Sec. 17b-853. (Formerly Sec. 8-222). State grants-in-aid for human resource development programs. Submission of application and advisory opinion.
Sec. 17b-853. (Formerly Sec. 8-222). State grants-in-aid for human resource
development programs. Submission of application and advisory opinion. (a) The
state, acting by and in the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services, may enter
into a contract with a grantee for state financial assistance for human resource development programs in the form of a state grant-in-aid for the purposes and in the amounts
hereinafter stated: (1) To pay the nonfederal share of a federally assisted program, one-half of the amount by which the cost of the program exceeds the federal grant-in-aid
thereof; or (2) to continue a program for which such federal grant-in-aid had been received and has thereafter been reduced or discontinued, or to undertake a program for
which a federal grant-in-aid is not available, all or any portion of the cost of such program
as determined by the commissioner.
(b) With respect to proposed contracts for grants-in-aid made pursuant to subsection
(a) of this section, the Commissioner of Social Services shall review the program content
of such proposals so as to determine whether they are designed to accomplish the purposes specified in this section and section 17b-852 and shall require audits in accordance
with the provisions of sections 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive.
(c) So much of the cost of a human resource development program as is not met by
either a federal grant-in-aid or by a state grant-in-aid pursuant to this section may be
paid by a municipality, any agency, board, commission or department thereof, or any
public authority, or any private organization, in cash or in kind, including, but not limited
to, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services, additional plant and equipment, added services and increases in financial assistance furnished thereby, provided
only such increments in plant and equipment, services and financial assistance as (1)
are used for or in connection with human resource development programs, and (2) are
funded otherwise than by federal or state financial assistance may be considered as
payment by a municipality under this section.
(d) The Commissioner of Social Services is further authorized to make available
technical assistance and financial assistance in accordance with the provisions of section
8-220(b) to any municipality, region, human resource development agency, private nonprofit agency or any group of municipalities, regions or private nonprofit agencies for
the purposes of planning a human resource development program consistent with the
community development action plan of the municipality or municipalities or any such
plan in the process of preparation.
(e) The Commissioner of Social Services shall at least once each fiscal year conduct
an inquiry into the operations and administration of each grantee which has received
financial assistance under this section or which has an application pending for such
assistance. The cooperation of the grantee in such inquiry shall be a prerequisite to the
further provision of financial assistance under this section.
(f) Prior to submission of any application to the Commissioner of Social Services for
financial assistance for a human resource development program of a grantee designated
under section 17b-852(2)(b) or 17b-852(2)(c), such application shall be referred to the
grantee designated under section 17b-852(2)(a), if any exists in the municipality. Such
agency shall be allowed twenty days to render its advisory opinion concerning such
program. After receiving such advisory opinion or if such opinion shall not have been
received within the period of time specified, the application may be submitted to the
commissioner. All such applications to the commissioner shall include such advisory
opinion if received. In urgent or emergency situations, the commissioner, acting in his
sole discretion, may specify a shorter period for the rendering of such advisory opinion
or may dispense with it altogether.
(1967, P.A. 522, S. 27; 1969, P.A. 377, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-96, S. 1; 73-378, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 74-279, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-142,
S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 533, 610; P.A. 84-454, S. 2, 3; P.A. 91-401, S. 10, 20; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-180, S. 52,
166; P.A. 04-76, S. 26; P.A. 07-217, S. 77.)
History: 1969 act amended Subsec. (d) to allow financial assistance in accordance with Sec. 8-220(b), to include aid
to private nonprofit agencies and groups of regions and nonprofit agencies as well as to single municipalities and regions
and to specify that development program for which aid is given be consistent with community development action plans
and added Subsec. (e) concerning agency operations and administration audits or inquiries; P.A. 73-96 added Subsec. (f)
re application process for financial aid; P.A. 73-378 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provisions allowing grants-in-aid to
expend federally-assisted programs and to delete proviso setting priorities for state aid and amended Subsec. (b) to delete
provision concerning approval of programs content, to remove redundant statement concerning audit requirement and to
make provisions applicable to all of Subsec. (a), not just Subdiv. (1) as before; P.A. 74-279 added Subsec. (g) containing
provisions for aid if federal funds were to be discontinued, effective from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975; P.A. 75-142
changed allowance for aid under Subdiv. (2) of Subsec. (a) from two-thirds to four-fifths of total cost of the program;
P.A. 77-614 specified commissioner of human resources, previously "commissioner" had referred to commissioner of
community affairs, effective January 1, 1979, and deleted obsolete Subsec. (g); P.A. 84-454 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by
substituting "all or any portion" of the cost for "four-fifths of the total" cost of program; P.A. 91-401 substituted "grantee"
for "human resource development agency" in Subsecs. (a), (e) and (f), amended Subsec. (b) to require audits in accordance
with Secs. 4-230 to 4-236, inclusive, instead of authorizing audit, financial and related controls that commissioner deems
necessary, and amended Subsec. (e) to require annual inquiry instead of annual audit or such other inquiry as commissioner
deems reasonably appropriate, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department
of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 8-222 transferred to
Sec. 17b-853 in 1995; P.A. 96-180 deleted provision in Subsec. (e) which had required commissioner to report findings
to advisory council on community affairs, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 04-76 deleted Subsec. (c)(3) re general assistance
payments being considered as payment by a municipality under section and making a conforming change; P.A. 07-217
made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.
See Sec. 8-222b re municipal powers with respect to programs under this section.
See Sec. 8-226 re use of prior bond proceeds for purposes of this section.