Section 5040 - Community Action Agency - Purpose - Limitations of ActivitiesA. A community action agency shall serve as a primary advocate for the reduction of the causes, conditions and effects of poverty and shall provide social and economic opportunities that foster self-sufficiency for low-income persons. Any service provided by a community action agency through the Community Services Block Grant opportunity shall be made available to all eligible persons within the community action agency's service area. The activities of a community action agency shall, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, include but not be limited to the following: 1. Informing state and local governments, private agencies and organizations, and citizens of the nature and extent of poverty within the service area;2. Developing, administering, and operating community social and economic programs to reduce poverty within the entire area;3. Providing and advocating for training and technical assistance to the poor and other residents within the service area to better define human problems, improve services, and facilitate citizen participation;4. Promoting interagency cooperation and coordination in providing services to low-income persons;5. Entering into contracts with federal, state, and local public and private agencies and organizations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this act; and6. Engaging in any other activity necessary to fulfill the intent of this section and Sections 5034 through 5039 of this title.B. The Department of Commerce shall not execute a contract with a community action agency until the applicant submits, and the Department approves, a budget work program for expenditure of funds. Each contract shall require audits of expenditures, as provided in rules promulgated by the Department.Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 5040
Added by Laws 1986, HB 1944, c. 207, § 46, emerg. eff. 7/1/1986; Amended by Laws 2012, HB 2714, c. 301, §1, eff. 11/1/2012.