Outline for Model CSBG Application
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I.
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Federal
Fiscal Year or Years Covered by this State Plan and
Application
Please
specify the Federal fiscal year or years covered by this
plan.
FFY ____ only
FFY
____ and FFY ____
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II.
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Letter
of Transmittal - Cover
letter to the Director, Office of Community Services; include the
CSBG Program Contact Person, the State CSBG Official who is to
receive the CSBG Grant Award with complete addresses, telephone
and fax numbers.
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III.
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Executive Summary
A.
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CSBG
State Legislation -
Describe and provide a reference for the State's statutory
authority for the Community Services Block Grant Program.
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B.
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Designation of Lead State
Agency to Administer the CSBG Program
Section
676(a) of the Act requires the Chief Executive of each State
designate an appropriate State agency to act as lead agency for
administration of the Community Services Block Grant. (Include
letter of designation)
Designated State Lead Agency
______________________________________________
Director/Administrator
of Designated State Agency _____________________________
OMB
Control Number: 0970-0382
Expiration
Date: 08/31/2013
THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13)
Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 10 hours per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the
collection of information.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid
OMB control number.
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C.
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Public Hearing
Requirements
Describe
and provide documentation on how the State complied with
legislative hearing requirements of the CSBG Act regarding the
State Application and Plan, as follows:
(1)
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Public
Hearing: Specify the
date of the public hearing held by the designated lead
agency for the current State plan and describe the statewide
distribution of notice of such hearing required under
Section 676(a)(2)(B) of the Act.
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(2)
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Legislative
Hearing: Specify the
date of the last legislative hearing held in conjunction
with Section 676(a)(3) of the Act, which requires each State
to hold as least one legislative hearing every three years
in conjunction with the development of the State plan.
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(3)
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Public
Inspection of State Plan:
Describe how the State made available for public inspection
and comment the current State plan or revision to the State
plan. (Section 676(e)(2) of the Act requires each State to
make available to the public inspection each plan or revised
State plan in such a manner as will facilitate review of and
comment on the plan.)
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IV.
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Statement of Federal and CSBG
Assurances (which includes programmatic, administrative, financial
and cerifications)
As
part of the annual or biannual application and plan required by
Section 676 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended,
(42 U.S. C. 9901 et seq.) (The Act), the designee of the chief
executive of the State hereby agrees to the Assurances in Section
676 of the Act - by signature at end of this section.
A.
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Programmatic Assurances
(1)
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Funds made available through
this grant or allotment will be used:
(a)
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To support activities that
are designed to assist low-income families and
individuals, including families and individuals receiving
assistance under part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), homeless families
and individuals, migrant or seasonal farmworkers, and
elderly low-income individuals and families to enable the
families and individuals to:
(i)
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remove
obstacles and solve problems that block the
achievement of self-sufficiency (including
self-sufficiency for families and individuals who are
attempting to transition off a State program carried
out under part A of title IV of the Social Security
Act);
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(ii)
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secure
and retain meaningful employment;
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(iii)
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attain
an adequate education, with particular attention
toward improving literacy skills of low-income
families in the communities involved, which may
include carrying out family literacy initiatives;
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(iv)
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make
better use of available income;
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(v)
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obtain
and maintain adequate housing and a suitable living
environment;
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(vi)
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obtain
emergency assistance through loans, grants, or other
means to meet immediate and urgent family and
individual needs; and
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(vii)
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achieve
greater participation in the affairs of the
communities involved, including the development of
public and private grassroots partnerships with local
law enforcement agencies, local housing authorities,
private foundations, and other public and private
partners to document best practices based on
successful grassroots intervention in urban areas, to
develop methodologies for widespread replication; and
strengthen and improve relationships with local law
enforcement agencies, which may include participation
in activities such as neighborhood or community
policing efforts;
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(b)
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To address the needs of youth
in low-income communities through youth development
programs that support the primary role of the family,
give priority to the prevention of youth problems and
crime, and promote increased community coordination and
collaboration in meeting the needs of youth, and support
development and expansion of innovative community-based
youth development programs that have demonstrated success
in preventing or reducing youth crime, such as programs
