Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 760 CMR - HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF › Title 760 CMR 29.00 - Community Services Block Grant Program › Section 29.06 - Requirements for Board of Directors

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) A CAA or other
			 private, nonprofit eligible entity shall administer the CSBG through a tripartite
			 board as described in § 676B(a) of the CSBG Act,
			 42
			 U.S.C. §
									9910, and 760 CMR 29.06. The board
			 shall consist of no fewer than 12 members total. In accordance with EVI No. 138,
			 State Establishment of Organizational Standards for CSBG Eligible Entities under
			 § 678B of the CSBG Act,
			 42 U.S.C. §
									9914, issued by the federal OCS on January 26,
			 2015, the board members must receive training on their governance and fiduciary
			 duties and responsibilities no less than once every two years, and such other
			 training as the Department may specify in written guidance. The board shall be
			 selected by the CAA or other eligible entity and composed to assure that:
(a)
Public Officials
. 1/3
			 of the board members shall be elected public officials holding office on the date of
			 selection, or their representatives, except that membership of appointed public
			 officials or their representatives may be counted under the terms of §
			 676B(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act,
			 42
			 U.S.C. §
										9910.
(b)
Representatives of Low Income
			 Persons
. Not fewer than 1/3 of the board members are persons selected
			 in accordance with democratic procedures adequate to assure that these members are
			 representative of the low income persons in the neighborhood served by the CAA or
			 other eligible entity. Among the selection procedures which may be used, either
			 separately or in combination, are:
1. Nominations
			 and elections within the neighborhoods;
2. Selection at a meeting of low income persons
			 such that the date, time, and place of such a meeting have been adequately
			 publicized;
3. Selection on a small area
			 basis (such as a city block or town) of representatives who in turn select members
			 for the CAA or other eligible entity's board of directors;
4. The CAA or other eligible entity's board may
			 recognize a group(s) or organization(s) composed primarily of low income persons and
			 representing the interests of the low income population, of which the membership may
			 select one or more representatives to the CAA or other eligible entity's board.
Persons at or below 175% of the poverty line shall be permitted to
				vote in these selection processes. A CAA or other eligible entity may request a
				waiver from this eligibility requirement of 175% of the poverty line in order to
				establish residency or other criteria as a basis for eligibility. The CAA or other
				eligible entity must submit the request in writing to the Undersecretary including
				specific justification. The Undersecretary may grant such a waiver for good cause
				shown.
(c)
Representatives of the Private Sector
. The CAA or other
			 eligible entity board shall select the remainder of board members representing
			 officials, or members of business, industry, labor, religious, law enforcement,
			 educational or other major groups and interests in the community to be
			 served.