BOARD COMPOSITION

Legislative Requirements

The Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended in 1998, requires that a private nonprofit CAA administer its Community Services Block Grant Program through a tripartite board whose members fully participate in the development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the program. The tripartite board must be composed as follows:

1. One-third of the board must consist of elected public officials, holding office on the date of selection, or their representatives (except that if the number of such elected officials available and willing to serve on the board is less than one-third of the membership of the board, membership on the board of appointive public officials or their representatives may be counted toward meeting the one-third requirement);
2. not fewer than one-third must be persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that the members are representative of low-income individuals and families in the neighborhood served and, if they represent a specific neighborhood, that they live in that neighborhood; and
3. the remainder must be members or officials of the private groups and interests in the community (business, industry, labor, religious, law enforcement, education, or other major groups and interests).

Reasons for the composition requirements

For Community Action to succeed, the entire community must be involved. The entire community also must be represented on the CAA board by the three sectors: public elected officials because they formally represent both the general public and the local government; the poor because they know the problems of poverty; the balance of the community because the CAA cannot succeed without support and participation of the other service agencies, private employers, churches, public officials, etc.

PBJCEOC Board Meeting Schedule

The board of directors meets the 3rd Thursday during every month except December. There are no meetings scheduled during the month of December unless by special call of the President of the Board of Directors. The meetings are generally held from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Board of Directors

• Rev. Louis Williams Jr., President, Jefferson County, Low-Income
• Mrs. Bettye Johnson, Vice-President, Jefferson County, Private
• Rev. Jesse Turner, Vice-President, Jefferson County, Low Income
• Mrs. Romona Jackson, Secratary, Grant County, Public - County Judge
• Mrs. Norma Stabala,  Arkansas County, Private
• Mrs. Odella Smith, Arkansas County, Low-Income
• Mrs. Ozella Lee, Cleveland County, Private
• Mrs. Dana Young, Cleveland County, Public
• Mrs. Betty Nichols, Grant County, Private
• Mr. Burl Robertson, Lincoln County, Private
• Mrs. Lisa McGehee, Lincoln County, Public - County Judge's Office
• Mrs. Pam Thomas, Lincoln County, Low-Income
• Mrs. Diann WIlliams, Jefferson County, Public- City Mayor's Office
• Mrs. Ruby Poteet, Jefferson County, Public-County Judge's Office