Extension of Certain Programs Under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Equal Opportunities of ..., 93-2, February 5, 19, 21; March 6, 19741974 - 211 pages |
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achievement test activities administration application appropriate areas ARNETT assistance AUGUSTUS F Augustus Hawkins authority BENITEZ budget CAP agencies Chairman Child Development CHISHOLM classroom clearinghouse committee Community Action Agencies Community Action program Congress continue Cornelius Green cost County director Economic Opportunity Act Education effective evaluation families Federal fiscal Follow Through program Follow Through students funds going Government Governor gram Grand Rapids groups HAWKINS Head Start program Headstart implementation income involved legislation low-income mayor ment million Model Moon Landrieu munity National Summer Youth NCAA non-Follow NSYSP nutrition Office of Economic operate parents participation percent poor poverty problems proposed question regional office responsibility revenue sharing ROSE ROLLINS rural housing scores serve social sponsors staff statement STEIGER Subcommittee on Equal Summer Youth Sports Tacoma Tacoma Public Schools teachers Thank tion Tom Bradley Welfare Youth Sports Program
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Page 97 - ... this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 USC 276a-276a-5).
Page 96 - RECORDS AND AUDIT SEC. 408. * (a) Each recipient of assistance under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate...
Page 99 - Act, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both; but if the amount so embezzled, misapplied, stolen, or obtained by fraud does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Page 98 - SEC. 665. (a) Whoever, being an officer, director, agent, or employee of, or connected in any capacity with, any agency receiving financial assistance under the Employment and Manpower Act embezzles, willfully misapplies, steals, or obtains by fraud any of the moneys, funds, assets, or property which are the subject of a grant or contract of assistance pursuant to this Act...
Page 95 - Each community action agency shall also provide for reasonable public access to information, including but not limited to public hearings at the request of appropriate community groups and reasonable public access to books and records of the agency or other agencies engaged in program activities or operations involving the use of authority or funds for which it is responsible.
Page 95 - Establishing effective procedures by which the poor and area residents concerned will be enabled to influence the character of programs affecting their interests...
Page 93 - Headstart" focused upon children who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance which (A) will provide such comprehensive health, nutritional, education, social, and other services as the Director finds will aid the children to attain their full potential, and (B) will provide for direct participation of the parents of such children in the development, conduct, and overall program direction at the local level.
Page 94 - For the purpose of this title, a community may be a city, county, multicity, or multicounty unit, an Indian reservation, or a neighborhood or other area (irrespective of boundaries or political subdivisions) which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses the commonality of interest needed for a community action program.
Page 64 - Federal departments and agencies in an effort to assure fully coordinated programs. (e) Insofar as possible, systematic planning required by individual Federal programs (such as highway construction, urban renewal, and open space) shall be coordinated with and, to the extent authorized by law, made part of comprehensive local and areawide development planning.
Page 98 - I or title II (except a person compensated as provided in section 602) shall not receive compensation at a rate which is (1) in excess of the average rate of compensation paid in the area where the program is carried out to a substantial number of the persons providing substantially comparable services, or in excess of the average rate of compensation paid to a substantial number of the persons providing substantially comparable services in the area of the person's immediately preceding employment,...