1. A. All awards from the grant fund shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Procurement Code and regulations promulgated thereunder.
2. B. The department in consultation with JJAC may establish priorities for expenditure of grant fund money. Any priority determinations shall be stated in the requests for proposals issued by the department.

3. C. The department shall issue requests for proposals to continuums. The requests for proposals shall identify the amount of money available, and the specific purpose(s) for which the money is available. The requests for proposals shall identify such additional specific criteria as the department, in consultation with JJAC, finds necessary to effectuate the allowable uses selected for award of grant fund money, and that are consistent with the legislative mandate.

   (1) Applicants shall be required to demonstrate that at least forty percent of the cost of the proposed project will be paid with local matching funds. The local matching funds may consist of money, land, equipment or in-kind services.

   (2) A juvenile justice continuum shall be established through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and a continuum board. For tribal governments, the corresponding agencies/entities must be the continuum members, and there must be a comparable memorandum of understanding and a continuum board. Applicants shall be required to submit the MOU establishing their juvenile justice continuum as a formal partnership that includes all required partners, and that has a continuum board as its governing authority.

4. D. The issuance of requests for proposals, and the process of selecting among submitted proposals, shall be conducted and governed entirely by the applicable provisions of the Procurement Code and regulations promulgated thereunder.
5. E. The JJAC shall serve as the evaluation committee reviewing all submitted proposals. The JJAC shall make its recommendations to the department’s secretary.
6. F. In the event the department in consultation with JJAC determines that an alternative procurement process is warranted in a specific circumstance, the award of grant fund money shall proceed in compliance with applicable provisions of the Procurement Code. Examples of alternative procurement processes include, but are not limited to: emergency procurements and sole source procurements.
7. G. The department’s secretary shall have final approval of awards from the grant fund.

[8.14.13.10 NMAC - Rp, 8.14.13.10 NMAC, 07/31/2007]