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42 U.S.C. § 9909 — Designation and redesignation of eligible entities in unserved areas
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**(a) Qualified organization in or near area**
(1) **In general** — If any geographic area of a State is not, or ceases to be, served by an eligible entity under this chapter, and if the chief executive officer of the State decides to serve such area, the chief executive officer may solicit applications from, and designate as an eligible entity—
(A) a private nonprofit organization (which may include an eligible entity) that is geographically located in the unserved area, that is capable of providing a broad range of services designed to eliminate poverty and foster self-sufficiency, and that meets the requirements of this chapter; and
(B) a private nonprofit eligible entity that is geographically located in an area contiguous to or within reasonable proximity of the unserved area and that is already providing related services in the unserved area.
(2) **Requirement** — In order to serve as the eligible entity for the area, an entity described in paragraph (1)(B) shall agree to add additional members to the board of the entity to ensure adequate representation—
(A) in each of the three required categories described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of [section 9910(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9910/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), by members that reside in the community comprised by the unserved area; and
(B) in the category described in [section 9910(a)(2)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9910/a/2/B&num=0&edition=prelim), by members that reside in the neighborhood to be served.
**(b) Special consideration** In designating an eligible entity under subsection (a), the chief executive officer shall grant the designation to an organizat
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**(a) Qualified organization in or near area**
(1) **In general** — If any geographic area of a State is not, or ceases to be, served by an eligible entity under this chapter, and if the chief executive officer of the State decides to serve such area, the chief executive officer may solicit applications from, and designate as an eligible entity—
(A) a private nonprofit organization (which may include an eligible entity) that is geographically located in the unserved area, that is capable of providing a broad range of services designed to eliminate poverty and foster self-sufficiency, and that meets the requirements of this chapter; and
(B) a private nonprofit eligible entity that is geographically located in an area contiguous to or within reasonable proximity of the unserved area and that is already providing related services in the unserved area.
(2) **Requirement** — In order to serve as the eligible entity for the area, an entity described in paragraph (1)(B) shall agree to add additional members to the board of the entity to ensure adequate representation—
(A) in each of the three required categories described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of [section 9910(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9910/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), by members that reside in the community comprised by the unserved area; and
(B) in the category described in [section 9910(a)(2)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9910/a/2/B&num=0&edition=prelim), by members that reside in the neighborhood to be served.
**(b) Special consideration** In designating an eligible entity under subsection (a), the chief executive officer shall grant the designation to an organization of demonstrated effectiveness in meeting the goals and purposes of this chapter and may give priority, in granting the designation, to eligible entities that are providing related services in the unserved area, consistent with the needs identified by a community-needs assessment.
**(c) No qualified organization in or near area** If no private, nonprofit organization is identified or determined to be qualified under subsection (a) to serve the unserved area as an eligible entity the chief executive officer may designate an appropriate political subdivision of the State to serve as an eligible entity for the area. In order to serve as the eligible entity for that area, the political subdivision shall have a board or other mechanism as required in [section 9910(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9910/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
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In this chapter:
(1) **Eligible entity; family literacy services**
(A) *Eligible entity* — The term “eligible entity” means an entity—
(i) that is an eligible entity described in paragraph (1) (as in effect on the day before October 27, 1998) as of the day before October 27, 1998, or is designated by the process described in [section 9909 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9909&num=0&edition=prelim) (including an organization serving migrant or seasonal farmworkers that is so described or designated); and
(ii) that has a tripartite board or other mechanism described in subsection (a) or (b), as appropriate, of [section 9910 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9910&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Family literacy services* — The term “family literacy services” has the meaning given the term in [section 9832 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9832&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Poverty line** — The term “poverty line” means the official poverty line defined by the Office of Management and Budget based on the most recent data available from the Bureau of the Census. The Secretary shall revise annually (or at any shorter interval the Secretary determines to be feasible and desirable) the poverty line, which shall be used as a criterion of eligibility in the community services block grant program established under this chapter. The required revision shall be accomplished by multiplying the official poverty line 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. Whenever a State
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**(a) Grants, contracts, arrangements, loans, and guarantees**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall, from funds reserved under [section 9903(b)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9903/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim), make grants, loans, or guarantees to States and public agencies and private, nonprofit organizations, or enter into contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with States and public agencies and private, nonprofit organizations (and for-profit organizations, to the extent specified in paragraph (2)(E)) for each of the objectives described in paragraphs (2) through (4).
(2) **Community economic development**
(A) *Economic development activities* — The Secretary shall make grants described in paragraph (1) on a competitive basis to private, nonprofit organizations that are community development corporations to provide technical and financial assistance for economic development activities designed to address the economic needs of low-income individuals and families by creating employment and business development opportunities.
(B) *Consultation* — The Secretary shall exercise the authority provided under subparagraph (A) after consultation with other relevant Federal officials.
(C) *Governing boards* — For a community development corporation to receive funds to carry out this paragraph, the corporation shall be governed by a board that shall consist of residents of the community and business and civic leaders and shall have as a principal purpose planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or community development projects.
(D) *Geographic distribution* — In making grants to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary shall take into consideration the geographic distributio
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 9909
funds, prior to the general amendment of this chapter
by Pub. L. 105–285.
A prior section 676 of Pub. L. 97–35 was classified to
section 9905 of this title, prior to the general amend-
ment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–285.
AMENDMENTS
2014—Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 113–128 substituted ‘‘the
eligible entities will coordinate the provision of em-
ployment and training activities, as defined in section
3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, in
the State and in communities with entities providing
activities through statewide and local workforce devel-
opment systems under such Act’’ for ‘‘the eligible enti-
ties will coordinate the provision of employment and
training activities, as defined in section 101 of such
Act, in the State and in communities with entities pro-
viding activities through statewide and local workforce
investment systems under the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2014 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first
day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014
(July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out
as an Effective Date note under section 3101 of Title 29,
Labor.
§ 9909. Designation and redesignation of eligible
entities in unserved areas
(a) Qualified organization in or near area
(1) In general
If any geographic area of a State is not, or
ceases to be, served by an eligible entity under
this chapter, and if the chief executive officer
of the State decides to serve such area, the
chief executive officer may solicit applications
from, and designate as an eligible entity—
(A)
a
private
nonprofit
organization
(which may include an eligible entity) that
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