Purpose

A program may be established by this state to build local capacity of community-based organizations to address any or a combination of the following: (1) Housing needs of people with low or moderate incomes, for home ownership and affordable rental housing, including housing development for the elderly and persons with a disability; (2) Employment needs of people with low or moderate incomes including job placement with attendant support, small business and entrepreneurship development, and for-profit business development by nonprofit community-based development organizations; (3) Social service program needs incorporated as a component of community economic development strategies; and (4) Communications technology to build a network to exchange information and provide technical assistance in the field of community-based economic development. Acts 1996, ch. 1032, § 3. A program may be established by this state to build local capacity of community-based organizations to address any or a combination of the following: (1) Housing needs of people with low or moderate incomes, for home ownership and affordable rental housing, including housing development for the elderly and persons with a disability; (2) Employment needs of people with low or moderate incomes including job placement with attendant support, small business and entrepreneurship development, and for-profit business development by nonprofit community-based development organizations; (3) Social service program needs incorporated as a component of community economic development strategies; and (4) Communications technology to build a network to exchange information and provide technical assistance in the field of community-based economic development. Acts 1996, ch. 1032, § 3.