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AR Code § 20-79-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 79 - Rehabilitation Services|Subchapter 2 - Rehabilitation Act of Arkansas|§ 20-79-215. Hearings

 Any individual applying for or receiving rehabilitation who is aggrieved by any action or inaction of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall be entitled to a hearing in accordance with the rules adopted and promulgated by the Division of Workforce Services on that subject.
AR Code § 20-79-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 79 - Rehabilitation Services|Subchapter 2 - Rehabilitation Act of Arkansas|§ 20-79-216. Use of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services information prohibited — Exception

 It shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services and in accordance with rules, for any person to solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of, or to authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any list of, or name of, or any information concerning persons applying for or receiving rehabilitation, directly or indirectly derived from the records.
AR Code § 20-79-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 79 - Rehabilitation Services|Subchapter 3 - Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund|§ 20-79-301. Committee — Establishment — Members

 (a)  (1) There is created the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee, to be composed of nine (9) members, of which at least five (5) members must be individuals with disabilities, to be appointed by the Governor as follows:  (A) The Director of the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services;  (B) A representative of the banking industry;  (C) A representative of a disability-related consumer organization;  (D) A certified public accountant; and  (E) Five (5) additional members appointed from the state at large.    (2) The director shall be an ex officio member and shall serve as Chair of the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee, voting only in case of a tie vote.  (3) The committee shall elect from its membership a vice chair and a secretary-treasurer.    (b) All members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.  (c)  (1) Vacancies on the committee from death, resignations, or otherwise shall be filled by appointment of the Governor to fill the unexpired term that had been created.  (2) Any member of the committee who is absent from three (3) successive regular meetings for any reason other than illness of the member, verified by a written sworn statement by his or her attending physician and entered into the minutes of the committee, shall thereby forfeit and vacate his or her membership on the committee. This forfeiture and vacancy shall be certified to the Governor by the committee. The Governor shall fill the vacancy in the same manner as for other vacancies on the committee.    (d) Members of the committee shall serve without additional compensation, except that committee members may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 20-79-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 79 - Rehabilitation Services|Subchapter 3 - Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund|§ 20-79-302. Committee — Meetings — Rules and regulations

 (a) The Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee shall meet at least one (1) time annually and may meet more often as necessary if meetings are called by the Chair of the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee or by a majority of the committee and if all members of the committee are notified of the time, date, and place of the meeting in advance.  (b)  (1) The committee shall adopt rules governing its proceedings.  (2) All rules adopted by the committee shall be promulgated pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 20-79-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 79 - Rehabilitation Services|Subchapter 3 - Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund|§ 20-79-303. Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund — Administration

 (a) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall administer the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund.  (b) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall submit to the Technology Equipment Revolving Loan Fund Committee proposed rules governing the operation of the fund, including, but not limited to, eligibility for receipt of funds, purposes for which funds may be available, repayment of funds, administrative adjudications in accordance with Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., and all other matters consistent with and necessary to accomplish the purposes as set out in this subchapter.  (c)  (1) The committee shall be advisers to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services in making loans under this subchapter.  (2) The Director of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services must act on the recommendation of the committee within thirty (30) days of the committee's recommendation or the recommendation of the committee shall be final.
AR Code § 20-79-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 79 - Rehabilitation Services|Subchapter 4 - Telecommunications Devices|§ 20-79-401. Statewide program established

 (a)  (1) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services is hereby directed to establish, administer, staff, and promote a statewide program to provide access to public telecommunications services by residents of Arkansas who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf and blind, severely speech-impaired, or who have other disabilities that impair their ability to effectively access the telecommunications network. This program will enable these individuals to access specialized devices or services for telecommunications network access that is functionally equivalent to that enjoyed by individuals without disabilities.  (2) This program shall include, but is not limited to:  (A) The purchase and distribution of telecommunications devices and related devices for the persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf and blind, severely speech-impaired, or who have other disabilities that impair their ability to effectively access the telecommunications network;  (B) The promulgation of procedures, rules, and criteria necessary to implement and administer this program, including accountability measures which utilize consumer participation in the selection and evaluation of equipment and the eligibility of applicants; and  (C) Other actions as may be necessary to implement and administer this program which are not otherwise prohibited by law.      (b) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall employ at least one (1) full-time staff person to administer the equipment distribution program and may employ any additional support personnel for the program from within existing staff resources to assure statewide coverage for the program.
AR Code § 20-79-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 79 - Rehabilitation Services|Subchapter 4 - Telecommunications Devices|§ 20-79-402. Eligibility

