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38-9A-4
Section 38-9A-4 Community councils. (a) Each regional council shall sanction in accordance
with state and regional council policies and procedures local area affiliate councils within
its region, to be known as community councils, for the purpose of implementing the Individual
and Family Support Program at the local community level. (b) Each community council shall
be composed solely of people with disabilities and their family members. Members shall be
appointed by the respective community councils, within the criteria established by the regional
councils. Membership shall be distributed equitably throughout the local community area and
shall be representative of the prevalent developmental disabilities. (c) Each community council
shall perform the following duties: (1) Determine specific eligibility criteria within the
broad criteria set by the regional council. (2) Receive applications for support funding from
individuals, families, and service programs, and select recipients. (3)...
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38-9A-3
Section 38-9A-3 Regional support councils. (a) Each regional support council shall be composed
solely of individuals with developmental disabilities and their family members. Membership
shall not exceed 20 members per council, with at least one member to be appointed from each
of the affiliated councils, and at least two at-large members who are not members of any community
council. A quorum of 40 percent of the membership shall be required to conduct business. Membership
shall be distributed equitably throughout the geographic region and shall be representative
of the prevalent developmental disabilities. Membership terms shall be for a period of three
years. The regional councils shall develop policies for ensuring the implementation of the
membership requirements in this section. Successor members to fill expiring terms shall be
made by the regional councils for a term of three years each. (b) The members of each council
shall serve on a voluntary basis, but shall be reimbursed for...
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36-1A-5
Section 36-1A-5 Participation limited to voluntary, charitable, health and human care federations
and agencies with a substantial local presence. (a) Participation in the Alabama State Employee
Combined Charitable Campaign shall be limited to voluntary, charitable, health and human care
federations and agencies with a substantial local presence that provide or support direct
health and welfare services to individuals or their families and meet the criteria set forth
in this section. "Substantial local presence" is defined as a facility, staffed
by professionals or volunteers, available to provide its services and open at least 15 hours
a week. Such services must be available to state employees in the local campaign community,
unless they are rendered to needy persons overseas. Such services must directly benefit human
beings, whether children, youth, adults, the aged, the ill and infirm, or the mentally or
physically handicapped. Such services must consist of care, research, or...
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38-9A-2
Section 38-9A-2 Individual and Family Support Program. (a) The Individual and Family Support
Program is created and shall be administered through a system of regional support councils
and their affiliated community councils and a state council. One regional support council
is created and incorporated as a private nonprofit corporation in each of the mental retardation
regions as defined by the Department of Mental Health. The regional support councils and their
affiliated community councils may receive and accept funds, real estate, and other items of
value from state agencies and other organizations, and enter into any necessary agreements
and contracts for the purposes of implementing this chapter. Councils may employ adequate
staff personnel including a state coordinator to implement the program. If staff personnel
are employed through a fiscal agent or other entity apart from the council, a memorandum of
understanding which defines the roles and responsibilities of the staff shall...
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38-9A-1
Section 38-9A-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a)
ADULT. An individual 18 years of age or older with a developmental disability. (b) AGENCY.
Any public state agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Mental Health, Department
of Public Health, and Department of Education. (c) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18
who has a developmental disability or who is at risk for a developmental disability. A child
under the age of six is considered at risk for a developmental disability if the child has
substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired condition that has a high
probability of resulting in a developmental disability if services are not provided. (d) COMMUNITY
COUNCIL. A local council composed of people with a developmental disability and their family
members who supervise the implementation of the program in its...
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22-57-20
Section 22-57-20 Establishment of regional autism centers; constituency board; rules and regulations.
(a)(1) There is established in determined geographic regions of the state one or more autism
centers whose purpose is to provide nonresidential resource and training services for persons
of all ages and of all levels of intellectual functioning who have any of the following: a.
Autism. b. A pervasive developmental disorder that is not otherwise specified. c. As determined
by the Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council, other disability populations which
may receive benefit from the services and activities of the regional centers. (2) Each center
shall be operationally and fiscally independent, and provide evidence-based services within
its geographical region of the state. Service delivery shall be consistent for all centers.
Each center shall coordinate services within and between state and local agencies and school
districts but may not duplicate services provided by those...
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16-6F-7
Section 16-6F-7 Applicant proposals; conversion to public charter school; terms of charters;
contracts. (a) Request for proposals. (1) To solicit, encourage, and guide the development
of quality public charter school applications, every local school board, in its role as public
charter school authorizer, shall issue and broadly publicize a request for proposals for public
charter school applications by July 17, 2015, and by November 1 in each subsequent year. The
content and dissemination of the request for proposals shall be consistent with the purposes
and requirements of this act. (2) Public charter school applicants may submit a proposal for
a particular public charter school to no more than one local school board at a time. (3) The
department shall annually establish and disseminate a statewide timeline for charter approval
or denial decisions, which shall apply to all authorizers in the state. (4) Each local school
board's request for proposals shall present the board's strategic...
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41-29-300
Section 41-29-300 Establishment; duties; meetings; objectives. (a) The Regional Workforce Development
Councils are hereby established as an appointed group of state business and industry senior
managers. The Regional Workforce Development Councils shall be appointed from the seven regions.
The Deputy Secretary of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce and
the Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System shall jointly promulgate rules related
to the establishment and governance of these councils. The Deputy Secretary of the Workforce
Development Division of the Department of Commerce shall follow the operating guidelines previously
adopted by the Workforce Development Division of the Alabama Community College System (WDD/ACCS).
The Regional Workforce Development Councils shall provide a direct link to the workforce needs
of business and industry at the local level. The councils shall be business-driven and business-led
and work with their member counties...
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38-9A-5
Section 38-9A-5 State Support Council. (a) The State Support Council is created and shall be
comprised of not more than 15 consumer and family members. Of these, there will be three representatives
appointed by each regional support council. These shall include a regional council officer,
one other regional council member, and a community council member. Additionally, the following
individuals or their designees shall serve as nonvoting advisory members: The Chair of the
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, the Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources,
the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, the State Superintendent of Education,
the Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and the State Health Officer of
the Department of Public Health. The State Support Council shall provide a forum for the development
of a state plan for an individual and family support system reflecting the experiences and
needs of each region which shall be updated at...
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24-10-7
Section 24-10-7 Requirements for eligibility. (a) In order for a proposal to be an activity
eligible for support, the following minimum requirements must be met: (1) Beneficiaries of
the activity must be individuals or families whose annual income or incomes do not exceed
60 percent of the median family income of a geographic area, as determined by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development, with adjustments for smaller and larger families. (2) Housing
to be funded must meet minimum housing quality standards set forth by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development. (3) Housing to be funded must comply with the design standards
of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (4) Housing to be funded must meet the same requirements
for duration of affordability as set forth in the rules of ADECA for its HOME Investment Partnership
Program, with priority given to housing that is to be affordable in perpetuity. (b) Activities
to be funded by the Alabama Housing Trust Fund shall...
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