Branding Bar Menu Administration for Children & Families Select an ACF Office OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES An Office of the Administration for Children & Families Select Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Cebuano Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Lao Latin Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Maltese Maori Marathi Mongolian Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish Yoruba Zulu OCS - Main Navigation About Get Help Programs Grants Resources Home Office of Community Services (OCS) PRINT October is Community Economic Development Month The Office of Community Services (OCS) is excited to kick-off a month-long celebration for Community Economic Development Month in October 2021. Throughout the month, we invite you to check out the Community Economic Development Month website for weekly updates, resources, and activities to celebrate Community Economic Development Month and the community-based economic development efforts that are vital in creating resilient communities and opportunities for low-income children, families, and individuals to thrive. The Office of Community Services (OCS) partners with states, communities and agencies to eliminate causes of poverty, increase self-sufficiency of individuals and families and revitalize communities. Recent Resources LIHWAP DCL-2022-04 Upcoming TTA for Federal Program Coordination FY2022 December 3, 2021 RCD AT 2022-01 RCD Program Data Collection – Projects Serving Persistent and High-Poverty Areas (FY 2021) December 3, 2021 CSBG DCL-2022-09 LIHEAP ERA Coordination Updates FY2022 December 3, 2021 More Resources Success Stories RCD Case Study: Midwest Assistance Program Helps Rural Communities Get Safe, Affordable Water The Family Room Blog New Requirement for Head Start Staff Vaccination and Universal Masking November 29, 2021 More From the Family Room Blog OCS - Bottom Navigation About Get Help Programs Grants Resources Bottom Footer Navigation Related Sites HHS.gov Grants.gov USAJobs.gov USA.gov Helpful Links Report Fraud HHS Customer Service Plan Viewers & Players Download Acrobat Reader © Policies Accessibility No FEAR Act Privacy Policy FOIA Disclaimers U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 330 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201 138 SHARES