for the establishment of violence-free zones that would
involve youth development and intervention models (such
as models involving youth mediation, youth mentoring,
life skills training, job creation, and entrepreneurship
programs); and after-school child care programs; and
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(c)
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To make more effective use
of, and to coordinate with, other programs (including
State welfare reform efforts). ['676(b)(1)]
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(2)
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To describe how the State
intends to use discretionary funds made available from the
remainder of the grant or allotment described in Section
675C(b) of the Act in accordance with the community services
block grant program, including a description of how the
State will support innovative community and
neighborhood-based initiatives related to the purposes of
the community services block grant program; ['676(b)(2)]
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(3)
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To provide information provided
by eligible entities in the State, including:
(a)
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a
description of the service delivery system, for services
provided or coordinated with funds made available through
grants made under Section 675C(a) of the Act, targeted to
low-income individuals and families in communities within
the State;
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(b)
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a
description of how linkages will be developed to fill
identified gaps in services, through the provision of
information, referrals, case management, and follow-up
consultations;
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(c)
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a
description of how funds made available through grants
made under Section 675(a) will be coordinated with other
public and private resources; and,
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(d)
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a
description of how local entities will use the funds to
support innovative community and neighborhood-based
initiatives related to the purposes of the community
services block grant, which may include fatherhood
initiatives and other initiatives with the goal of
strengthening families and encouraging effective
parenting. ['676(b)(3)]
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(4)
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To ensure that eligible entities
in the State will provide, on an emergency basis, for the
provision of such supplies and services, nutritious foods,
and related services, as may be necessary to counteract
conditions of starvation and malnutrition among low-income
individuals.['676(b)(4)]
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(5)
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That the State and the eligible
entities in the State will coordinate, and establish
linkages between, governmental and other social services
programs to assure the effective delivery of such services
to low-income individuals and to avoid duplication of such
services, and State and the eligible entities will
coordinate the provision of employment and training
activities in the State and in communities with entities
providing activities through statewide and local workforce
investment systems under the Workforce Investment Act of
1998; ['676(b)(5)]
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(6)
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To ensure coordination between
antipoverty programs in each community in the State, and
ensure, where appropriate, that emergency energy crisis
intervention programs under title XXVI (relating to
low-income home energy assistance) are conducted in such
communities.['676(b)(6)]
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(7)
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To permit and cooperate with
Federal investigations undertaken in accordance with section
678D of the Act. ['676(b)(7)]
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(8)
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That any eligible entity in the
State that received funding in the previous fiscal year
through a community services block grant under the community
services block grant program will not have its funding
terminated under this subtitle, or reduced below the
proportional share of funding the entity received in the
previous fiscal year unless, after providing notice and an
opportunity for a hearing on the record, the State
determines that cause exists for such termination or such
reduction, subject to review by the Secretary as provided in
Section 678C(b) of the Act.['676(b)(8)]
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(9)
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That the State and eligible
entities in the State will, to the maximum extent possible,
coordinate programs with and form partnerships with other
organizations serving low-income residents of the
communities and members of the groups served by the State,
including religious organizations, charitable groups, and
community organizations. ['676(b)(9)]
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(10)
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To require each eligible entity
in the State to establish procedures under which a
low-income individual, community organization, or religious
organization, or representative of low-income individuals
that considers its organization, or low-income individuals,
to be inadequately represented on the board (or other
mechanism) of the eligible entity to petition for adequate
representation. ['676(b)(10)]
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(11)
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To secure from each eligible
entity in the State, as a condition to receipt of funding, a
community action plan (which
shall be submitted to the Secretary, at the request of the
Secretary, with the State plan)
that includes a community- needs assessment for the
community served, which may be coordinated with
community-needs assessments conducted for other programs;
['676(b)(11)]
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(12)
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That the State and all eligible
entities in the State will, not later than fiscal year 2001,
participate in the Results Oriented Management and
Accountability System, another performance measure system
for which the Secretary facilitated development pursuant to
Section 678E(b) of the Act .['676(b)(12)]
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(13)
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To provide information
describing how the State will carry out these assurances.
['676(b)(13)] (This is
the Narrative CSBG State Plan. See section V. for detailed
"how to" instructions. )
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B.
