street in Ravenna, Ohio, Monday-Friday, between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, or by contacting the agency via e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected]. The CSBG application will provide estimated funding to the agency approximating $325,138 per year for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023 but is subject to congressional actions that may dramatically change current and future funding. The application will be submitted to the Ohio Department of Development in December 2021.”