2005 California Government Code Sections 12730 Article 2. Definitions

12730.  For the purposes of this chapter:
   (a) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Economic
Opportunity.
   (b) "Delegate agency" means a private nonprofit organization or
public agency which operates one or more projects funded under this
chapter pursuant to a contractual agreement with an eligible grantee.
   (c) "Department" means the Department of Economic Opportunity as
constituted pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 12085) of
Chapter 1.
   (d) "Designation" means the formal selection of a proposed
community action agency by a political subdivision or the director,
as provided in Section 12750.  1.
   (e) "Eligible entity" means an agency or organization as defined
in Public Law 97-35, as amended.
   (f) "Eligible beneficiaries" means all of the following:
   (1) All individuals living in households  whose income is at or
below the official poverty line as defined by the United States
Office of Management and Budget.
   (2) All individuals eligible to receive aid to families with
dependent children (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part
3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) or federal
supplemental security income benefits (Title XVI, Social Security
Act).
   (3) Residents of a target area or members of a target group having
a measurably high incidence of poverty and which is the specific
focus of a project financed under this chapter.
   (g) "Financial assistance" means money provided to  a grantee or
contractor, pursuant to an approved contract agreement, in order to
enable the grantee or contractor to accomplish its planned and
approved work program.
   (h) "Political subdivision" shall generally be deemed to mean
county government, with the following exceptions:
   (1) In any county which prior to October 1, 1981, had more than
one designated community action agency, each unit of local government
which contained a designated community action agency shall continue
to operate as a "political subdivision" under this chapter.
   (2) Any county having fewer than 50,000 population according to
the 1980 census may be deemed by the department to be part of a
larger "political subdivision" comprising two or more counties if the
department determines that to do so would but serve the purposes of
this chapter, and may participate in the designation process for a
multicounty community action agency.
   (i) "Recognition" means approval by the department of a community
action agency to serve a particular community, such recognition to
follow designation of that agency by one or more political
subdivisions.
   (j) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services.
   (k) "Special consideration," pursuant to the requirements of
Section 675 (c) (4) of Public Law 97-35, as amended, means all of the
following:
   (1) That no new or repeated designation shall be required of any
political subdivision which had a designated community action agency
on August 13, 1981.
   (2) That no community action agency shall be determined to be out
of compliance with program or fiscal requirements established by the
state until such requirements are published for review and comment
and until, in the case of requirements differing from those of the
now defunct federal Community Services Administration, community
action agencies are afforded a reasonable opportunity to comply
therewith.
   (l) "Standards of effectiveness" are the general standards,
derived from the purposes of this chapter, toward which all programs
and projects funded under this chapter shall be directed and against
which they will be assessed.
   (m) "Statement of grant action" means the written document
incorporating the terms and conditions under which the department
agrees to provide financial assistance to a grantee.  Upon its
cosigning by authorized agents of the department and the grantee, and
subsequent approval by the Department of General Services  pursuant
to Section 14780, a statement of grant action shall be deemed to
constitute a valid, enforceable contract.
   (n) "State plan" means the plan required to be submitted annually
to the secretary to secure California's allotment of Community
Services Block Grant funds, which shall be prepared and reviewed
pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
   (o) "Uncapped area" means any county or portion thereof for which
no community action agency has been designated and recognized.