COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Statement of purpose
“Community development corporation” defined
Advisory Community Investment Board
Establishment and scope of programs
Financial assistance requirements
Federal share; amount; availability; ownership of property acquired with Federal financial assistance
Financial assistance to low-income families, local cooperative associations, and local public or private nonprofit organizations or entities; amount, purposes, etc.
Limitation on assistance
Development loan fund
Interest rates payable on certain rural development loans; assignment of loan contracts
Model Community Economic Development Finance Corporation; establishment; functions
Training and technical assistance
Small Business Administration and Department of Commerce economic development programs; regulations
Department of Housing and Urban Development programs
Department of Agriculture; Rural Development Administration programs
Coordination and eligibility
Evaluation of programs; implementation and funding, etc.; research and demonstration projects; implementation and purposes
Grants to plan economic development and cooperative programs
Nondiscrimination provisions
Availability of certain appropriated funds
Definitions
Financial assistance for Head Start programs
Authorization of appropriations
Allotment of funds
Designation of Head Start agencies
Standards; monitoring of Head Start agencies and programs
Powers and functions of Head Start agencies
Head Start transition and alignment with K–12 education
Head Start collaboration; State early education and care
Submission of plans to chief executive officer
Administrative requirements and standards
Participation in Head Start programs
Early Head Start programs
Appeals, notice, hearing, and mediation; alternative agency for Indian tribe
Records and audits
Technical assistance and training
Staff qualifications and development
Research, demonstrations, and evaluation
Reports
Comparability of wages
Limitation with respect to certain unlawful activities
Political activities
Advance funding
Parental consent requirement for nonemergency intrusive physical examinations
Centers of Excellence in Early Childhood
General provisions
Short title and purposes
Establishment of block grant program
Lead agency
Application and plan
Limitations on State allotments
Activities to improve the quality of child care
Criminal background checks
Administration and enforcement
Payments
Reports and audits
Reports, hotline, and Web site
Limitations on use of financial assistance for certain purposes
Nondiscrimination
Amounts reserved; allotments
Parental rights and responsibilities
Severability
Miscellaneous provisions
Studies on waiting lists
Programs
State applications
Use of funds
Allotments
Payments under allotments to States
Use of allotments
Application and description of activities; requirements
Report