Minnesota Administrative Rules

9571.0100 PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

Subpart 1.

Program guidelines.

Each community action program must:

A.

be of benefit to low-income persons;

B.

represent progress toward the elimination of poverty;

C.

utilize resources from other programs operating in the service area; and

D.

be of sufficient scope and size for maximum effectiveness and efficiency.

Subp. 2.

Eligible grant activities.

A variety of activities as determined by the local planning process may be included in a community action program funded by a grant. Eligible activities are those designed to help low-income persons to:

A.

secure and retain meaningful employment;

B.

attain an adequate education;

C.

obtain and maintain adequate housing and a suitable living environment;

D.

make better use of available income;

E.

obtain emergency assistance through loans or grants;

F.

meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including the need for health services, nutritious food, housing, and employment-related assistance;

G.

remove obstacles and solve problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency;

H.

achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community; and

I.

make more effective use of other programs related to the purposes of the Community Services Block Grant Act.

Subp. 3.

Federal prohibitions.

Activities ineligible for funding with community services block grant money are those listed in the community services block grant state plan. A copy of the community services block grant state plan is available by request from the Department of Human Services, Office of Economic Opportunity, P.O. Box 64962, St. Paul, MN 55164-0962.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 256.01; 268.0122; 268.021

History:

16 SR 2319; L 1994 c 483 s 1; L 2005 c 112 art 2 s 41; 33 SR 1300

Published Electronically:

February 6, 2009