Augment existing programs and services. Be used for general administration required to coordinate and enhance other programs. CSBG is a general support program. Because of the flexibility of the uses of CSBG money, HRDCs use it where it is most needed. Some HRDCs use it for general administrative costs, others use it to help establish a program or keep a program operating.
Uses vary each year, depending on where the money is needed.
CSBG impacts on recipients cannot be directly measured, but the impact on a recipient of a program administered by the HRDC can be measured. Again, because CSBG does not provide specific services, there are no direct outcomes. There are no direct outcomes for the CSBG program. GRPA requires federally funded programs to demonstrate measurable outcomes. The prototype of the system was put in place in the summer of 2000.