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Administrative and Financial
Assurances
The
State further agrees to the following, as required under the
Act:
(1)
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To
submit an application to the Secretary containing
information and provisions that describe the programs for
which assistance is sought under the community services
block grant program prepared in accordance with and
containing the information described in Section 676 of the
Act. ['675A(b)]
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(2)
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To
use not less than 90 percent of the funds made available to
the State by the Secretary under Section 675A or 675B of the
Act to make grants to eligible entities for the stated
purposes of the community services block grant program and
to make such funds available to eligible entities for
obligation during the fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal
year, subject to the provisions regarding recapture and
redistribution of unobligated funds outlined below.
['675C(a)(1) and (2)]
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(3)
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In
the event that the State elects to recapture and
redistribute funds to an eligible entity through a grant
made under Section 675C(a)(1) when unobligated funds exceed
20 percent of the amount so distributed to such eligible
entity for such fiscal year, the State agrees to
redistribute recaptured funds to an eligible entity, or
require the original recipient of the funds to redistribute
the funds to a private, nonprofit organization, located
within the community served by the original recipient of the
funds, for activities consistent with the purposes of the
community services block grant program. ['675C (a)(3)]
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(4)
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To
spend no more than the greater of $55,000 or 5 percent of
its grant received under Section 675A or the State allotment
received under section 675B for administrative expenses,
including monitoring activities. ['675C(b)(2)]
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(5)
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In
states with a charity tax credit in effect under state law,
the State agrees to comply with the requirements and
limitations specified in Section 675(c) regarding use of
funds for statewide activities to provide charity tax
credits to qualified charities whose predominant activity is
the provision of direct services within the United States to
individuals and families whose annual incomes generally do
not exceed 185 percent of the poverty line in order to
prevent or alleviate poverty among such individuals and
families. ['675(c)]
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(6)
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That
the lead agency will hold at least one hearing in the State
with sufficient time and statewide distribution of notice of
such hearing, to provide to the public an opportunity to
comment on the proposed use and distribution of funds to be
provided through the grant or allotment under Section 675A
or '675B for the period covered by the State plan.
['676(a)(2)(B)]
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(7)
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That
the chief executive officer of the State will designate, an
appropriate State agency for purposes of carrying out State
community services block grant program activities.
['676(a)(1)]
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(8)
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To
hold as least one legislative hearing every three years in
conjunction with the development of the State
plan.['676(a)(3)]
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(9)
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To
make available for the public inspection each plan or
revised State plan in such a manner as will facilitate
review of and comment on the plan. ['676(e)(2)]
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(10)
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To conduct the following reviews
of eligible entities:
(a)
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full
onsite review of each such entity at least once during
each three-year period;
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(b)
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an
onsite review of each newly designated entity immediately
after the completion of the first year in which such
entity receives funds through the community services
block grant program;
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(c)
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follow-up
reviews including prompt return visits to eligible
entities, and their programs, that fail to meet the
goals, standards, and requirements established by the
State;
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(d)
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other
reviews as appropriate, including reviews of entities
with programs that have had other Federal, State or local
grants (other than assistance provided under the
community services block grant program) terminated for
cause. ['678B(a)]
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(11)
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In the event that the State
determines that an eligible entity fails to comply with the
terms of an agreement or the State plan, to provide services
under the community services block grant program or to meet
appropriate standards, goals, and other requirements
established by the State (including performance objectives),
the State will comply with the requirements outlined in
Section 678C of the Act, to:
(a)
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inform
the entity of the deficiency to be corrected;
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(b)
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require
the entity to correct the deficiency;
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(c)
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offer
training and technical assistance as appropriate to help
correct the deficiency, and submit to the Secretary a
report describing the training and technical assistance
offered or stating the reasons for determining that
training and technical assistance are not appropriate;
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(d)
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at
the discretion of the State, offer the eligible entity an
opportunity to develop and implement, within 60 days
after being informed of the deficiency, a quality
improvement plan and to either approve the proposed plan
or specify reasons why the proposed plan cannot be
approved;
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(e)
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after
providing adequate notice and an opportunity for a
hearing, initiate proceedings to terminate the
designation of or reduce the funding to the eligible
entity unless the entity corrects the deficiency.
['678(C)(a)]
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(12)
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To establish fiscal controls,
procedures, audits and inspections, as required under
Sections 678D(a)(1) and 678D(a)(2) of the Act.
