- Grants may be awarded to provide money for the start-up, continuance, or expansion of primary or secondary prevention programs, including pilot programs and educational programs for professionals and the public, and to study and evaluate primary and secondary prevention programs. In addition, grants may be awarded for programs to prevent and reduce the occurrence of prenatal substance exposure and an evidence-based or research-based child sexual abuse prevention training model to prevent and reduce the occurrence of child sexual abuse.
- The distribution of money credited to the trust fund by reimbursement for prevention services and programs identified in the federal Title IV-E prevention services clearinghouse must fund programs and services that align with the state’s prevention strategy, pursuant to the federal “Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018”, including consideration of variable needs and resources across the state and data-driven approaches, and be informed by the state department in consultation with county departments and other entities that deliver the eligible services or programs. Eligible services or programs may include those under evaluation for the purposes of petitioning the federal government for inclusion in the federal Title IV-E prevention services clearinghouse; except that, if the service or program at the time of federal review is rated to not meet criteria for inclusion in the federal Title IV-E prevention services clearinghouse, money credited to the trust fund by reimbursement for prevention services must not be allocated for that purpose in the next fiscal year, unless there is an evaluation of the service or program already underway that will build substantial new evidence that has the potential to change the service or program rating, or the service or program has been submitted to the federal clearinghouse for re-review.
- The board has discretion to oversee the disbursement of money from the trust fund to ensure its appropriate use and make recommendations for the total grant amount to be awarded each year.
- The board shall not authorize any grant awards pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for political, election, or lobbying purposes.
Source: L. 2021: Entire article amended with relocations, (HB 21-1248), ch. 335, p. 2165, § 1, effective September 7.
Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 19-3.5-107 as it existed prior to 2021.