Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Advisory Board

The role of the El Paso County CSBG Advisory Board is to participate actively in the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program in El Paso County, serving low-income communities and making recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners. The board consists of nine members: three public sector representatives, one of which being the County Commissioner currently serving as the liaison from the Board of County Commissioners to the El Paso County Department of Human Services Advisory Commission; three low-income representatives who reside in a low-income neighborhood of the county serviced by the CSBG program; and three private sector representatives from business, labor, industry, religious groups, public welfare, law enforcement, education or other groups or interests in the county.

Members are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners for three-year terms. Members may not serve more than two consecutive three-year terms.

Meeting times and locations for this newly created board have not yet been established.

(By-laws)