Title 49, Chapter 8, Section 5
( 49-8-5)
(a) Moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be
allocated by contract with community action agencies. Such
allocations shall be approved by the director only upon the
submission of a proposal prepared by the agency and approved by the
board of directors of the community action agency involved. (b) Moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter and
distributed by means of contracts with community action agencies
shall continue to include the Community Services Block Grant. Not
less than 90 percent of the community services block grant funds
allocated for the State of Georgia shall be distributed to community
action agencies by means of contracts with the community action
agencies. (c) The community services block grant funds shall continue to be
distributed to each community action agency utilizing a formula
based upon a pro rata share of Georgia's poverty population
contained in each agency's service area. (d) No funds may be allocated to any community action agency which
does not have a policy guaranteeing nondiscrimination in the
delivery of services. (e) No funds may be allocated to any community action agency which
does not have a policy-making board of directors. The membership of
such board must be made up of no fewer than one-third democratically
selected representatives of the client group and no more than
one-third public officials or their designees. The remainder of the
board shall be composed of members appointed from the public sector. (f) The director shall be responsible for ensuring that at least an
annual fiscal and programmatic audit be conducted of each community
action agency to ensure that contract awarded funds are properly and
legally utilized and disbursed in accordance with the intentions of
this chapter. All employees of each community action agency who
handle funds of the agency shall be bonded by a licensed bonding
company. |