cerned not only with whether the grantee's goals are realistic and consistent with the grantee's overall strategy, but also with whether such goals are consistent with the basic community action purpose of stimulating a better focusing of the community's resources.

(b) In establishing planning goals, CAP grantees are subject to the following requirement:

(1) Every grantee goal must meet at least one of the five general national standards.

|(2) Every grantee must establish a sufficient range of goals so that taken together they meet each of the five national standards.

(c) Local grantee goals may be more specific, locally tailored versions of one or more of the indicators listed in $1078.1-7 or of some other indicator which the OEO funding office approves as meeting one or more of the national standards. In any event, grantee goals must be specific as to both the character and the extent of the improvement in community response which should be accomplished during the funding period. Where suitable, goals should be stated in quantitative terms, but whether they use quantitative or other concrete measures, grantee goals should deal with the question of "how much" as well as with the quality and character of improvements to be achieved.

1078.1-6 Procedures.

(a) CAP grantees should establish their local goals consistent with the national standards of program effecveness as part of their regular grant application process. Local goals should be identified, and the strategy for attaining them should be discussed, in the grantee's Plans and Priorities form CAP Form 81) and Program Account Work Program forms (CAP Forms 7 and supplementary or alternative Porms 7a-7i). Instructions for completing these forms are found in OEO Instruction 6710-1' and subsequent instructions in the 6710 series.

(b) Local goals established for the funding period and subsequent years

Not filed with the Office of the Federal Register.

will be reviewed and approved by the OEO funding office as part of the grant approval process. These goals, consistent with national standards, will then form the basis against which the effectiveness of the grantee's programs will be evaluated.

§ 1078.1-7 Indicators of improvements in community response to poverty.

(a) Strengthened community capacity for planning and coordinating poverty-related programs. (1) Development and dissemination of more accurate information about the problem, conditions, and causes of poverty.

(2) Improved information on and evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of poverty-related programs.

(3) Greater and more effective exchange of information among agencies dealing with poverty-related problems. (4) Increased allocation of staff and fiscal resources to antipoverty planning.

(5) Increased pooling and interchange of planning staffs and other resources among poverty-related agencies.

(6) Increased joint planning of poverty programs.

(7) Improved mechanisms for both formal and informal working contacts among agencies with related antipoverty responsibilities.

(8) Better division of labor and responsibilities among antipoverty agen

cies.

(9) Increased communication and cooperation between public and private poverty-related agencies.

(10) Increased joint funding and operation of poverty programs by agencies with related responsibilities.

(b) Better organization of a range of services related to the needs of the poor. (1) Decentralization of services to low-income neighborhood locations.

(2) Relocation of related services to common or nearby sites.

(3) Establishment of programs which fill significant services gaps, and elimination of duplicative services.

(4) Operation of related service programs so that each supports the other in helping the poor solve a combination of individual or family problems.

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(5) Changes in hours and methods of operation which increase utilization of services by poor people.

(6) Improved information and publicity about available services.

(7) Improved outreach, intake, and followup to maximize full use and benefit from available services.

(c) Innovations and improvements in programs, institutional practices, laws, and regulations which increase opportunities for the poor. (1) Implementation of new program concepts, designs, and techniques which increase the accessibility, quality, relevance, and effectiveness of services for the poor.

(2) Modification of eligibility and other rules to assure maximum use of services by those who need them.

(3) Improved incentives to service beneficiaries to move from dependency to self-sufficiency.

(4) Improved and expanded employment opportunities for the poor:

(i) Modification of State and local civil service laws and regulations, as well as private employment practices, to remove arbitrary requirements for prior education and experience which exceed the actual demands of the job, or where necessary skills could be readily acquired through on-the-job training.

(ii) Increasing use of nonprofessionals to perform functions, otherwise performed by professionals, for which professional qualifications are not necessary.

(iii) Establishment of career development programs through which nonprofessionals can advance to positions of greater responsibility and higher pay through in-service training, education incentives, and other aids to selfimprovement.

(iv) Elimination of automatic disqualification from employment because of arrest or bad credit records, or because of previous conviction of crime where the crime was not serious or has no connection to the nature of the position.

