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Section 673 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (5), and inserting the following: (1) Agency-wide strategic plan The term agency-wide strategic plan means a plan that has been adopted by an eligible entity in the previous 5 years and establishes goals that include meeting needs identified by the entity in consultation with residents of the community through a process of comprehensive community needs assessment. (2) Poverty line (A) In general The term poverty line means the official poverty guideline calculated by the Secretary from the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census. The Secretary shall revise the poverty line annually (or at any shorter interval the Secretary determines to be feasible and desirable). The required revision shall be accomplished by multiplying the official poverty thresholds from the Bureau of the Census by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers during the annual or other interval immediately preceding the time at which the revision is made.. (B) Eligibility criterion 200 percent of the poverty line shall be used as a criterion of eligibility for services, assistance, or resources provided directly to individuals or families through the grant program established under this subtitle. (3) Community action agency The term community action agency means an eligible entity (which meets the requirements of paragraph (1) or (2), as appropriate, of section 676B) that delivers multiple programs, projects, and services to a variety of low-income individuals and families. (4) Community action plan The term community action plan means a detailed plan, including a budget, that is adopted by an eligible entity, for expenditures of funds appropriated for a fiscal year under this subtitle for the activities supported directly or indirectly by such funds. (5) Community services network organization The term community services network organization means any of the following organizations funded under this subtitle: (A) A State. (B) An eligible entity. (C) An association with a membership composed primarily of States, eligible entities, or associations of States or eligible entities. (6) Eligible entity The Term eligible entity means an entity that— (A) is an eligible entity described in section 673(1) (as in effect immediately before the date of the enactment of the Community Services Block Grant Improvement Act of 2025), or has been designated by the process described in section 676A (including an organization serving migrant or seasonal farm workers that is so described or designated); and (B) has a tripartite board described in paragraph (1) or (2), as appropriate, of section 686B. (7) Private, nonprofit organization The term private, nonprofit organization includes a religious organization, to which section 679 applies. (8) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. (9) State The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands..