CHAPTER 9. Community Services Block Grant Program

Chapter 9 added by Stats. 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 3.

§§ 12725–12790 · 45 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 12725–12729 · 5 sections

   • § 12725 This chapter may be cited as the California Community Services Block Grant Program.
   • § 12726 (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide authorization for the Governor of the State of California to assume responsibility for the Community Services…
   • § 12727 All activities of the California Community Services Block Grant Program eligible entities shall have the following basic and specific purposes: (a) The basic…
   • § 12728 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede and prevail over any provisions of law relating to or in any way…
   • § 12729 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions…
2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 12730 · 1 section

   • § 12730 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community Services Block Grant” refers to the federal funds and program established by…
3. ARTICLE 3. State Application and Assurances §§ 12735–12738 · 3 sections

   • § 12735 (a) The Governor shall submit an application containing the assurances and certification required under Section 12736 to the secretary in any form the…
   • § 12736 For the purposes of Section 12735, the application shall contain assurance and certification that the state shall comply with all of the items listed below.…
   • § 12738 In addition to the general powers vested in the Department of Community Services and Development by Section 12087, the department may promulgate regulations,…
4. ARTICLE 4. State Plan and Legislative Hearings §§ 12740–12742 · 3 sections

   • § 12740 The department shall prepare a state plan for the California Community Services Block Grant Program, as required by the secretary, which shall include all of…
   • § 12741 The state’s planning process shall include the following: (a) The state plan shall identify eligible activities and the eligible entities that will conduct…
   • § 12742 The current state plan may be amended by the department at any time during the program year, provided that any proposed amendments, together with the reasons…
5. ARTICLE 5. Eligible Activities §§ 12745–12747 · 2 sections

   • § 12745 (a) Eligible activities for which financial assistance may be obtained pursuant to this chapter shall be designed to have a measurable and potentially major…
   • § 12747 (a) Community action plans shall be developed by eligible entities as required by the secretary and the director using processes that assess poverty-related…
6. ARTICLE 6. Community Action Programs §§ 12750–12763 · 15 sections

   • § 12750 (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…
   • § 12750.1 (a) No new community action agency may be designated by the director for a political subdivision that is served by an existing community action agency unless…
   • § 12750.2 For purposes of serving any area of the state in which community action programs cease to be provided, the director shall designate an organization in…
   • § 12751 Each community action agency shall have a board of directors conforming to the following requirements: (a) One-third of the members of the board are elected…
   • § 12752 The powers of the tripartite governing board of the nonprofit community action agency shall include the power to appoint the executive director, to determine…
   • § 12752.1 (a) If a political subdivision or local government is designated as a community action agency, it shall do all of the following: (1) Establish a tripartite…
   • § 12753 (a) Each community action agency shall adopt procedures to provide a continuing and effective mechanism for securing broad community involvement in programs…
   • § 12754 In exercising its powers and carrying out its overall responsibility for a community action program, a community action agency shall have, subject to the…
   • § 12756 Every community action agency has a fundamental responsibility to encourage, assist, and strengthen the ability of the poor in the areas served by the…
   • § 12757 Where a community action agency places responsibility for major policy determinations with respect to the character, funding, extent, and administration of and…
   • § 12758 (a) All Community Services Block Grant funds made available by Congress shall be used by the state, together with any state funds as may from time-to-time be…
   • § 12759 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Agency” means a community action agency, limited purpose agency, or…
   • § 12760 Subject to Section 12788, community action agencies funded under this article shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded…
   • § 12761 A community action agency or eligible entity shall not use any funds received under this article to replace discontinued state or local funding.
   • § 12763 Consistent with Section 1090, no Member of the Legislature, or any state, county, district, judicial district, or city officer or employee who also serves on a…
7. ARTICLE 7. Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs §§ 12765–12768 · 3 sections

   • § 12765 The purpose of this article is to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families to achieve a greater degree of self-sufficiency within or outside…
   • § 12767 Subject to Section 12788, programs assisted under this article may include projects or activities to do any of the following: (a) Meet the immediate needs of…
   • § 12768 Migrant and seasonal farmworker entities funded by the department shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded by the…
8. ARTICLE 8. American Indian Programs §§ 12770–12773 · 4 sections

   • § 12770 (a) The purpose of this article is to set aside funds for assisting American Indians and Alaskan Natives residing in off-reservation and reservation areas of…
   • § 12771 These set-aside funds shall be used to implement programs consistent with the purposes of this chapter and as are permissible under Section 12745 with specific…
   • § 12772 American Indian entities funded by the department shall be limited to tribes and other Indian organizations in urban or rural off-reservation areas who…
   • § 12773 American Indian entities funded by the department and operating under authority of this chapter in the prior program year shall have the same protections…
9. ARTICLE 9. State Discretionary Fund and Funding of Limited Purpose Agencies §§ 12775–12776 · 2 sections

   • § 12775 (a) “Limited purpose agency” means a private nonprofit organization or public agency which in federal fiscal year 1981 received direct funding under Section…
   • § 12776 Limited purpose agencies funded under this article shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded by the department to avoid…
10. ARTICLE 10. State Administrative Agency Powers and Responsibilities §§ 12780–12781 · 2 sections

    • § 12780 The powers and responsibilities of the department as the state administering agency for the California Community Services Block Grant Program are those…
    • § 12781 The department shall have the following powers and duties: (a) Development of an orderly grant application process culminating in a prescribed contract. (b)…
11. ARTICLE 11. Authorization and Fund Allocations §§ 12785–12788 · 4 sections

    • § 12785 (a) If diminished federal appropriations for the Community Services Block Grant result in California’s share for any fiscal year being reduced by any amount up…
    • § 12786 The state shall set aside up to 5 percent of the total Community Services Block Grant for discretionary use for special projects, training, technical…
    • § 12787 Except as provided in Section 12788, this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit an eligible entity under Article 6 (commencing with Section 12750),…
    • § 12788 (a) On and after January 1, 2020, any housing funded pursuant to this chapter shall not be rented, sold, or subleased to an agricultural employer, as defined…
12. ARTICLE 12. Repeal § 12790 · 1 section

    • § 12790 This chapter shall remain in effect until the Director of Finance finds that federal Community Services Block Grant funding to the state has been terminated…