1997 Minnesota Statutes

     268.52 Financial assistance for community action 
  agencies. 

    Subdivision 1.    Authorization.  The commissioner of 
 economic security may provide financial assistance for community 
 action agencies, Indian reservations and the statewide migrant 
 seasonal farmworker organization known as the Minnesota migrant 
 council to carry out community action programs as described in 
 section 268.54 in accordance with the omnibus reconciliation act 
 of 1981, Public Law Number 97-35, as amended in 1984, Public Law 
 Number 98-558, state law, and federal law and regulation. 

    Subd. 2.    Allocation of money.  (a) State money 
 appropriated and community service block grant money allotted to 
 the state and all money transferred to the community service 
 block grant from other block grants shall be allocated annually 
 to community action agencies and Indian reservation governments 
 under clauses (b) and (c), and to the Minnesota migrant council 
 under clause (d). 

    (b) The available annual money will provide base funding to 
 all community action agencies and the Indian reservations.  Base 
 funding amounts per agency are as follows:  for agencies with 
 low income populations up to 3,999, $25,000; 4,000 to 23,999, 
 $50,000; and 24,000 or more, $100,000. 

    (c) All remaining money of the annual money available after 
 the base funding has been determined must be allocated to each 
 agency and reservation in proportion to the size of the poverty 
 level population in the agency's service area compared to the 
 size of the poverty level population in the state.  

    (d) Allocation of money to the Minnesota migrant council 
 must not exceed three percent of the total annual money 
 available.  Base funding allocations must be made for all 
 community action agencies and Indian reservations that received 
 money under this subdivision, in fiscal year 1984, and for 
 community action agencies designated under this section with a 
 service area population of 35,000 or greater. 

    Subd. 3.    Reports.  Each community action agency 
 receiving funds under this section shall report annually to the 
 commissioner concerning the use of the funds.  

    Subd. 4.    Definition.  For the purposes of sections 
 268.52 to 268.54, "poverty level population" means the number of 
 people whose household income is at or below the poverty line 
 established by the United States Office of Management and Budget 
 in accordance with the most recent state population figures 
 established by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau 
 of the Census. 

    HIST: 1981 c 367 s 2; 1982 c 571 s 1-3; 1983 c 339 s 6; 1985 c 
 282 s 1,2; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1994 c 483 s 1