Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration
Agency: Administration for Children and Families - OCS
Assistance Listings: 93.647 -- Social Services Research and Demonstration
Last Updated: July 24, 2026
Description
The Office of Community Services (OCS) intends to fund Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and tribes that received FY25 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) awards and own affordable housing units. The purpose of the AHSSD is to demonstrate the potential for improving housing stability, economic mobility, and well-being by boosting public welfare and support service enrollment for residents of affordable housing who are American citizens. AHSSD does this by improving the coordination of public and private assistance programs to prevent and reduce dependency among this population cohort. Recipients...
will offer direct provision of specific public welfare and support services, internal referrals to assistance programs, external referrals to programming offered through other agencies, and/or case management and human-services coordination. Recipients must also provide services to eligible residents who live in affordable housing units.The range of service enrollment is broad, including educational opportunities for children and adults; afterschool and/or summer programs for children and teens; direct provision of childcare programs/opportunities for children ages 0 to 5 or connections to Head Start and Early Head Start programs; older adult care services; mental health, alcohol, and addiction services; services for Americans and eligible residents with disabilities; self-sufficiency resources; resources on homeownership; financial literacy training; transportation services for residents; referrals and connections to resources to help meet concrete needs; and healthcare services.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Government
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- County governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Other Native American tribal organizations
Additional information
Eligible applicants are Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and tribes that were funded directly by the CSBG in FY 2025 (see Appendix A) that own affordable housing units and provide support services to residents of the affordable units. CAAs and tribes funded directly by CSBG, by nature of this funding support, work to provide public welfare, health, and social services to their communities. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity.
Grantor contact information
Description
Jessica Hale
ocsregistrar@icf.com
ocsregistrar@icf.com
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| hhs-2026-acf-ocs-eah-0027.pdf | hhs-2026-acf-ocs-eah-0027.pdf | Jul 24, 2026 06:51 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
Closed: August 24, 2026
Award
$2,100,000
Program Funding
7
Expected awards
$150,000
Award Minimum
$300,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
HHS-2026-ACF-OCS-EAH-0027
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Income security and social services
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
July 24, 2026
Archive date:
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