In order to stimulate the communities of West Virginia in mobilizing their resources and developing programs to effect a permanent decrease in the incidence of poverty and economic disadvantage, which is hereby declared to be a public purpose, it shall be the responsibility of the Governor to encourage and promote the creation and operation of […]
All employees of a community action program organization eligible thereto shall be considered to be within the workers' compensation act of West Virginia and premiums on their compensation shall be paid by the organization as required by law.
Federal enlistees in Volunteers in Service to America, hereinafter referred to as VISTA, as authorized under Title VI of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, may be assigned to the department of mental health, Department of Agriculture, department of natural resources and other agencies of the state government. Notwithstanding any other provision of state […]
If any provision of this article, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this article, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
This article is enacted to assist with the reduction and elimination of the incidence and causes of poverty in West Virginia, hereinbefore declared to be a public purpose, and this article shall be liberally construed so as to give community action program organizations the full and complete power required to give maximum aid toward the […]
The amendment of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452), or any section thereof, shall not be construed as negating any authority conferred by the provisions of this article.
In furtherance of this objective, the Governor is authorized to extend official recognition to duly constituted community action program organizations which comply, or are in the process of complying, with regulations as established by the federal Office of Economic Opportunity or its delegate agencies. Such official recognition shall be established by the Governor notifying the […]
In determining whether a community action program organization shall be eligible for official recognition and participation under the provisions of Title II, and other titles of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Governor shall direct his staff to report on the eligibility and composition of any such organization, or shall request the advice […]
Community action programs shall encompass a county or multicounty unit, or regional or subregional unit comprising all or parts of counties. However, only one community action program organization shall be recognized in any single county, except under unusual circumstances, which the Governor may determine. In any county where more than one community action program organization […]
A county court, county board of education, or municipal government is hereby authorized and empowered to become associated with a community action program organization, and to participate in the development and implementation of component projects conceived and placed into operation by community action program organizations. In so doing, a county court, county board of education, […]
A county court, a county board of education or a municipal government is hereby authorized and empowered to become a community action program organization or agency pursuant to Title II of the "Federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964," as amended. If any one of the foregoing governmental agencies shall be designated under said Title II […]
In order to be a community action program organization under the provisions of this article, such organization must be a public governmental agency or a nonprofit corporation qualified to do business in West Virginia, other than a political party, and must be recognized by the Governor, in accordance with the provisions of section two of […]
A county court, county board of education, or municipal government shall be authorized and empowered to contribute to the costs of duly recognized community action program organizations by appropriating for such purposes money from its general funds not otherwise appropriated. A county court, county board of education, or municipal government likewise is authorized and empowered […]
As a condition to participation in community action program organization activities, as specified in section eight, a county court, county board of education, or municipal government may require a community action program organization to render an accounting, at such intervals as the county court, county board of education, or municipal government may designate, of the […]