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(13)
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To repay to the United States
amounts found not to have been expended in accordance with
the Act, or the Secretary may offset such amounts against
any other amount to which the State is or may become
entitled under the community services block grant program.
['678D(a)(3)]
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(14)
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To participate, by October 1,
2001, and ensure that all-eligible entities in the State
participate in the Results-Oriented Management and
Accountability (ROMA) System ['678E(a)(1)].
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(15)
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To prepare and submit to the
Secretary an annual report on the measured performance of
the State and its eligible entities, as described under
'678E(a)(2) of the Act.
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(16)
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To comply with the prohibition
against use of community services block grant funds for the
for the purchase or improvement of land, or the purchase,
construction, or permanent improvement (other than low-cost
residential weatherization or other energy-related home
repairs) of any building or other facility, as described in
Section 678F(a) of the Act.
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(17)
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To ensure that programs assisted
by community services block grant funds shall not be carried
out in a manner involving the use of program funds, the
provision of services, or the employment or assignment of
personnel in a manner supporting or resulting in the
identification of such programs with any partisan or
nonpartisan political activity or any political activity
associated with a candidate, or contending faction or group,
in an election for public or party office; any activity to
provide voters or prospective voters with transportation to
the polls or similar assistance with any such election, or
any voter registration activity. ['678F(b)]
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(18)
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To ensure that no person shall,
on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex be
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of,
or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or
activity funded in whole or in part with community services
block grant program funds. Any prohibition against
discrimination on the basis of age under the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) or with
respect to an otherwise qualified individual with a
disability as provided in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 19734 (29 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.) shall also apply to
any such program or activity. ['678F(c)]
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(19)
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To consider religious
organizations on the same basis as other non-governmental
organizations to provide assistance under the program so
long as the program is implemented in a manner consistent
with the Establishment Clause of the first amendment to the
Constitution; not to discriminate against an organization
that provides assistance under, or applies to provide
assistance under the community services block grant program
on the basis that the organization has a religious
character; and not to require a religious organization to
alter its form of internal government except as provided
under Section 678B or to remove religious art, icons,
scripture or other symbols in order to provide assistance
under the community services block grant program. ['679]
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C.
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Other Administrative
Certifications
The
State also certifies the following:
(1)
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To
provide assurances that cost and accounting standards of the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB Circular A-110 and
A-122) shall apply to a recipient of community services
block grant program funds.
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(2)
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To
comply with the requirements of Public Law 103-227, Part C
Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also known as the Pro-Children
Act of 1994, which requires that smoking not be permitted in
any portion of any indoor facility owned or leased or
contracted for by an entity and used routinely or regularly
for the provision of health, day care, education, or library
services to children under the age of 18 if the services are
funded by a Federal grant, contract, loan or loan
guarantee.. The State further agrees that it will require
the language of this certification be included in any
subawards, which contain provisions for children's services
and that all subgrantees shall certify accordingly.
"Signature (indicates the sign off of
assurances in previous Section IV)"
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Administrator/Director of Designated
Lead Agency
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Date
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V.
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The Narrative State Plan ("How
To Develop" Instructions)
Provide the following information, as outlined below:
A.
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Administrative Structure
(1)
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State Administrative Agency
(a)
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Outline
the mission and responsibilities of the lead agency
designated to administer the State's community services
block grant program.
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(b)
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Goals
and Objectives: Outline the goals and objectives of the
lead agency that administers the State's community
services block grant program.
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(2)
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Eligible Entities
(a)
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Provide
a list of eligible entities and
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(b)
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Show
geographic areas served.
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(3)
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Distribution and Allocation
of Funds
(a)
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Planned
Distribution of Funds for Current Fiscal Year
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B.
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Description of Criteria and
Distribution Formula
Describe
criteria and distribution formula for allocation of CSBG funds
to eligible entities. Describe limitations on funding and
procedures for use of carry-over balances.
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C.
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Description of Distribution and
Use of Restricted Funds
Show
the planned distribution of restricted funds allocated under
Section 675C(a) of the Act to eligible entities and provide a
description of how funds will be used by eligible entities to
further the stated purposes of the CSBG for the fiscal year or
years covered by this plan. Beginning with FY 2000, identify
and describe instances where funds have been recaptured and
redistributed, as allowed under Section 675C(a)(3) of the Act.