 (a) In order for a person to be eligible for the equipment distribution program, a person shall be certified as deaf, hard of hearing, deaf and blind, speech-impaired, or having another disability that impairs the individual's ability to effectively access the telecommunications network by a licensed physician, audiologist, or speech pathologist or by any other method recognized by Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.  (b)  (1) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services shall also consider financial need and, in so doing, shall take into account financial need standards or other means tests applicable to other programs administered by Arkansas Rehabilitation Services when promulgating procedures, rules, and criteria necessary to implement and administer the program.  (2) Arkansas Rehabilitation Services may develop a sliding scale of eligibility to provide equipment to individuals exceeding the baseline needs tests mentioned in this section.
AR Code § 20-79-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 79 - Rehabilitation Services|Subchapter 4 - Telecommunications Devices|§ 20-79-403. Ownership of equipment — Telecommunications Equipment Fund

 (a)  (1) Equipment purchased under this subchapter shall remain the property of the State of Arkansas for two (2) years and then become the property of the recipient of the equipment.  (2) A person who receives the equipment shall be responsible for the maintenance of the equipment and liable to the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services for the loss of or damage to the equipment.  (3) In the event of the death of an individual in possession of the equipment, or should a person in possession of the equipment leave the state, the equipment shall automatically revert to the possession of the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.    (b) Any money collected by the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services under this section shall be deposited into the Telecommunications Equipment Fund.
AR Code § 20-80-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 2 - Older Worker Community Service Employment Act|§ 20-80-201. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Older Worker Community Service Employment Act”.
AR Code § 20-80-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 2 - Older Worker Community Service Employment Act|§ 20-80-202. Purpose

 (a) In order to foster and promote useful part-time employment opportunities in community service activities for persons who are fifty-five (55) years of age or older and who have poor employment prospects, the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program is created.  (b) The Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services is authorized to establish and administer the program in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, utilizing such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly in support of this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-80-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 2 - Older Worker Community Service Employment Act|§ 20-80-203. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Community service” means social, health, welfare, educational, recreational development, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources, community betterment or beautification, environmental protection, and other services that are or might be essential and necessary to the community;  (2) “Community-based agency” means a public or not-for-profit organization whose primary purposes and experiences are in the development and implementation of programs for the elderly;  (3)  (A) “Eligible individual or participant” means an individual who is fifty-five (55) years of age or older.  (B) Furthermore, participants in the program funded under this subchapter shall not be considered to be state employees as a result of the employment for any purpose; and    (4) “Program” means the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program.
AR Code § 20-80-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 2 - Older Worker Community Service Employment Act|§ 20-80-204. Administration of program

 To implement this subchapter, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services is authorized:   (1)  (A) To enter into agreements with and make program grants to community-based agencies for the purpose of establishing statewide implementation of the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program.  (B) However, the division shall make no payments towards the cost of the program unless the division determines that the community-based agencies will adhere to the provisions of § 20-80-205 and the established rules or policies related to the administration of this subchapter;    (2) To allow reasonable and appropriate administrative cost for the total program, which in no event shall exceed the allowable percentage limitation established for Title III of the Older Americans Act, and 45 C.F.R. § 1321.1 et seq.; and  (3) To make, issue, and amend rules and policies necessary to effectively carry out this subchapter.
AR Code § 20-80-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 2 - Older Worker Community Service Employment Act|§ 20-80-205. Program standards and procedures

 (a) In the development and implementation of the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall adopt program standards and procedures that will ensure that the intent and provisions of this subchapter are adhered to by community-based agencies receiving program grant funds.  (b) At a minimum, the program and each program grant funded will:  (1) Provide employment only for eligible individuals, except for necessary technical, administrative, and supervisory personnel, but the personnel shall, to the fullest extent possible, be recruited from among eligible individuals;  (2) Employ eligible individuals in community service programs or agencies sponsored by organizations exempt from taxation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, other than political parties, except projects involving the construction, operation, or maintenance of any facility used or to be used as a place for sectarian religious instruction or worship;  (3) Contribute to the general welfare of the community;  (4) Provide employment for eligible individuals whose opportunities for other suitable public or private paid employment are poor;  (5) Result in an increase in employment opportunities for eligible individuals and will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts;  (6) Utilize methods of recruitment and selection which will assure that the maximum number of eligible individuals will have an opportunity to participate in the program;  (7) Ensure that, to the extent feasible, the program will serve the needs of minority eligible individuals in proportion to their number in the state;  (8) Ensure that safe and healthy conditions of work will be provided and that persons employed in community services jobs assisted under this subchapter shall be paid at least the minimum wage as established by the Fair Labor Standards Act; and  (9) Ensure that program employers provide personnel fringe benefits for participants. The coverage shall include workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3128, and other coverage as may be required by regulation or policy.
AR Code § 20-80-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 3 - Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985|§ 20-80-301. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985”.
AR Code § 20-80-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 3 - Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985|§ 20-80-302. Purpose

