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[78 STAT. 516]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 516]

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PUBLIC LAW 88-452-AUG. 20, 1964

[78 STAT.

SOURCES OF M A T C H I N G F U N D S

SEC. 125. Nothing in this part shall be construed as restricting the source (other than this part) from which the institution may pay its share of the compensation of a student employed under a work-study program covered by an agreement under this part. E Q U I T A B L E DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE

SEC. 126. The Director shall establish criteria designed to achieve such distribution of assistance under this part among institutions of higher education within a State as will most effectively carry out the purposes of this Act. PART D—AUTHORIZATION or APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 131. The Director shall carry out the programs provided for in this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and the two succeeding fiscal years. For the purpose of carrying out this title, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $412,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, such sums may be appropriated as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law. TITLE II—URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS PART A—GENERAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 201. The purpose of this part is to provide stimulation and incentive for urban and rural communities to mobilize their resources to combat poverty through community action programs. COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS

Definition.

SEC. 202. (a) The term "community action program" means a program— (1) which mobilizes and utilizes resources, public or private, of any urban or rural, or combined urban and rural, geographical area (referred to in this part as a "community"), including but not limited to a State, metropolitan area, county, city, town, multicity unit, or multicounty unit in an attack on poverty; (2) which provides services, assistance, and other activities of sufficient scope and size to give promise of progress toward elimination of poverty or a cause or causes of poverty through developing employment opportunities, improving human performance, motivation, and productivity, or bettering the conditions under which people live, learn, and work; (3) which is developed, conducted, and administered with the maximum feasible participation of residents of the areas and members of the groups served; and (4) which is conducted, administered, or coordinated by a public or private nonprofit agency (other than a political party), or a combination thereof. (b) The Director is authorized to prescribe such additional criteria for programs carried on under this part as he shall deem appropriate.