1997 Minnesota Statutes

     268.54 Community action programs. 

    Subdivision 1.    In general.  A community action 
 program is a community based and operated program which:  

    (a) Includes or is designed to include a sufficient number 
 of projects or components to provide, in sum, 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; 

    (b) Has been developed, and which organizes and combines 
 its component projects and activities, in a manner appropriate 
 to carry out all the purposes of sections 268.52 to 268.54; and 

    (c) Conforms to any other supplementary criteria as the 
 governor may prescribe consistent with the purposes and 
 provisions of sections 268.52 to 268.54.  

    Subd. 2.    Components.  The components of a community 
 action program shall be designed to assist participants, 
 including the elderly poor to achieve increased self-sufficiency 
 and greater participation in the affairs of the community by 
 providing services and programs not sufficiently provided in the 
 community by any governmental unit, any public institution, or 
 any other publicly funded agency or corporation.  Community 
 action agencies, governmental units, public institutions or 
 other publicly funded agencies or corporations shall consult on 
 whether or not a program or service is sufficiently provided in 
 the community. 

    Subd. 3.    Administration.  Components of a community 
 action program may be administered by the community action 
 agency when consistent with sound and efficient management and 
 applicable law, or by other agencies.  They may be projects 
 eligible for assistance under section 268.52, 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 a state or federal 
 program providing assistance to a particular kind of activity 
 which will help in meeting those needs. 

    HIST: 1981 c 367 s 4; 1982 c 571 s 9