Community Service Programs of West Alabama Inc.
23.86% of West Alabama residents live below the federal poverty level; FY2025 energy assistance obligated $4.36M in response.
Counties served (10): Bibb, Choctaw, Dallas, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Sumter, Tuscaloosa
Territory
Service area per ADECA — Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) service areas.
Data readiness
- Source year
- 2025 assessment (underlying indicators include 2022/2023 data)
- County indicator coverage
- 0% of counties
- Impact dataset
- 5 measures
Need snapshot
Regional values from CSPWAL 2025 Community Needs Assessment summary. These describe the whole service area and are not applied to individual counties.
- Residents below the federal poverty level
- 70,315
- Households experiencing poverty
- 25,748
- Regional median household income
- $43,980
- Residents experiencing food insecurity
- 63,450
- Housing units considered substandard
- 36,480
- Deficit of safe/livable housing units
- 4,401
- Average combined monthly utility cost
- $575
23.86% of the region
17.98% of households
19.09% overall; 33.08% of children
20.8% of units
After substandard units are excluded.
As cited in the 2025 CNA.
Planning signals
- 1Energy and utility burden$575 average combined monthly utility cost against a $43,980 regional median household income.
- 2Housing quality and supply36,480 substandard units (20.8%) and a 4,401-unit deficit of safe, livable housing; nearly four in ten renters are cost-burdened and more than 21% spend over half of income on housing.
- 3Food insecurity63,450 residents food insecure (19.09%), including 33.08% of children.
Needs vs response
Documented need
Energy security — utility cost burden
The 2025 CNA cites $575 in average combined monthly utility costs against a $43,980 regional median household income, with 70,315 residents (23.86%) below the federal poverty level.
CSPWAL 2025 Community Needs Assessment summary · 2025 assessment (underlying indicators include 2022/2023 data)
Verified response
FY2025 energy assistance response
$4.36M obligated across 12,288 awards. Award counts may include repeat household interactions and are not necessarily unique households.
- Energy-assistance obligations
- $4,357,756
- Awards across listed energy programs
- 12,288
- Individuals who avoided shutoff
- 5,808
- Individuals with utilities restored
- 2,014
- Improved efficiency / reduced burden
- 7,273
CSPWAL FY2025 Annual Report — energy assistance summary · FY2025 · Award counts may include repeat household interactions and are not necessarily unique households.
Connected impact
CSPWAL FY2025 Annual Report — energy assistance summary · FY2025 · Award counts may include repeat household interactions and are not necessarily unique households.
- Energy-assistance obligations
- $4,357,756
- Awards across listed energy programs
- 12,288
- Individuals who avoided shutoff
- 5,808
- Individuals with utilities restored
- 2,014
- Improved efficiency / reduced burden
- 7,273
Summarized as $4.36M across the listed energy programs.
Awards may include repeat household interactions; not necessarily unique households.
Data sources & methodology
- CNA figures use the most recent underlying data available to the assessment, including 2022/2023 indicators.
- The connected CNA summary is regional. County-level CNA metrics are not yet connected, so the county choropleth shows no connected values for Region 17.
- FY2025 award counts may include repeat household interactions and are not necessarily unique households.
Territory source: ADECA — Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) service areas — https://adeca.alabama.gov/CSBG/