North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 97 - ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY › Subchapter C - COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM › Section .0100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 97C .0111 - CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Each grant
				  recipient funded under Rule .0108(a)(1) of this Section is required to
				  establish citizen participation policy and procedures. Grant recipients shall
				  hold public hearings to meet the requirements of Rule .0401(5) of Subchapter
				  97B only during the initial planning when a new multi-year plan is to be
				  developed.
(b) CAAs funded under
				  Rule .0108(a)(1) of this Section shall hold one public hearing for review and
				  comment in each county it serves prior to submission of the Community
				  Anti-Poverty Plan to the Division of Social Services.
(c) Each grant recipient shall be responsible
				  for establishing procedures to ensure that the poor are able to participate in
				  the decisions and activities of the grant recipient. These procedures shall
				  include provisions for:
(1) Notification for
				  any board or committee meetings to include the agenda items. These shall be
				  provided individually to all members of the board and committees in writing at
				  least five days before the meeting. In addition, notices shall be given to the
				  local public media and posted in all the grant recipient's neighborhood and
				  community centers.
(2) Information
				  about standards of program effectiveness. This information shall be given to
				  persons in poverty to permit them to plan for and evaluate agency programs and
				  to set priorities for the use of funds and other resources. Evaluations of
				  programs and their operation shall consider the views of the poor on the board,
				  as well as the views of program participants and area residents.
(3) Information and training for board
				  members about their by-laws, functions, duties, and responsibilities and the
				  issues that will come before them.
(4) Developing involvement of the poor in
				  programs administered by the grant recipient. This involvement may be in the
				  form of a program advisory committee or neighborhood council made up of persons
				  residing in the county or counties where the grant recipient administers
				  programs. The committee and council may advise the grant recipient on program
				  priorities, participate in the development of the grant application, review and
				  comment on programs and policies, and participate in the evaluation of
				  programs.
(5) The grant recipient
				  in the planning process of its Community Anti-Poverty Plan shall annually hold
				  meetings to ascertain suggestions, recommendations, and priorities for
				  eliminating poverty from the poor. The grant recipient shall provide
				  information and training to the residents that are poor to ensure their
				  involvement in this planning process. The recommendations, suggestions, and
				  priorities of the residents that are poor shall be reviewed by the board of
				  directors in its determination of programs to be implemented by the grant
				  recipient, and will be maintained by the grant recipient for public
				  inspection.