 (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage nonprofit community action organizations which have been formed to provide basic and essential human services to low income and elderly citizens of Arkansas in the areas of health, transportation, housing, home repair and weatherization, aging programs and aging alternatives to institutionalization, developmental child care and enrichment, youth opportunity programs, and other related activities which the General Assembly recognizes as beneficial to a large number of Arkansas citizens.  (b) It is further the purpose of this subchapter to encourage and promote the operations and activities of community action agencies whether the activities are conducted by one (1) agency or by two (2) or more cooperating agencies.
AR Code § 20-80-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 3 - Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985|§ 20-80-303. Exception

 Nothing in this subchapter is intended to change or in any way conflict with the status, boundaries, or functions of regional or metropolitan planning commissions or councils of governments established under §§ 14-17-301 — 14-17-309 and 14-56-501 — 14-56-509 nor the status, boundaries, and functions of planning and development districts as established and recognized under §§ 14-166-201 — 14-166-205.
AR Code § 20-80-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 3 - Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985|§ 20-80-304. Recognition of agencies generally — Establishment of financial assistance

 In furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter, the General Assembly recognizes community action organizations in their efforts to provide services beneficial to low-income citizens of this state and establishes a program of financial assistance to recognized community action agencies to enable them to continue and expand activities and programs stated in § 20-80-302.
AR Code § 20-80-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 3 - Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985|§ 20-80-305. Recognition of specific agencies — Jurisdiction

 The General Assembly recognizes as community action agencies and their jurisdiction, the following nineteen (19) existing community action organizations:   (1) Arkansas River Valley Area Council, consisting of Franklin, Scott, Yell, Johnson, Pope, Conway, Perry, Logan, and Polk counties;  (2) Black River Area Development Corporation, consisting of Randolph, Clay, and Lawrence counties;  (3) Central Arkansas Development Council, consisting of Saline, Hot Spring, Clark, Pike, and Montgomery counties;  (4) Community Action Program for Central Arkansas, consisting of White, Faulkner, and Cleburne counties;  (5) Crowley's Ridge Development Council, Inc., consisting of Craighead, Greene, Jackson, and Poinsett counties;  (6) Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, Inc., consisting of Crawford and Sebastian counties;  (7) Community Services Office, Inc., consisting of Garland County;  (8) East Central Arkansas Economic Opportunity Corporation, consisting of Cross, St. Francis, Woodruff, Crittenden, and Lee counties;  (9) Economic Opportunity Agency of Pulaski County, consisting of Pulaski and Lonoke counties;  (10) Economic Opportunity Agency of Washington County, consisting of Washington County;  (11) Arkansas Economic Opportunity Commission, Inc., consisting of Mississippi County;  (12) Mid-Delta Community Services, Inc., consisting of Phillips, Monroe, and Prairie counties;  (13) Northcentral Arkansas Development Council, consisting of Fulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone, and Independence counties;  (14) Office of Human Concern, consisting of Benton, Carroll, and Madison counties;  (15) Ozark Opportunities, Inc., consisting of Van Buren, Searcy, Boone, Marion, Baxter, and Newton counties;  (16) Pine Bluff Jefferson County Economic Opportunity Commission, Inc., consisting of Jefferson, Grant, Arkansas, Lincoln, and Cleveland counties;  (17) South Central Community Action Authority, consisting of Ouachita, Columbia, Calhoun, Dallas, and Union counties;  (18) Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation, consisting of Bradley, Drew, Desha, Ashley, and Chicot counties; and  (19) Southwest Arkansas Development Council, Inc., consisting of Little River, Hempstead, Miller, Lafayette, Howard, Sevier, and Nevada counties.
AR Code § 20-80-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 3 - Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985|§ 20-80-306. Recognition of specific agencies — Change of boundaries and number

 The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to change the boundaries and the number of officially recognized community action agencies, provided that concurrence therein is obtained of the governing boards of each of the affected existing agencies as recognized in § 20-80-305.
AR Code § 20-80-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 5 - Social Services|Chapter 80 - Community Services|Subchapter 3 - Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985|§ 20-80-307. Recognition of representative organizations

 (a) The governing boards of directors of the nineteen (19) existing community action organizations are recognized as the representative organizations of the community action agencies as recognized in § 20-80-305.  (b) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized, whenever agency boundaries have been changed in accordance with § 20-80-306, to recognize the representative organizations of the new community action agencies.  (c) In order to qualify for recognition and further benefits under this subchapter, a community action agency shall have been organized and constituted under the provisions of the Community Service Block Grant Act of 1981 and shall have a governing board whose numbers are elected and are representatives of specific community interests in accordance with the Community Service Block Grant Act of 1981.