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2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

Everything’s bigger in Texas, even the impact of the state’s legal challenge to federal overtime rules. On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Final Rule on Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for...

2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

Supreme Court Corner: Update on Anti-Discrimination in Federal Grantmaking

Recent court decisions resulted in a range of challenges to anti-discrimination initiatives in grantmaking by nonprofit organizations. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down race-based affirmative action in higher education in its 2023 Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) decision, and the U.S. Court...

2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

Route Recalculation: New GPS Guides HHS Grants 

For the first time since 2007, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a new Grants Policy Statement (GPS). The GPS, which is incorporated as a standard term and condition in a grantee’s Notice of Award, provides information on the award process and legal rules that apply to...

Complying with the New Head Start Performance Standards

Complying with the New Head Start Performance Standards

On August 21, 2024, the federal Office of Head Start (OHS) released extensive regulatory changes to the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) in Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming (the Final Rule)…

2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

Almost on the Same Page: HHS’s Adoption of the Uniform Guidance

Recipients and subrecipients of federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal agencies can soon expect greater uniformity in the rules that govern the administration and use of those funds. HHS published an Interim Final Rule (the "Rule") on October...

2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

Complying with the New Head Start Program Performance Standards in 2024

On August 21, 2024, the federal Office of Head Start (OHS) released extensive regulatory changes to the Head Start Program Performance Standards. These changes (the “New HSPPS”) address a wide swath of topics, including staff wages and benefits, child safety, the integration of mental health into...

2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

Grants Pass v. Johnson: The Supreme Court Rules on Approach to Homelessness

On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson that could increase the challenges faced by unhoused individuals and the CAAs that serve them. The Supreme Court upheld city ordinances in Grants Pass, Oregon, barring people from sleeping or camping outside in...

2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

Go Fish: Reacting to the Shifting Regulatory Framework Post-Loper Bright

Although it’s unlikely any CAAs will wade into the fishery law at the core of the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the decision has muddied the legal waters, which has significant implications for organizational operations and programming. This case overturned a...

2024 FLSA Overtime Rule Struck Down Nationwide

Incentive Compensation: Another Option in a Staffing Strategy

Many Community Action Agencies (CAAs) routinely review the perks they provide to help retain experienced staff and hire new talent. One way which CAAs may choose to reward productive employees is by adopting and implementing an incentive compensation plan. Incentive compensation is a one-time...