The DeKalb County Community Services
Department (DCCS) has been DeKalb County’s official anti-poverty agency
since 1984. Our mission is to help low-income families achieve and
maintain their highest level of self-sufficiency by providing a variety of
programs. We are a member of the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies
(IACAA) and the
Community Action Partnership.
DCCS is the Community Action Agency (CAA)
designated to serve DeKalb County’s low-income families. CAA’s are
created by their local governments as public or private entities and have
two primary purposes: to provide essential ant-poverty programs, and to
advocate for the needs of the poor in their communities.
The
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is our main funding source.
Locally, the CSBG is governed by the CSBG Administrative Board that
consists of individuals from the public and private sectors as well as the
low-income population.
The
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity distributes
the CSBG to the counties in Illinois. Other funding sources Community
Services receives include the DeKalb County Senior Tax Levy funds,
FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program, State of Illinois Homeless
Prevention Program, and other miscellaneous local, state and federal
funding. Direct client assistance
programs DCCS offers are Emergency Intervention, Family Development, CSBG
Scholarship, Information Referral and Coordination, and Revolving Small
Business Loan.
Also, DCCS networks with various social service
agencies, community groups, and businesses in the County to better serve
the poverty population in DeKalb County. Please contact us with any
questions, comments and concerns you may have so we can better serve the
low-income citizens of DeKalb County.