(v) Enactment and better enforcement of equal employment opportunity measures.

(vi) Increased active recruitment among the poor and minority group

members for supervisory as well as entry level positions.

(5) Increased protection of the rights of poor people as consumers:

(1) Strengthening and improved enforcement of housing codes.

(ii) Enactment and stronger enforcement of open housing measures, and adoption of nondiscriminatory practices by real estate brokers.

(iii) Improved relocation assistance, fair compensation for replacement of property, and provision of increased low-income housing in urban renewal and other housing programs.

(iv) Elimination of discriminatory pricing, merchandising, and credit practices in low-income neighborhoods.

(6) Improved administration of justice and law enforcement:

(i) Provision of adequate and competent counsel for low-income residents. (ii) Elimination of discriminatory bail/bond requirements.

(iii) Inclusion of low-income and minority group members on juries.

(iv) Elimination of discriminatory sentences for poor persons convicted of crimes.

(v) Improved police-community relations and elimination of discriminatory policy practices in low-income

areas.

(d) Increased and more effective participation by the poor in the planning and conduct of programs which affect their lives. (1) Development and strengthening of neighborhood-based and target area organizations of lowincome residents addressing a broad range of problems and issues.

(2) Development and strengthening of organizations of low-income participants or beneficiaries of specific service programs:

(i) Welfare rights groups.
(ii) Parent-school organizations.
(iii) Youth groups.

(3) Development and strengthening of economic self-help organizations: (i) Production and marketing cooperatives.

(ii) Buyers clubs.

(iii) Credit unions.

(iv) Neighborhood improvement and low-income housing organizations.

(v) Private

business enterprises owned and operated by organizations of low-income people.

(vi) Day-care cooperatives for working mothers.

(4) Development and strengthening of indigenous leadership in the lowincome community and in organizations of poor people.

(5) Increased and more productive communication and consultation between organizations of the poor and the public and private institutions which serve the poor.

(6) Increased authority, responsibility, and administrative capability for = organizations of the poor:

(i) Delegation to such organizations of policy-making or operating authority for poverty-related programs.

(ii) Delegation to such organizations of policy-making or operating authority for nonpoverty programs.

(iii) Provision to such organization of discretionary funds to plan, develop, and conduct programs of their choice.

(7) More active and widespread participation by individual residents and poor people in both low-income organizations and in other community, neighborhood, civic, and school organizations.

(8) Greater understanding and exercise by the poor of their rights and privileges as citizens.

(9) Greater and more meaningful representation by the poor on the governing and/or advisory boards of public and private agencies.

(10) Increased employment of lowincome people by public and private agencies in positions of responsibility through which they can influence the character and quality of programs serving the poor.

(e) Broadening of the base of human and material resources invested by the nonpoor community in antipoverty activities. (1) Increased support by nonpoor groups and individuals from programs and measures needed to deal with poverty problems.

(2) Expansion of and improvements in public community services for residents of low-income areas:

(i) Police and fire protection. (ii) Public transportation.

(iii) Garbage collection and street cleaning.

(iv) Education. (v) Recreation.

(vi) Library services.

(3) Redirection of public or private agency programs to focus more resources on the needs of the poor.

(4) Increased local or state appropriations and revenue for antipoverty programs.

(5) New or increased (non-OEO) Federal funds in the community for antipoverty programs.

(6) Absorption by local or state public or private agencies of costs of established antipoverty originally financed with OEO or other Federal funds.

(7) Increased provision of volunteer time and services to antipoverty programs by individuals or organizations: (i) Professionals and professional societies.

(ii) Civic associations.
(iii) Women's groups.
(iv) Fraternal orders.
(v) Business organizations.
(vi) Student groups.
(vii) Private individuals.

(8) Increased development and provision by private industry of job training and placement programs for lowincome persons.

(9) New and increased investment by private industry in job-creating enterprises in low-income areas.

(10) Provision of administrative and programmatic incentives to encourage increased or sustained commercial and industrial investment in low-income areas.

(11) Elimination of discriminatory practices which withhold regular private loan capital from members of minority groups wishing to invest in commercial enterprises in low-income

areas.