§ 20-80-301. Title
This subchapter shall be known as the “Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985”.
§ 20-80-302. Purpose
(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage nonprofit community action organizations which have been formed to provide basic and essential human services to low income and elderly citizens of Arkansas in the areas of health, transportation, housing, home repair and weatherization, aging programs and aging alternatives to institutionalization, developmental child care and enrichment, […]
§ 20-80-303. Exception
Nothing in this subchapter is intended to change or in any way conflict with the status, boundaries, or functions of regional or metropolitan planning commissions or councils of governments established under §§ 14-17-301 — 14-17-309 and 14-56-501 — 14-56-509 nor the status, boundaries, and functions of planning and development districts as established and recognized under […]
§ 20-80-304. Recognition of agencies generally — Establishment of financial assistance
In furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter, the General Assembly recognizes community action organizations in their efforts to provide services beneficial to low-income citizens of this state and establishes a program of financial assistance to recognized community action agencies to enable them to continue and expand activities and programs stated in § 20-80-302.
§ 20-80-305. Recognition of specific agencies — Jurisdiction
The General Assembly recognizes as community action agencies and their jurisdiction, the following nineteen (19) existing community action organizations: (1) Arkansas River Valley Area Council, consisting of Franklin, Scott, Yell, Johnson, Pope, Conway, Perry, Logan, and Polk counties; (2) Black River Area Development Corporation, consisting of Randolph, Clay, and Lawrence counties; (3) Central Arkansas Development […]
§ 20-80-306. Recognition of specific agencies — Change of boundaries and number
The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to change the boundaries and the number of officially recognized community action agencies, provided that concurrence therein is obtained of the governing boards of each of the affected existing agencies as recognized in § 20-80-305.
§ 20-80-307. Recognition of representative organizations
(a) The governing boards of directors of the nineteen (19) existing community action organizations are recognized as the representative organizations of the community action agencies as recognized in § 20-80-305. (b) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized, whenever agency boundaries have been changed in accordance with § 20-80-306, to recognize […]