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D.
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Description of Distribution and
Use of Discretionary Funds
Show
how the State plans to use discretionary funds made available
from the remainder of the grant, as described in Section
675C(b) of the Act, (excluding administration) for the fiscal
year or years covered by this plan. Include a description of
how the State will support innovative community and
neighborhood-based initiatives.
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E.
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Description of Use of
Administrative Funds
Section
675(b)(2) of the Act specifies that no State may use more than
the greater of $55,000, or 5 percent of its grant or allotment
for administrative expenses, including monitoring activities.
Describe and provide a breakdown of planned State
administrative expenses for the fiscal year or years covered by
this plan. Specify use of CSBG funds for the State's Charity
Tax Credit Program, if applicable.
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F.
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State Community Services Program
Implementation
(1)
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Program Overview:
Describe the following using information provided to the
State by eligible entities, as required under Section
676(b)(2) of the Act:
(a)
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The
Service Delivery System
A
description of the service delivery system for services
provided or coordinated with funds made available through
grants made to eligible entities with restricted funds,
targeted to low-income individuals and families in
communities within the State. Include a description of
the geographical area served and a listing of eligible
entities (grantees) and service areas.
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(b)
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Linkages
A
description of how linkages will be developed by local
entities to fill identified gaps in services, through the
provision of information, referrals, case management, and
follow up consultations.
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(c)
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Coordination
with Other Public and Private Resources
A
description of how funds made available through grants to
eligible entities will be coordinated with other public
and private resources.
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(d)
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Innovative
Community and Neighborhood-based Initiatives
A
description of how local entities will use the funds to
support innovative community and neighborhood-based
initiatives related to the purposes of the CSBG, which
may include fatherhood initiatives and other initiatives
with the goal of strengthening families and encouraging
effective parenting.
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(2)
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Community Needs
Assessments
Describe
how the State will comply with the following assurance in
'676(b)(11):
The State will secure
from each eligible entity in the State, as a condition to
receipt of funding by the entity, a community action plan
(which shall be submitted to the Secretary, at the request
of the Secretary, with the State plan) that includes a
community-needs assessment for the community served, which
may be coordinated with community-needs assessments
conducted for other programs.
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Information describing how
the State will carry out this assurance:
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(3)
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Tripartite Boards:
Section
676B of the Act requires that, in order for a private
non-profit entity or public organization to be considered to
be an eligible entity for the purposes of the community
services block grant program, it must administer the
community services block grant program through a tripartite
board or another mechanism specified by the State, whose
members are chosen in accordance with democratic selection
procedures to assure that not fewer than 1/3 of its members
are representative of low-income individuals and families in
the neighborhood served; reside in the neighborhood served;
and are able to participate actively in the development,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of the program to
serve low-income communities.
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Describe State policies and
procedures to ensure this requirement is met:
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(4)
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State Charity Tax Program:
If
there is in effect under State law a charity tax credit
program: (a) specify the amount of the contribution to the
charity tax credit program from the community services block
grant program; and (b) describe how the State will ensure
that such funds will ensure that benefit only qualified
charities that primarily assist poor individuals, as defined
under Section 675C of the Act.
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Information describing how
the State will carry out this requirement:
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(5)
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Programmatic
Assurances
Describe
how each of the assurances outlined in Section 676(b) of the
CSBG Act will be carried out, as follows:
(a)
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Assurance '676(b)(1)
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Funds made
available through the grant or allotment will be used:
(1)
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To support activities that
are designed to assist low-income families and
individuals, including families and individuals
receiving assistance under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), homeless
families and individuals, migrant or seasonal
farmworkers, and elderly low-income individuals and
families to enable families and individuals to:
(i)
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remove obstacles and
solve problems that block the achievement
self-sufficiency (including self-sufficiency for
families and individuals who are attempting to
transition off a State program carried out under
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act);
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(ii)
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secure and retain
meaningful employment;
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(iii)
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attain an adequate
education, with particular attention toward
improving literacy skills of low-income families in
the communities involved, which may include
carrying out family literacy initiatives;
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(iv)
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make better use of
available income;
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(v)
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obtain and maintain
adequate housing and a suitable living environment;
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(vi)
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obtain emergency
assistance through loans, grants, or other means to
meet immediate and urgent family and individual
needs; and
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(vii)
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achieve greater
participation in the affairs of the communities
involved, including the development of public and
private grassroots partnerships with local law
enforcement agencies, local housing authorities,
private foundations, and other public and private
partners to document best practices based on
successful grassroots intervention in urban areas,
to develop methodologies for widespread
replication; and strengthen and improve
relationships with local law enforcement agencies,
which may include participation in activities such
as neighborhood or community policing efforts.
