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Community Services Administration

American

noun

U.S. Government.

a former independent agency (abolished 1981) that helped low-income persons attain economic self-sufficiency. CSA

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Community Services Administration

Congress abolished the Community Services Administration in 1981 and folded its functions into the Department of Health and Human Services, a closure faulted by congressional auditors as poorly handled.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019

But Flood bypassed HEW by attaching a $14.5 million grant for the hospital to a bill appropriating antipoverty funds for the federal Community Services Administration.

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