                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMUNITY ACTION STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS; STRUCTURE; RESPONSIBILITIES (§
2.2-5406)

A. A community action statewide organization shall be a nonprofit corporation
whose charter, articles of incorporation and bylaws permit the corporation to
operate in all jurisdictions of the Commonwealth.

B. A community action statewide organization shall be governed by a board. The
board shall conform to requirements for the community action agency board.

C. 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.

D. 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.

E. 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.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 667, §§ 2.1-594, 2.1-595, 2.1-596; 1989, c. 273; 2001, c.
844.