Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Division 20 - Division of County Operations › Rule 016.20.05-005 - 2006 - 2007 Community Services Block Grant Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
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TO: COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
				DIRECTORS
WOULD YOU PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM ASAP AND RETURN IT
				TO:
016.20.05-005
Department of Health and Human Services Administration for
				Children and Families Office of Community Services/Division of State
				Assistance/CSBG Branch 370 L'Enfant Plaza Promenade, S.W.
				5th Floor/West Wing Washington, D.C. 20447
				_________________________________________________________________
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
ARKANSAS
STATE ORGANIZATION
NAME OF OFFICIAL TO RECEIVE CSBG GRANT
				AWARD:
Thomas E. Green, Assistant
				Director
(Name & Title)
Office of Community Services
(Department/Agency/Office)
P.O. Box 1437/Slot S330, Little Rock, Arkansas
				72203-1437
(Street Address)
(501)
682-8715
(Area code/Telephone Number)
CONTACT PERSON FOR CSBG ISSUES:
Thomas E. Green, Assistant Director, Office of
				Community Services
(Name, Title & Organization)
P.O. Box 1437/Slot S330
				(7
th
and Main
				Street)
(Street Address)
Little Rock, Arkansas
				72203-1437
(City, State, Zip Code)
(501)682-8715
(Area code/Telephone Number)
CONTACT PERSON ON AUDIT ISSUES:
Bob Lewis, Director of Audit, Audit/Fiscal Review
				(501)682-6231
(Name, Title & Telephone Number)
GENERAL CSBG APPLICATION COMPLIANCE FOR FISCAL YEARS
				2006-2007
Ninety Percent Pass Through
				Provision
Section 675
In compliance with the Community Services Block Grant Act,
				section 675 (C) (a) (1), the State of Arkansas will not use less than ninety
				percent of the funds allotted to the State to make grants to eligible entities
				for the purposes described in section 676 (b) (1) of the Act.
The Formal Request
Section 676
In compliance with the Community Services Block Grant Act,
				specifically with Section 672 (2), the State of Arkansas hereby submits the
				application for its Fiscal Years 2006-2007 allotment of
Community Services Block Grant funds. This application contains
				the necessary provisions, which adequately describe the programs for which
				assistance is sought under this subtitle, and which are consistent with the
				requirements of Section 676 of this Act.
Designation of Lead Agency
Section 676 (a) (1)
The Chief Executive Officer of the State shall designate, in an
				application, an approved State Agency for the purpose of carrying out
				activities under this subtitle.
Assurance
: Governor Mike Huckabee
				designates the Arkansas
Department of Health and Human Services as the lead agency to
				be responsible for carrying out activities under this subtitle for the State of
				Arkansas. In addition, through Act 345 of 1985, the Legislature has made the
				Department responsible for carrying out all aspects of the Act.
Through the administrative rule-making process, the State has
				established policies and procedures to be followed by eligible entities in
				carrying out the CSBG program in their specific service areas both generally
				and specifically consistent with the requirements of the Federal Act and
				regulations.
The OCS Policy Manual is submitted as Attachment i and is part
				of the fiscal years 2006-2007 Arkansas State Plan.
These policies and procedures, together with the following,
				constitute the plan:
Duties of Lead Agency
Section 676(a) (2)
Duties of the lead agency shall be to:
A. develop the State Plan to be submitted to
			 the Secretary,
B. holds at least
			 one public hearing in the State, with sufficient time and statewide
			 distribution of notice of such hearing, to provide opportunity for public
			 comment on the proposed use and distribution of Community Services Block Grant
			 funds, and
C. conduct reviews of
			 eligible entities under Section 678 B.
In fiscal years 2006-2007, Arkansas will submit a plan covering
				two fiscal years not later than 30 days prior to the beginning of the first
				fiscal year covered. The plan will contain such information as the Secretary
				shall require.
The Act requires the State to conduct at least one State Public
				Hearing to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed use and
				distribution of funds in conjunction with development of the State Plan. The
				State will hold 5 such hearings. The public will be offered opportunity to
				comment on proposed use and distribution of funds for the plan period,
this will be fiscal years 2006-2007.
The Act also calls for reviews of eligible entities. In fiscal
				years 2006-2007, OCS staff will conduct, at a minimum, an annual on-site
				program evaluation and compliance review of eligible entities in order to
				determine whether eligible entities meet the performance goals, administrative
				standards, financial management requirements and other requirements of the
				State.
As established in Section 678 B, the State will also
				conduct:
(1) an on-site review of each
			 newly designated entity immediately after the completion of the first year in
			 which such entity receives funds;
(2) 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; and
(3) other reviews as appropriate, including
			 reviews of entities with programs that have had other Federal, State, or local
			 grants (other than CSBG) terminated for cause.
Assurance: Governor Mike Huckabee so assures.
Legislative Hearing