§ 12750. — 12750. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 14.)

California § 12750.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code GOV: Government Code - GOV
• Div.: 3.
• Title 2.: DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
• Part 2.: PART 2. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS
• Ch. 9.: CHAPTER 9. Community Services Block Grant Program
• Art. 6.: ARTICLE 6. Community Action Programs

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(a)
A community action agency shall be a public or private nonprofit agency that fulfills all of the following requirements:
(1)
Has been designated by the director to operate a community action program.
(2)
Has a tripartite board structure meeting the requirements of Section 12751.
(3)
Has the power, authority, and
capability to plan, conduct, administer, and evaluate a community action program, including the power to enter into contracts with other public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations to assist in fulfilling the purposes of this chapter.
(b)
A community action program is a locally planned and operated program comprising a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem.
(c)
Component services and activities of a community action program may be administered directly by the community action agency, or by other agencies pursuant to delegation or subcontractual agreements with the eligible entity. They may be projects eligible for assistance under this chapter, or projects assisted from other public or private sources, and they
may be either specially designed to meet local needs, or designed pursuant to the eligibility standards of the state or federal program providing assistance to a particular kind of activity that will help in meeting those needs.
(d)
For the purpose of this chapter, a community may be a city, county, multicity or multicounty unit, that provides a suitable organizational base and possesses the commonality of interest needed for a community action program.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 46, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by Section 12790.