**(a)** Each program for which grants are made under this subchapter shall provide for a thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in achieving its purposes, which evaluation shall be conducted by such public or private organizations as the Secretary in consultation with existing grantees familiar with programs carried out under the Community Services Block Grant Act [[42 U.S.C. 9901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] may designate, and all or part of the costs of evaluation may be paid from funds appropriated to carry out this part. In evaluating the performance of any community development corporation funded under part A, the criteria for evaluation shall be based upon such program objectives, goals, and priorities as are consistent with the purposes of this subchapter and were set forth by such community development corporation in its proposal for funding as approved and agreed upon by or as subsequently modified from time to time by mutual agreement between the Secretary and such community development corporation.
**(b)** The Secretary shall conduct, either directly or through grants or other arrangements, research and demonstration projects designed to suggest new programs and policies to achieve the purposes of this subchapter in such ways as to provide opportunities for employment, ownership, and a better quality of life for low-income residents.
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**(a)** Each program for which grants are made under this subchapter shall provide for a thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in achieving its purposes, which evaluation shall be conducted by such public or private organizations as the Secretary in consultation with existing grantees familiar with programs carried out under the Community Services Block Grant Act [[42 U.S.C. 9901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] may designate, and all or part of the costs of evaluation may be paid from funds appropriated to carry out this part. In evaluating the performance of any community development corporation funded under part A, the criteria for evaluation shall be based upon such program objectives, goals, and priorities as are consistent with the purposes of this subchapter and were set forth by such community development corporation in its proposal for funding as approved and agreed upon by or as subsequently modified from time to time by mutual agreement between the Secretary and such community development corporation.
**(b)** The Secretary shall conduct, either directly or through grants or other arrangements, research and demonstration projects designed to suggest new programs and policies to achieve the purposes of this subchapter in such ways as to provide opportunities for employment, ownership, and a better quality of life for low-income residents.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 9801. Statement of purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage
the development of special programs by which
the residents of urban and rural low-income
areas may, through self-help and mobilization of
the community at large, with appropriate Fed-
eral assistance, improve the quality of their eco-
nomic and social participation in community
life in such a way as to contribute to the elimi-
nation of poverty and the establishment of per-
manent economic and social benefits.
(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 612, Aug. 13, 1981, 95
Stat. 489.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE OF 2014 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 113–186, § 1, Nov. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 1971, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting sections 9858f and 9858r
of this title and amending sections 9858, 9858b to 9858e,
9858g, 9858i, 9858j, and 9858m to 9858o of this title and
provisions set out as notes under this section and sec-
tion 9858 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of 2014’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 2007 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 110–134, § 1(a), Dec. 12, 2007, 121 Stat. 1363, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting sections 9837b and 9852a
to 9852c of this title and amending sections 1758, 1766,
9831 to 9835, 9836 to 9844, 9846, 9848, 9850, and 9851 of this
title and sections 6312 and 9409 of Title 20, Education]
may be cited as the ‘Improving Head Start for School
Readiness Act of 2007’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 105–285, § 1, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2702, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This Act [see Tables for classification]
may be cited as the ‘Community Opportunities, Ac-
countability, and Training and Educational Services
Act of 1998’ or the ‘Coats Human Services Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1998’.’’
Pub. L. 105–285, title I, § 101, Oct.
The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to provide assistance to States and local communities, working through a network of community action agencies and other neighborhood-based organizations, for the reduction of poverty, the revitalization of low-income communities, and the empowerment of low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas to become fully self-sufficient (particularly families who are attempting to transition off a State program carried out under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ([42 U.S.C. 601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.)); and
(2) to accomplish the goals described in paragraph (1) through—
(A) the strengthening of community capabilities for planning and coordinating the use of a broad range of Federal, State, local, and other assistance (including private resources) related to the elimination of poverty, so that this assistance can be used in a manner responsive to local needs and conditions;
(B) the organization of a range of services related to the needs of low-income families and individuals, so that these services may have a measurable and potentially major impact on the causes of poverty in the community and may help the families and individuals to achieve self-sufficiency;
(C) the greater use of innovative and effective community-based approaches to attacking the causes and effects of poverty and of community breakdown;
(D) the maximum participation of residents of the low-income communities and members of the groups served by programs assisted through the block grants made under this chapter to empower such residents and members to respond to the unique problems and needs within their communities; and
(E) the broadening of
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 9901. Purposes and goals
The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to provide assistance to States and local
communities, working through a network of
community action agencies and other neigh-
borhood-based organizations, for the reduction
of poverty, the revitalization of low-income
communities, and the empowerment of low-in-
come families and individuals in rural and
urban areas to become fully self-sufficient
(particularly families who are attempting to
transition off a State program carried out
under part A of title IV of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)); and
(2) to accomplish the goals described in para-
graph (1) through—
(A) the strengthening of community capa-
bilities for planning and coordinating the
use of a broad range of Federal, State, local,
and other assistance (including private re-
sources) related to the elimination of pov-
erty, so that this assistance can be used in a
manner responsive to local needs and condi-
tions;
(B) the organization of a range of services
related to the needs of low-income families
and individuals, so that these services may
have a measurable and potentially major im-
pact on the causes of poverty in the commu-
nity and may help the families and individ-
uals to achieve self-sufficiency;
(C) the greater use of innovative and effec-
tive community-based approaches to attack-
ing the causes and effects of poverty and of
community breakdown;
(D) the maximum participation of resi-
dents of the low-income communities and
members of the groups served by programs
assisted through the block grants made
under this chapter to empower such resi-
dents and members to respond to the unique
problems and needs within their commu-
nities; and
(E) the broadening of the resource base of
programs direct
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