---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:23:62
citation: "R.S. 23:62"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 23 › Chapter 1 › Part III"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1982, number: 818, section: 1, effective_date: 1982-08-04, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1989, number: 512, section: 1, effective_date: 1990-01-01, role: amendment }
  - { year: 1992, number: 447, section: 1, effective_date: 1992-06-20, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2008, number: 743, section: 7, effective_date: 2008-07-01, role: amendment }
---

# Definitions

As used in this Part:

(1) "Community action agency" means a public agency or private nonprofit corporation having authority under its charter or bylaws, or both, to administer community action programs, which has been designated as a community action agency by the parish governing authority.

(2) "Community action program" means a community based and operated program which provides services, assistance, and other activities of sufficient scope and size to give promise of progress toward the elimination of poverty in a community.

(3) "Low income" means a household income level established by Louisiana Works, after public hearings, below which an individual will be qualified for services delivered through a community action program.