Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-201 Title
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Older Worker Community Service Employment Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-202 Purpose
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(a) In order to foster and promote useful part-time employment opportunities in community service activities for persons who are fifty-five (55) years of age or older and who have poor employment prospects, the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program is created. (b) The…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-203 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Community service” means social, health, welfare, educational, recreational development, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources, community betterment or beautification, environmental protection, and other services that are or might be…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-204 Administration of program
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(1) To implement this subchapter, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services is authorized:(1) (A) To enter into agreements with and make program grants to community-based agencies for the purpose of establishing statewide imp…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-205 Program standards and procedures
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(a) In the development and implementation of the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall adopt program standards and procedures that will ensure that the intent and p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-301 Title
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This subchapter shall be known as the “Community Service and Community Action Program Act of 1985”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-302 Purpose
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(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage nonprofit community action organizations which have been formed to provide basic and essential human services to low income and elderly citizens of Arkansas in the areas of health, transportation, housing, home repair and weather…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-303 Exception
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Nothing in this subchapter is intended to change or in any way conflict with the status, boundaries, or functions of regional or metropolitan planning commissions or councils of governments established under §§ 14-17-301 — 14-17-309 and 14-56-501 — 14-56-509 nor the status, bound…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-304 Recognition of agencies generally — Establishment of financial assistance
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In furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter, the General Assembly recognizes community action organizations in their efforts to provide services beneficial to low-income citizens of this state and establishes a program of financial assistance to recognized community action …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-305 Recognition of specific agencies — Jurisdiction
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(1) The General Assembly recognizes as community action agencies and their jurisdiction, the following nineteen (19) existing community action organizations:(1) Arkansas River Valley Area Council, consisting of Franklin, Scott, Yell, Johnson, Pope, Conway, Perry, Logan, and Polk …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-306 Recognition of specific agencies — Change of boundaries and number
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The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to change the boundaries and the number of officially recognized community action agencies, provided that concurrence therein is obtained of the governing boards of each of the affected existing agencies a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-307 Recognition of representative organizations
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(a) The governing boards of directors of the nineteen (19) existing community action organizations are recognized as the representative organizations of the community action agencies as recognized in § 20-80-305. (b) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-308 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-80-308Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-309 Funding — Appropriations — Permitted use of funds
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(a) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services is authorized to make payments from time to time to officially recognized organizations of community action agencies from state funds appropriated for that purpose. Payments shall be scheduled to begin as nearly as …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-310 Funding — Notification by General Assembly — Application
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(a) Whenever the General Assembly has appropriated funds in order to make payments to officially recognized community action agencies as authorized in this subchapter, the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services shall notify the respective governing boards of the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-311 Funding — Antipoverty programs
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State funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services for payments to be made to recognize community action agencies in accordance with this subchapter shall be used by the agencies for funding antipoverty programs design…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-80-312 Funds transfer to Weatherization Assistance Program
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The Department of Human Services shall transfer annually to the Division of Environmental Quality a minimum of fifteen percent (15%) and up to a maximum of twenty-five percent (25%), as allowed by federal law or regulation, of the annual allocation for the Low Income Home Energy …