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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54354</law_id><section_number>2.2-5406</section_number><catch_line>Community action statewide organizations; structure; responsibilities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="54">Community Action Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A community action statewide organization shall be a nonprofit corporation whose charter, articles of incorporation and bylaws permit the corporation to operate in all <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-199561" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-5406/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A community action statewide organization shall be governed by a board. The board shall conform to requirements for the community action agency board. <a id="paragraph-199562" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-5406/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Community action statewide organizations shall carry out all the planning, reporting, evaluation, fiscal and programmatic responsibilities required by the designated agency and other appropriate agencies of state government. <a id="paragraph-199563" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-5406/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Community action statewide organizations shall receive and administer state, federal and private funds, render technical assistance and carry out activities that will enable community action agencies to solve local problems. <a id="paragraph-199564" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-5406/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Community action statewide organizations shall work with community action agencies in areas served by those agencies and with community-based organizations, local governments, industry and other organizations in areas unserved by a community action agency to assist in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-199565" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-5406/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 667, &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.1-594, 2.1-595, 2.1-596; 1989, c. 273; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
