Community Service Block Grants

Community Service Block Grants. A. This type of assistance is defined as follows: 1. The Department of Health and Human Services makes community service block grants to states to provide a broad range of services and activities to assist low-income individuals and alleviate the causes of poverty in a community. States may subsequently make grants or enter into contracts with private nonprofit organizations or political subdivisions. B. This type of assistance is treated as follows: 1. Assistance involving community service block grants is subject to the general rules pertaining to income.