CSBG History
The In 1955, a group of local citizens met at the Spartanburg County Library and began the planning process that started the Spartanburg Economic Opportunity (SE0), which later expanded to cover Spartanburg, Union, and Cherokee counties. Union was later transferred to Carolina Community Actions because of its planning district. Programs for this agency, renamed Piedmont Community Actions (PCA), became the Community Service Administration (CSA). In 1982, the programs were placed within the fabric of the Community Services Block Grant program (CSBG).
Board Composition:
- One third: elected public officials, holding office or designee.
- One third: low-income families in the area; democratic selection procedure used.
- One third: business, industry, labor, religious, law enforcement, education or other major groups and interests in the communities served.
