OVERVIEW

CSBG Program History at Coastal Community Action, Inc.

Coastal Community Action, Inc. (CCA) is a private nonprofit organization that was created to assist low-income-to-moderately low-income individuals and families. The agency was chartered in 1965 with only a few anti-poverty programs, and to date, the agency continues this legacy of serving low-income individuals and families. The administrative office is located in Newport, NC, and serves as the fiscal agent for various federal, state, and local programs in Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, and Pamlico Counties.

CCA, Inc.’s CSBG Program has received funding through the office of Economic Opportunity since 1965 to use for assistance to low-income families with helping them move out of poverty in the counties of Carteret, Craven, Jones and Pamlico. Since that time, thousands of families have received much needed assistance that has in turned allowed them the opportunity to achieve their goals of higher education, better employment with benefits, home ownership, entrepreneurship, and successfully moving themselves and their families above the poverty guideline.

CSBG Supports Projects that Helps you Become Self-Sufficient 

• Reducing the causes of poverty in local communities
• Providing services, supports and resources for individuals to obtain employment, education, safe & secure housing, homeownership, and successful budgeting
• Addressing the needs of low-income individuals, including persons who are homeless, migrant, disabled, and/or elderly
• Assisting individuals and families to alleviate crisis situations through interventions that address the lack of skills with income management, finding or maintaining standard housing, access to emergency services, health care and good nutrition.

Benefits for participants of The family development services csbg self-sufficiency program

• Employment Search and Assistance
• Ongoing Case Management
• Goal Setting
• Education Assistance
• Housing Assistance/Support
• Budgeting
• Free Comprehensive Services Training Workshop
• Minimum Car Repairs

The family development services Self-sufficiency program

DOES

• Provide financial assistance directly to the vendor on behalf of the active participant who has requested assistance for support in their goal achievement
• Provide value and support to all participant’s efforts with their goal establishment and achievement.
• Give equal opportunity to all qualified person’s interested in participating in the Self-Sufficiency Program.
• Collaborate with community partners to collectively provide support to participants who are working effortlessly to improve the economic solvency of themselves and their families.

DOES NOT

• Act as a supplemental income to utilize in addition to one’s own earned income
• Act as a financial resource for paying one’s bill(s) outside of the Emergency Assistance Program that is allotted once in a lifetime for qualified individuals who are elderly, disabled, or recently unemployed only.
• Provide financial assistance that does not align with the established goals of the participant, (ex. going to school, maintaining one’s household, obtaining and maintaining employment, obtaining standard housing, buying one’s own home, etc.
• Provide ongoing support to any participants of the Self-Sufficiency Program who are not working towards their goal achievement and remaining in compliance with the requirements of the program.

CSBG

CSBG - Self-Sufficiency Project – The CSBG Self-Sufficiecy Project through the Family Development Services Program is a goal setting tool that is designed to work collaboratively with eligible families to establish and achieve their goals, which over time helps to achieve the economic solvency of the participants and their families. The Self-Sufficiency Program provides financial assistance towards the achievement of S.M.A.R.T (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely) goals. All eligible participants who remain in compliance with the Self-Sufficiency Program and working effortlessly on their goal achievement can remain on the program as long as 5 years or until they have successfully achieved their goals and/or moved themselves above the poverty guidelines. The CSBG Project directly links all participants with a Family Development Specialist to work directly on the participant’s goal achievement and produce successful outcomes