SSBG Plan

The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) identifies human service problems and needs for the residents of northern Arizona. SSBG Planning Committees, consisting of service providers and community resource representatives and other interested individuals, develop recommendations for how locally planned dollars should be allocated. The Planning committees utilize statistical information, needs assessment findings, special reports, and various social service progress reports in preparing a regional plan of recommended services, target populations and funding levels. SSBG locally planned services are directed toward one or more of the following federal goals:

• To achieve or maintain economic self-support in order to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency
• To achieve or maintain self-sufficiency, including reduction or prevention of dependency
• To prevent or remedy neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children and adults unable to protect their own interests in preserving, rehabilitating or reuniting families
• To prevent or reduce inappropriate institutional care by providing for community-based care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive care 
• To secure referral or admission for institutional care when other forms of care are not appropriate, and provide services to individuals in institutions
Services provided with SSBG funds are directed toward the Elderly, Physically Disabled, Adults/Families/ Children, the Developmentally Disabled, or a combination of these groups. A significant amount of SSBG services are provided primarily through local service delivery systems to augment State Services in response to local needs. Arizona’s six Councils of Governments (COGs) provide the primary planning for this portion 
of the SSBG service delivery system. Planning is accomplished by 
identifying regional priorities, by coordinating planning with other planning entities, and by providing local citizen involvement. Regional Funding allocations are based on population and poverty levels.

Purpose
To identify human service problems and needs, and to determine Social Service Block Grant (SSBG) funding allocations for each county in the NACOG region.