(1) The Department may consider the following when determining the amounts of grants awarded:
- (a) The applicant’s capability to expand access to or maintain a children’s advocacy center in an underserved community;
- (b) The applicant’s capability to expand access of a children’s advocacy center to a geographic area of this state with no children’s advocacy centers;
- (c) The likelihood that the applicant, if awarded a grant, will expand access to children’s advocacy center services and supports to children from historically marginalized and underserved communities;
- (d) If awarded a grant, the ability of the existing or proposed children’s advocacy center to provide behavioral and mental health services for victims of child abuse;
- (e) The applicant’s capability to provide services to drug endangered children; and
- (f) The applicant’s capability to provide services to children who have been trafficked.
(2) The total amount distributed to a given children’s advocacy center under this grant may not exceed $300,000, calculated based on the total of:
- (a) Amounts distributed to the children’s advocacy center under Section 4(3)(a) of Senate Bill 1579 (2024); and
- (b) Amounts awarded to the children’s advocacy center under this rule, including the amounts of any grants awarded as permitted in this rule to a health care provider or medical facility that is connected with the children’s advocacy center.
- (3) Upon approval of the application, and following the grant award, the Department will enter into a Grant Agreement with the Grantee. The Department will disburse funds in accordance with the Grant Agreement.
- (4) The Department shall award and distribute all of the amounts available for grants under this one-time grant no later than June 30, 2025.
- (5) The Department is responsible for monitoring these funds for the duration of the grant award period.
Statutory/Other Authority
SB 1579
Statutes/Other Implemented
SB 1579
History
DOJ 8-2024, adopt filed 05/22/2024, effective 05/23/2024