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In 1964, the U.S. poverty rate (income-based) included 19 percent of Americans. Rising political forces demanded change. Under a new White House Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), the concept of the federally-funded, local Community Action Program (CAP)—delivered by a local Community Action Agency (CAA), in a nationwide Community Action Network—would become the primary vehicle for a new ...
The Department was created by the Community and Economic Development Enhancement Act (Act of Jun. 27, 1996, P.L. 403, No. 58), merging the Departments of Commerce and of Community Affairs. The incumbent Secretary of Commerce, Thomas B. Hagen, became the first Secretary of the new department.
All U.S. states are automatically eligible for HOME funds, and each receives a minimum of $3 million for the program, while local governments receive a minimum of $500,000 (unless the United States Congress assigns $1.5 billion or less to the program, in which case they receive a minimum of $335,000). [2]
Nov. 1—WILKES-BARRE — The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) this week announced the availability of $2 million in funding to implement community-based prevention services ...
The New Pennsylvania Project works to register voters regardless of party, with a focus on people of color and young people. [1] In addition to voter engagement, the organization also has a major focus on voting rights. [2]
In addition, many cities and counties continue to provide their own domestic partnership registries while their states also provide larger registries (for all relationship recognitions); a couple can only maintain registration on one registry, requiring the couple to de-register from the state registry before registering with the county registry.
The four components of PA eligibility are applicant, facility, work and cost. An applicant must be a state, territory, tribe, local government or private nonprofit organization. Examples include local cities and counties, school districts, zoo's, special government districts, public authorities (e.g., water, sewer, or transportation authorities ...
The Financially Distressed Municipalities Act (Act of 1987, P.L. 246, No. 47), also known as Act 47, is a Pennsylvania statute outlining procedures to stabilize municipalities in Pennsylvania undergoing financial distress.