The Community Services Block Grant Program is the only Federal program with the specific goal of poverty prevention and alleviation as its primary objective. It has been successful in sponsoring State and local efforts directed toward promoting economic selfsufficiency. It provides block grants to States for services and activities and also provides a discretionary fund to support programs addressing the needs of lowincome persons with regard to rural housing. national youth sports. community economic development. migrant and seasonal farmworker assistance. and. most recently. community food and nutrition programs. The small but essential child care programs provide 75 percent matching grants to States for child care services before and after school and also for local resource and referral systems providing information on available services. Sixty percent of the funds are for services to schoolage latchkey children.