Sec. 17b-888. (Formerly Sec. 17-638). Agency funding. Transfer of funds; delegation of powers.
Sec. 17b-888. (Formerly Sec. 17-638). Agency funding. Transfer of funds; delegation of powers. A community action agency shall have authority to enter into contracts with private and public nonprofit agencies, to receive and administer funds received pursuant to sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, to receive and administer
funds and contributions from private and local public sources which may be used in
support of a community action program, and to receive and administer funds under
any federal or state assistance program pursuant to which a public or private nonprofit
agency, organized in accordance with sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, could act
as grantee, contractor or sponsor of projects appropriate for inclusion in a community
action program. Community action agencies and limited purpose agencies previously
funded by the Community Services Administration, subject to federal law or regulation,
shall be given first priority in the allocation of federal funds under the Community
Services Block Grant Act or of any subsequent federal funds that were previously designated as Community Services Administration funds. Such funds shall be distributed
through an agreement between the commissioner and the community action agencies.
If such agreement is not reached by four weeks before the block grant plan is to be
submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-28b, the Governor and the
commissioner shall make the final decision on distribution. In the event the community
services block grant is eliminated, each community action agency shall also be given
due consideration, subject to the restrictions of applicable law or regulation, in the distribution of federal, state or municipal funds that are available to support antipoverty
programs that have been administered by that agency on or after July 1, 1981. A community action agency, subject to the approval of its governing board, shall have authority
to transfer funds received and to delegate powers to other agencies.
(P.A. 82-84, S. 4, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 3, 6.)
History: P.A. 83-20 changed the process for the distribution of funds from a formula based on population to an agreement
between the commissioner and the agencies and applied provisions to agencies previously funded by the Community
Services Administration; Sec. 17-463 transferred to Sec. 17-638 in 1991; Sec. 17-638 transferred to Sec. 17b-888 in 1995.