Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5035

Rules and regulations - Allocation to community action agencies -

Consolidation of programs.

A. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce is hereby designated to

receive Community Services Block Grant Funds appropriated,

authorized or allocated for usage within the State of Oklahoma by

the United States Government. These funds shall be used for, but

not limited to the following:

1. Provide a range of services and activities having major

impact on causes and effects of poverty in the community or those

areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute

problem;

2. Provide activities designed to assist low-income

participants including the elderly poor;

a. to secure and retain meaningful employment,

b. to attain an adequate education,

c. to make better use of available income,

d. to obtain and maintain adequate housing and a

suitable living environment,

e. to obtain emergency assistance,

f. to remove obstacles and solve problems which

block the achievement of self-sufficiency,

g. to make more effective use of other programs;

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3. Provide on an emergency basis for the provision of such

supplies and services, nutritious foodstuffs and related services,

as may be necessary to counteract conditions of starvation and

malnutrition among the poor or temporarily indigent;

4. Coordinate and establish linkages between government and

other social services programs to assure the effective delivery of

such services to low-income individuals; and

5. Encourage the use of entities in the private sector of the

community in efforts to eliminate poverty in the community.

B. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall promulgate and

ensure compliance on rules, regulations, policies and procedures to

carry out all programs of the Community Services Block Grant.

C. At least ninety percent (90%) of the Community Service

Block Grant funds received by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce

for the state from the United States Government shall be allocated

to community action agencies, as defined in this act.

D. If the Community Services Block Grant is consolidated with

any other block grant or other federal program, then a proportional

share of the consolidated funds shall be used for services under the

Community Services Block Grant program in accordance with this act

for at least twelve (12) months. The Oklahoma Department of

Commerce shall retain administrative responsibility of these funds.

E. For each consolidated program, proportional share shall be

the percentage of total funds received by all consolidated programs

prior to the consolidation.