Section 8-106 - Powers of community action agency. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-106. Powers of community action agency.
 

(a)  Powers.-  

(1) A community action agency may accept and administer: 

(i) financial assistance received under this title; 

(ii) money and contributions from private or local public sources for community action programs; 

(iii) money from State or federal assistance programs under which a public or private nonprofit organization may act as a grantee, contractor, or sponsor of projects suitable for community action programs; and 

(iv) federal money from federal block grants previously designated as antipoverty money, subject to applicable federal law. 

(2) A community action agency may transfer money and delegate responsibility to a subsidiary board, council, or similar agency for projects designed to further community action program objectives. 

(b)  Policy findings.- Responsibility for making policy determinations, including the characters, funding, extent, and administration of and budgeting for programs or projects affecting a particular geographic area in a community may be delegated by a community action agency to a subsidiary board, council, or similar agency if the subsidiary body is broadly representative of the area. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 83B, § 12-101(e)(2)(i), (ii), (g); 2005, ch. 26, § 2.]