Maintaining a tripartite board is challenging enough without questions about who can serve and how to elect them. In this session, we reviewed the rules and guidance applicable to the public, private, and consumer sectors.
This session is part of CAPLAW’s Mastering the A-B-CSBGs series, which covers the fundamental roles and functions of the Community Services Block Grant.
Presented by: CAPLAW
Presented on: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Nonprofit CAAs that receive certain housing-related grants now have more flexibility related to board composition as a result of an update to the federal rules governing Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs). For many years, CAAs that wished to become or were...
Low-income individuals in the community have an important voice in the administration of poverty alleviating programs. The federal Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Act recognizes this and requires each Community Action Agency (CAA) to have a tripartite board of...
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) provides federal funds to states, territories, and tribal organizations to support a wide range of community-based activities to reduce poverty. Tribes are not only part of the fabric of the Community Action Network, but are...