A. The "family and youth resource advisory committee" is created. Members of the committee are:
- (1) the state superintendent [secretary] or his designee;
- (2) the secretary of health or his designee;
- (3) the secretary of human services or his designee;
- (4) the secretary of children, youth and families or his designee; and
(5) the following members appointed by the state board [department]:
- (a) one representative each from four different local community-based organizations, including faith-based providers, involved with the provision of health or social services to families; and
- (b) one local superintendent or his designee from a school district in which there are more than two schools eligible to participate in the family and youth resources program.
- B. The members of the committee shall appoint the chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary.
- C. The committee shall meet as frequently as it deems appropriate or necessary, but at least once a year. The chairman may call special meetings as he deems necessary and shall convene special meetings at the request of a majority of the members.
- D. A majority of the committee constitutes a quorum.
- E. Members who are not state officers may be reimbursed for per diem and mileage expenses as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].
- F. The department shall staff the committee.
G. The committee shall:
- (1) recommend to the department guidelines for the creation, implementation and operation of programs;
- (2) recommend to the department standards and criteria for awarding grants and the form and content of grant applications; and
- (3) review applications for grants and make recommendations to the department within ninety days of receipt of the grant applications.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 65.
ANNOTATIONS
Cross references. — For references to the former state superintendent, see 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 74 contained an emergency clause and was approved April 4, 2003.