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20-80-309. Funding — Appropriations — Permitted use of funds.
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20-80-309. Funding — Appropriations — Permitted use of funds.
(a) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to make payments from time to time to officially recognized organizations of community action agencies from state funds appropriated for that purpose. Payments shall be scheduled to begin as nearly as possible on July 1 of each fiscal year and on the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter.
(b) Funds appropriated for payments to the organizations of community action agencies shall be allocated on the basis of equitable criteria established by the appropriate division based upon application for programs.
(c) If any change occurs in the jurisdictions of any of the officially recognized nineteen (19) community action agencies, as authorized in § 20-80-306, the first allocation of appropriated funds to the former agency or agencies, which comprise counties reorganized under the jurisdiction of a newly recognized agency, shall be apportioned to the new agency or agencies in accordance with equitable criteria established by the appropriate division.
(d)(1)(A) At least ninety percent (90%) of the funds received and appropriated by the state from the United States Government under the community services block grant shall be allocated to community action agencies, as defined in this subchapter, under a formula to be determined by the appropriate division which is designated as the disbursing agency for community services block grant funds.
(B) The powers of every community action agency governing board shall include the power to appoint persons to senior staff positions to determine major personnel, fiscal, and program policies to approve overall program plans and priorities and to assure compliance with conditions of and ap
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-80-309
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20-80-309. Funding — Appropriations — Permitted use of funds.
(a) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to make payments from time to time to officially recognized organizations of community action agencies from state funds appropriated for that purpose. Payments shall be scheduled to begin as nearly as possible on July 1 of each fiscal year and on the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter.
(b) Funds appropriated for payments to the organizations of community action agencies shall be allocated on the basis of equitable criteria established by the appropriate division based upon application for programs.
(c) If any change occurs in the jurisdictions of any of the officially recognized nineteen (19) community action agencies, as authorized in § 20-80-306, the first allocation of appropriated funds to the former agency or agencies, which comprise counties reorganized under the jurisdiction of a newly recognized agency, shall be apportioned to the new agency or agencies in accordance with equitable criteria established by the appropriate division.
(d)(1)(A) At least ninety percent (90%) of the funds received and appropriated by the state from the United States Government under the community services block grant shall be allocated to community action agencies, as defined in this subchapter, under a formula to be determined by the appropriate division which is designated as the disbursing agency for community services block grant funds.
(B) The powers of every community action agency governing board shall include the power to appoint persons to senior staff positions to determine major personnel, fiscal, and program policies to approve overall program plans and priorities and to assure compliance with conditions of and approve proposals for financial assistance under this subchapter.
(C) No more than five percent (5%) of the community services block grant may be used by the disbursing agency for administrative purposes.
(D) Any subsequently remaining funds may be used for purposes to be determined by the disbursing agency.
(2) In the event that the community services block grant is eliminated, each community action agency shall be funded, subject to the restrictions of applicable law or regulation, in the distribution of other federal funds which can be used to support antipoverty programs.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-80-306. Recognition of specific agencies — Change of boundaries and number.
The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to change the boundaries and the number of officially recognized community action agencies, provided that concurrence therein is obtained of the governing boards of each of the affected existing agencies as recognized in § 20-80-305.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-80-306
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-80-306. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.