Community Services Block Grant Improvement Act of 2025

This bill renews and updates the Community Services Block Grant. It aims to cut poverty by backing local community action agencies and similar groups that help low‑income and working families build economic security and move toward self‑sufficiency. It sets funding years for 2026–2032 and speeds up how money moves from the federal government to states and then to local groups so help reaches people faster .

It adds practical help for digital inclusion: trained navigators can connect families to affordable high‑speed internet, devices, digital skills classes, and tech support. It boosts transparency by requiring a public hearing on state plans, posting those plans online, and having local agencies post their strategic plan, needs assessment, and community action plan on their websites . It strengthens local oversight boards with clear duties, conflict‑of‑interest rules, and deadlines to fill board vacancies . It guarantees a minimum share of funds for every state, with a higher floor when total funding is high. It directs training and technical help straight to local agencies and lets states use some funds for training, better data and performance tracking, and coordination with other services . It tightens audits and lets the federal office pause funds until problems are fixed. It also removes two older national programs (food and youth instruction) from this law.

• Who is affected: Low‑income and working families; community action agencies and other local service groups; state agencies that run the program .
• What changes:
  • Faster release of funds from federal to state to local groups.
  • New help to get families online (internet, devices, digital skills).
  • More transparency: public hearings and plans posted online .
  • Stronger local boards and conflict‑of‑interest rules .
  • Minimum state funding shares, with a higher floor in high‑funding years.
  • Training and technical assistance sent directly to local agencies; states can fund training, data, and coordination .
  • Extra national discretionary funding each year for 2026–2032.
• When: Most changes apply to funds for 2026–2032.