6107428 Public Oversight Roundtable on District of Columbia's Community Services Block Grant Program
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COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC Oversight Roundtable
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
Councilmember YVETTE M. ALEXANDER, Chairperson
THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE ON
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’s COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
THURSDAY, jULY 14, 2016
2:30 P.M., Room 500, JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander, Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Human Services, announces a Public Oversight Roundtable on the “District of Columbia’s Community Services Block Grant Program.” The roundtable will be held on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building.
The Community Services Block Grant Program provides funds to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in the District of Columbia. In accordance with the federal Community Services Block Grant Act, approved October 27, 1998 (112 Stat. 2728; 42 USC § 9901 et seq.), the Committee convenes this roundtable to receive public comment on the District’s plan for Community Services Block Grant activities. The Committee will hear from the Department of Human Services, as well as the United Planning Organization in its capacity as a community action agency. Witnesses will be allowed four (4) minutes to testify. Less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses.
Those who wish to testify should contact Malcolm Cameron, Legislative Analyst to the Committee on Health and Human Services, at 202-741-0909 or via e-mail at mcameron@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of their written testimony.
For those unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements can be emailed to mcameron@dccouncil.us or mailed to Malcolm Cameron at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 115, Washington, D.C., 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, 2016.
