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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22. Social Services
Agency 40. Department of Social Services
Chapter 901. Community Services Block Grant Program
11/21/2024

22VAC40-901-60. Designation of a community organization as a community action agency.

A. To be designated as a community action agency, a community organization's purpose shall include working for the reduction of poverty and the revitalization of low-income communities through the identification of local needs and the provision of a broad range of services to meet those needs. The organization must have the recommendation of the governing body of the localities to be served, must be financially viable, and must meet administrative standards, financial management standards, and other requirements established by federal and state laws and regulations. In order for the department to support the designation of a community organization to become a community action agency, the following conditions should exist:

1. The organization's governing board must meet, or be in the process of changing to meet, the requirements of federal and state law related to community action agency boards.

2. Each locality in the proposed service area must have approved a resolution recommending the designation of the organization as a community action agency. In adopting the resolution, the governing body must have allowed the opportunity for public comment.

3. The organization and its management should have a history of successfully providing a variety of services to low-income individuals. Examples would include operating four or more programs aimed at various segments of the low-income population.

4. The low-income population in the proposed designated service area should be large enough to justify funding a variety of programs.

5. The organization must be able to demonstrate financial stability.

6. The organization must have financial procedures in place to meet generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

7. The organization must have developed a plan for providing Community Services Block Grant funded services within the proposed service area. This plan must be developed with input from a variety of sources including the low-income population of the proposed service area.

B. A community organization wishing to be designated as a community action agency must submit a written request to the department. The request must include documentation verifying that all of the criteria listed in this section are met. The request will be evaluated per 22VAC40-901-80.

Statutory Authority

§§ 2.2-5402 and 63.2-217 of the Code of Virginia and 42 USC § 9909.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 25, eff. October 1, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 38, Issue 12, eff. March 17, 2022.

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