A. Subject to the availability of funding, grants are available to a public school or group of public schools that meets department eligibility requirements.
B. Applications for grants shall be in the form prescribed by the department and shall include the following information:
(1) a statement of need, including demographic and socioeconomic information about the area to be served by the program;
(2) goals and expected outcomes of the program;
(3) services and activities to be provided by the program;
(4) written agreements for the provision of services by public and private agencies, community groups and other parties;
(5) a work plan and budget for the program, including staffing requirements and the expected availability of staff;
(6) hours of operation;
(7) strategies for dissemination of information about the program to potential users;
(8) training and professional development plans;
(9) plans to ensure that program participants are not stigmatized for their use of the program;
(10) a physical description of the place in the school or adjacent to the school in which the program will be located;
(11) letters of endorsement and commitment from community agencies and organizations and local governments; and
(12) any other information the department requires.
C. Grants shall not be awarded for applications submitted that supplant funding and other resources that have been used for purposes similar to the program.
History: Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 67.
ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 74 contained an emergency clause and was approved April 4, 2003.