Family Support Services

Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)

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Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)

Low-income families and individual adults are aided in becoming self-sufficient.  Assistance and training availability include:

• Financial management

• Job readiness training

• Educational assistance

• Employment assistance

• Housing assistance

Participation is contingent upon space availability and enrollment.  Self-sufficiency services are offered in Iredell and Alexander counties. Program participants must sincerely focus their efforts on improving their present situations and conditions of poverty.

Eligibility is based on family size as it relates to the most current federal poverty guidelines. Also specific client services are based on individual client needs and the availability of funds.