ADD-IM-93-6
Issued 8/12/93
Determination of Poverty Area
| TO: | Chairpersons, State Planning Councils Executive Directors, State Planning Councils Directors, University Affiliated Programs and Satellite Centers |
| SUBJECT: |
Determination of Poverty Area |
LEGAL AND RELATED REFERENCES:
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, as amended,
Public Law
101-496 (42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq)
45 CFR, Parts 1385, 1386, 1387, and 1388, amended November 20, 1989 (54 FR 47982)
CONTENT:
The information contained in this policy issuance reviews the legislative provisions
for funding services in poverty areas and provides a current list of the organizations,
by State, which serve as data centers. This issuance supersedes ADD-IM- 85-1,
dated February 21, 1985, Determination of Poverty Area.
The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (the Act) makes provision for serving people who live in rural or urban poverty areas within a State. Section 103(a) permits Basic State Grant projects whose activities or products target poverty areas to receive as much as 90 percent in Federal support. Similarly, Section 103(b) permits University Affiliated Programs whose activities or products target these State poverty areas also to receive as much as 90 percent in Federal support. Moreover, Section 122(b)(5)(E) requires that agencies or entities serving people with developmental disabilities residing in State poverty areas receive special financial and technical assistance.
For purposes of the Act, urban and rural poverty areas in a State are those that meet the definition of the United States Census Bureau for these areas. Each census tract in a State is designated as either a poverty or non-poverty area. You may use the information provided by the data centers in your State to identify the location of these poverty areas. To assist you in contacting a data center, we have attached [linked to] the most current listing of the State Data Centers.
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Will Wolstein
Acting Commissioner
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
INQUIRIES TO:
Regional Administrators, ACF
ATTACHMENT:
State Data Center Program
Coordinating Organizations Address Listing
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC