Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration (AHSSD)

Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration (AHSSD) is sponsored by Administration for Children and Families - OCS. The AHSSD program funds Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and tribes that received FY25 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) awards and own affordable housing units.

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gov/ocs/programs/ahssd) # Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration The lack of affordable housing is a growing issue in the United States. Currently, more than a quarter of renter households spend over half of their income on rent. Some of these severely cost-burdened renters have very low incomes and are disproportionately more likely to be individuals with disabilities and families with young children.

Housing instability in any form — difficulty paying rent, spending the bulk of household income on housing, overcrowded living conditions, moving frequently, eviction, unsafe housing, or homelessness — can have a significant negative effect on youth and families’ well-being in both the short and long term.

To address the dynamic and multifaceted natures of poverty, homelessness, and housing instability as well as to accelerate access to concrete supports, dismantle systemic inequities, and mitigate barriers to healthy living, individuals and families with low incomes need access to safe, stable, and affordable housing bolstered by wraparound supportive services.

The Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration program provides federal funding to community action agencies (CAAs) and Tribes that received Community Services Block Grant funding in FY23 and own their own affordable housing units.

Award recipients are using funds to strengthen, expand, and enhance wraparound supportive services available to affordable housing residents to increase stability, economic mobility, and well-being.

These services may include educational opportunities for youths and adults; afterschool or summer programs for children and teens; early child care, Head Start, Early Head Start, or other early childhood education programs and opportunities for young children ages 0 to 5; older adult care services; mental health, alcohol, and addiction services; services for individuals with disabilities; self-sufficiency resources; resources on future homeownership; financial literacy training; transportation services for residents; referrals and connections to resources to help meet concrete needs; and health care services.

## Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration Video Watch this animated video to learn more about the Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration (AHSSD). AHSSD VideoVisit disclaimer page ## Five Things You Need to Know Do you want to learn more about how the Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration supports safety, stability, and economic mobility for residents of affordable housing?

Check out this article for five things you need to know about the brand-new demonstration program. Five Things You Need to Know (PDF) ## **Now Available: FY 2026 Affordable Housing and Supportive Services Demonstration (AHSSD) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)** The FY 2026 AHSSD NOFO(PDF) is now available.

AHSSD provides federal funding to community action agencies (CAAs) and Tribes that received Community Services Block Grant funding in FY25 and own their own affordable housing units. Award recipients use AHSSD funds to strengthen, expand, and enhance wraparound supportive services available to affordable housing residents to increase stability, economic mobility, and well-being.

Applications for the FY 2026 grant competition are due on**August 24, 2026**. Learn more about this opportunity and read the full NOFO on grants. gov. NOFOs published by the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) will look a bit different this year due to an initiative to simplify NOFOs.

**Learn more about this initiative. ** **Interested in becoming a panel reviewer for the 2026 AHSSD grant competition? **Check out the**DCDDP Reviewer Recruitment Overview** webpage.

## Cohort 2 Grant Recipient Spotlights In FY 2024, OCS funded eight grant recipients: * Community Renewal Team, Inc.(PDF) * Community Concepts, Incorporated(PDF) * Community Teamwork, Inc(PDF) * Community Action Agency(PDF) * Community Services Agency(PDF) * Fayette County Community Action Agency, Inc(PDF) * Washington Gorge Action Programs(PDF) ## Cohort 1 Grant Recipient Spotlights In FY 2023, OCS funded nine grant recipients: * Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission(PDF) * Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Inc.(PDF) * The Chickasaw Nation(PDF) * People Incorporated of Virginia(PDF) * Mesa Community Action Network, Inc.(PDF) * Affordable Housing Alliance, Inc.(PDF) * Northwest Indiana Community Action(PDF) * Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc.(PDF) ## Grant Recipient Resources The **AHSSD toolkit** is a one-stop shop for grant recipients to find all the information needed to successfully manage the AHSSD grant.

Each section contains program information, tools, and resources for grant recipients to refer to throughout the life of the AHSSD award. ## Training and Technical Assistance Videos Jessica Hale, Program Evaluator Email: jessica. hale@acf.

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