Section R. 400.19101 - Definitions; A to CRule 101. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means 230 PA 1981, MCL 400.1101 to 400.1120.(b) "Advisory board" means the board of a public community action agency which is established by a local unit or units of government and which is delegated certain policy and administrative responsibilities to assure decision-making and participation by low-income individuals 42 U.S.C § 9910(b).(c) "Appeals Committee" means committee members selected by the governing/advisory board that review items in dispute and seek clarification or resolution to the dispute, with approval from the governing/advisory board.(d) "Bureau" means the bureau of community action and economic opportunity.(e) "Causes of poverty" means those personal or institutional factors, or both, that combine to limit the ability of individuals and families to acquire the basic necessities of life, such as food, shelter, medical care, and household energy.(f) "Commission" means the commission on community action and economic opportunity.(g) "Community" means the geographical area served by a grantee and may be any of the following: (h) "Community action agency" or "CAA" means an agency officially designated as such in the Community Services Block Grant Act, 42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq. as amended., or officially designated pursuant to section 8 of the act.(i) "Community services block grant" or "CSBG" means the federal funding source to ameliorate the causes and conditions of poverty in communities within the state.(j) "Community social and economic programs" means those programs provided under section 675 of the community services block grant act, subtitle B, Title IV of the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1981, Public Law 97-35, 42 U.S.C. 9904, such as the following: (i) Programs that provide a range of services and activities that have a measurable and potentially major impact on reducing the causes of poverty in the community or in those areas of the community where the incidence of poverty is a particularly acute problem.(ii) Programs that provide activities designed to assist low-income participants, including the elderly poor, to do all of the following:(A) Secure and retain meaningful employment.(B) Attain an adequate education.(C) Make better use of available income.(D) Obtain and maintain adequate housing and a suitable living environment.(E) Obtain emergency assistance through loans or grants to meet immediate and urgent individual and family needs, including the need for any of the following: (4) Employment-related assistance.(F) Remove obstacles and solve problems which block the achievement of self-sufficiency.(G) Achieve greater participation in the affairs of the community.(H) Make more effective use of other programs related to the purposes of the act.(iii) Programs that provide, on an emergency basis, such supplies and services, nutritious foodstuffs, and related services as may be necessary to counteract conditions of hunger and malnutrition among the poor.(iv) Programs that coordinate and establish linkages between governmental and other social services programs to assure the effective delivery of such services to low-income individuals.(v) Programs that encourage the use of entities in the private sector of the community to ameliorate poverty in the community.(k) "Conditions and effects of poverty" means social and economic circumstances affecting individuals and families, such as any of the following: (iii) Dilapidated housing.(v) Limited access to proper medical care.(vi) Limited self-esteem.(viii) Other conditions that foster a restrained quality of life.(l) "Consumer sector" means the low-income, elderly, or handicapped persons who reside in the service area of a CAA and who are eligible to be served by the CAA.(m) "Contract" means a written agreement directly with the bureau that establishes the type and priority of services being provided.(n) "Contractor" means the party or parties specified in a contract to receive remuneration in return for goods or services rendered.(o) "Corrective action activity" means the monitoring process used to correct administrative and programmatic deficiencies in an eligible entity.Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.19101