Sec. 17b-885. (Formerly Sec. 17-635). Definitions.
Sec. 17b-885. (Formerly Sec. 17-635). Definitions. When used in sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive:
(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Social Services;
(b) "Community action agency" means a public or private nonprofit agency which
has previously been designated by and authorized to accept funds from the federal Community Services Administration for community action agencies under the Economic
Opportunity Act of 1964 or a successor agency established pursuant to section 17b-892;
(c) "Community action program" means a community based and operated program
which: (1) Includes or is designated to include a sufficient number of projects or components to provide 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; (2) organizes and combines its component
projects and activities in a manner appropriate to carry out the provisions of sections
17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive; and (3) conforms to any other criteria the commissioner
may prescribe consistent with the provisions of said sections;
(d) "Community" means a municipality or a county, or any combination thereof,
or a neighborhood or other area, irrespective of boundaries or political subdivisions,
which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses the commonality of interest
and need for a community action program.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 1, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 83-20 redefined "community action agency", adding "a successor agency established pursuant to section
17-467" and deleting "a similar agency recognized as a community action agency by the commissioner"; Sec. 17-460
transferred to Sec. 17-635 in 1991; 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. 17-635 transferred to Sec. 17b-885
in 1995.