Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) In addition to
this subchapter, except where noted, the rules established in Subchapter A of
this chapter (relating to General Provisions) and Chapters 1 and 2 (relating to
Administration and Enforcement, respectively) of this title apply to the CSBG
Program. The CSBG Act was amended by the "Community Services Block Grant
Amendments of 1994" and the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998.
The Secretary is authorized to establish a community services block grant
program and make grants available through the program to states to ameliorate
the causes of poverty in communities within the states. Although Eligible
Entities receive an allocation of CSBG funds, the CSBG program is not an
entitlement program for eligible customers.
(b) The Texas Legislature designates the
Department as the lead agency for the administration of the CSBG program
pursuant to Tex. Gov't Code, §
2306.092. CSBG funds
are made available to Eligible Entities to carry out the purposes of the CSBG
program.
(c) Except as otherwise
noted herein all references in this subchapter to an Eligible Entity's board
means both the governing board of the Private Nonprofit or the advisory board
of the Public Organization.
(d)
Definitions.
(1) Community Action Plan
(CAP)--A plan required by the CSBG Act which describes the local Eligible
Entity service delivery system, how coordination will be developed to fill
identified gaps in services, how funds will be coordinated with other public
and private resources, and how the local entity will use the funds to support
innovative community and neighborhood based initiatives related to the
grant.
(2) Community Assessment--An
assessment of community needs performed by the Eligible Entity for the areas to
be served with CSBG funds.
(3) CSBG
Act--The CSBG Act is a law passed by Congress authorizing the Community
Services Block Grant. The CSBG Act was amended by the Community Services Block
Grant Amendments of 1994 and the Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of
1998 under 42 U.S.C.
§§
9901, et seq. The CSBG Act
authorized establishing a community services block grant program to make grants
available through the program to states to ameliorate the causes of poverty in
communities within the states.
(4)
Direct Customer Support--includes salaries and fringe benefits of case
management staff as well as direct benefits provided to customers.
(5) National Performance Indicator (NPI)--A
federally defined measure of performance within the Department's Contract
System for measuring performance and results of Subrecipients of funds and
Eligible Entities.
(6) Quality
Improvement Plan (QIP)--A plan developed by a CSBG Eligible Entity to correct
Deficiencies identified by the Department as further described in §
2.203 and §
2.204 of this title (Termination
and Reduction of Funding for CSBG Eligible Entities and Contents of a Quality
Improvement Plan, respectively).
(7) Results Oriented Management and
Accountability (ROMA)--ROMA provides a framework for continuous growth and
improvement among Eligible Entities. ROMA implementation is a federal
requirement for receiving federal CSBG funds, outlined in HHS IM 152.
(8) Strategic Plan--A planning document which
takes into consideration the needs of the targeted community and identifies an
organization's vision and mission; its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,
and threats; external and internal factors impacting the organization; and
utilizes this information to set goals, objectives, strategies, and measure to
meet over an identified period of time.
(9) Transitioned Out of Poverty (TOP)--A
Household who was CSBG eligible and as a result of the delivery of
CSBG-supported case management services attains an annual income in excess of
125% of the poverty guidelines for 90 calendar days.
(e) Use of certain terminology. In these
rules and in the Department's administration of its programs, including the
CSBG program, certain terminology is used that may not always align completely
with the terminology employed in the CSBG Act. The term "monitoring" is used
interchangeably with the CSBG Act term "review" as used in
42 U.S.C. §
9915 of the CSBG Act. Similarly, the terms
"findings," "concerns," and "violations" are used interchangeably with the term
"deficiencies as used in 42
U.S.C. §
9915 of the CSBG Act although,
in a given context, they may be assigned more specific, different, or more
nuanced meanings, as appropriate.
