Office of Community Services

The Office of Community Services (OCS) partners with states, tribes, territories, and non-profit and community-based organizations to reduce the causes and consequences of poverty, increase opportunity and economic security of individuals and families, and revitalize communities. Our social service and community development programs work in a variety of ways to improve the lives of many. **Major Goals** OCS’s main goals are to: - Serve the economic and social needs of individuals and families with low-incomes; - Provide employment and entrepreneurial opportunities; - Promote individual economic opportunity and security through the creation of full-time, permanent jobs; - Support asset building strategies for individuals and families with low-incomes, such as savings, increasing financial capability, and securing assets; - Assist community development corporations in utilizing existing funding for neighborhood revitalization projects; - Provide financial and technical resources to state, local, and public and private agencies for economic development and related social service activities; and - Provide energy assistance to households with low-incomes.