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(2)
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To address the needs of
youth in low-income communities through youth
development programs that support the primary role of
the family, give priority to the prevention of youth
problems and crime, and promote increased community
coordination and collaboration in meeting the needs of
youth, and support development and expansion of
innovative community-based youth development programs
that have demonstrated success in preventing or
reducing youth crime, such as programs for the
establishment of violence-free zones that would
involve youth development and intervention models
(such as models involving youth mediation, youth
mentoring, life skills training, job creation, and
entrepreneurship programs); and after-school child
care programs; and
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(3)
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To make more effective use
of, and to coordinate with, other programs (including
State welfare reform efforts).
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Information describing how
the State will carry out this assurance. (Include a
description of how these activities will enable families
and individuals to achieve the objectives described in
subsections i to vii above).
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(b)
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Assurance '676(b)(4):
Eligible entities
in the State will provide, on an emergency basis, for the
provision of such supplies and services, nutritious
foods, and related services, as may be necessary to
counteract conditions of starvation and malnutrition
among low-income individuals.
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Information describing how
the State will carry out this assurance:
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(c)
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State Assurance
'676(b)(5): and the eligible entities in the State
will coordinate, and establish linkages between,
governmental and other social services programs to assure
the effective delivery of such services to low-income
individuals and to avoid duplication of such services,
and State and the eligible entities will coordinate the
provision of employment and training activities in the
State and in communities with entities providing
activities through statewide and local workforce
investment systems under the Workforce Investment Act of
1998.
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Information describing how
the State will carry out this assurance. (Include a
description of how the State and eligible entities will
coordinate the provision of employment and training
activities through statewide and local workforce
investment systems under the Workforce Investment Act of
1998).
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(d)
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Assurance '676(b)(6):
The State will ensure coordination between antipoverty
programs in each community in the State, and ensure,
where appropriate, that emergency energy crisis
intervention programs under title XXVI (relating to
low-income home energy assistance) are conducted in such
communities.
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Information describing how
the State will carry out this assurance:
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(e)
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Assurance '676(b)(9):
The State and eligible entities in the State will, to the
maximum extent possible, coordinate programs with and
form partnerships with other organizations serving
low-income residents of the communities and members of
the groups served by the State, including religious
organizations, charitable groups, and community
organizations.
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Information describing how
the State will carry out this assurance:
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G.
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Fiscal Controls and Monitoring
(1)
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State Program Monitoring:
Describe the lead
agency's plans for conducting the following reviews of
eligible entities, as required under Section 678B(a) of the
Act:
(a)
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a
full onsite review of each such entity at least once
during each 3-year period;
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(b)
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an
onsite review of each newly designated entity immediately
after the completion of the first year in which such
entity receives funds through the community services
block grant program;
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(c)
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follow-up
reviews including prompt return visits to eligible
entities, and their programs, that fail to meet the
goals, standards, and requirements established by the
State;
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(d)
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other
reviews as appropriate, including reviews of entities
with programs that have had other Federal, State or local
grants (other than assistance provided under the
community services block grant program) terminated for
cause.
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(e)
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Specify
the date of the last audit conducted and the period
covered by the audit for each eligible entity.
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(2)
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Corrective Action,
Termination and Reduction of Funding:
Describe
the State's plan for complying with the requirements of
Section 678C of the Act. (Section 678C of the Act requires
states to comply with certain requirements in the event that
the State determines that an eligible entity fails to comply
with the terms of an agreement or the State plan, to provide
services under the community services block grant program or
to meet appropriate standards, goals, and other requirements
established by the State, including performance objectives)
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(3)
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Fiscal Controls, Audits, and
Withholding:
Describe
the State's systems of fiscal controls, procedures, and
plans for audits and inspections, as required under Sections
678D(a)(1) and 678D(a)(2) of the Act. (4) Assurances:
Describe how each of the these assurances, outlined in
Section 676(b) of the Act, will be carried out, as follows:
(a)
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The
assurance '676(b)(7):
The State will permit and cooperate with Federal
investigations undertaken in accordance with section 678D
of the Act.
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Information
describing how the State will carry out this assurance:
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(b)
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The
assurance '676(b)(8):
Any eligible entity in the State that received funding in
the previous fiscal year through a community services
block grant under the community services block grant
program will not have its funding terminated or reduced
below the proportional share of funding the entity
received in the previous fiscal year unless, after
providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the
record, the State determines that cause exists for such
termination or such reduction, subject to review by the
Secretary as provided in Section 678C(b) of the Act.
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Information
describing how the State will carry out this assurance:
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(c)
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The
assurance '676(b)(10):
The State will require each eligible entity in the State
to establish procedures under which a low-income
individual, community organization, or religious
organization, or representative of low-income individuals
that considers its organization, or low-income
individuals, to be inadequately represented on the board
(or other mechanism) of the eligible entity to petition
for adequate representation.
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Information
describing how the State will carry out this assurance:
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H.
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Accountability and Reporting
Requirements
(1)
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Results Oriented Management
And Accountability:
Describe
how the State will comply with the following assurance, in
'676(b)(12) of the
Act: The State and
all eligible entities in the State will, not later than
fiscal year 2001, participate in the Results Oriented
Management and Accountability System or another performance
measure system for which the Secretary facilitated
development pursuant to Section 678E(b) of the Act.
(Include a description of outcome measures to be used to
measure eligible entity performance in promoting
self-sufficiency, family stability, and community
revitalization) These measures must measure performance
towards meeting the following stated National Goals of the
Community Services Block Grant Program:
Goal
1
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Low-income
people become more self-sufficient (self-sufficiency).
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Goal
2
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The
conditions in which low-income people live are improved
(community revitalization).
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Goal
3
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Low-income
people own a state in their community.
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Goal
4
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Partnerships
among supporters and providers of services to low-income
people are achieved.
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Goal
5
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Agencies
increase their capacity to achieve results.
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Goal
6
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Low-income
people, especially vulnerable populations, achieve their
potential by strengthening family and other supportive
systems.(family stability)
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(2)
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Annual Report: Section
678E(a)(2) of the Act
requires each State to prepare and submit to the Secretary
an annual report on the measured performance of the State
and its eligible entities. In order to address with
Congressional reporting requirements under Section 678E of
the Act, this report must include at
a minimum information
that is pertinent and comprehensive, and which describes in
detail CSBG activities and services as well as addresses
outcomes which measure how CSBG funds were used to promote
self-sufficiency, family stability, and community
revitalization.
Use the following outline to report on
CSBG services and activities and outcome measurements for
the prior fiscal year:
(a)
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Performance
Objectives
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(b)
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Program
Accomplishments and Activities
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(c)
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Comparison of Planned and
Actual Expenditures for Prior Fiscal Year
(1)
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Planned
Distribution of Funds to Eligible Entities (as shown
in previous State plan) vs. Actual Expenditures
(Note:
Beginning in FY 2000: Were any funds recaptured and
redistributed? If so, please describe).
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(2)
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Planned
Distribution of Funds for Discretionary Purposes (as
shown in previous State plan) vs. Actual Expenditures
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(3)
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Planned
Use of Funds for State Administration (as shown in
previous State plan) vs. Actual Expenditures
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(d)
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Profile of Participants
Served (Number and characteristics of clients served)
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(e)
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Statistical Report on CSBG
Program Services
Education
Emergency
Services
Health
Housing
Income
Management
Linkages
Nutrition
Economic
Development
Self-sufficiency
Special/Innovative
Programs
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(f)
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Training and Technical
Assistance Provided by the State
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VI.
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Appendices
A.
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Documentation
of Legislative and Public Hearings
(Include
copies of public notices,letters,newspaper articles, etc.,)
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B.
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Additional
Data or Information(as needed)
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