18993. There is hereby created the Community Challenge Grant Program in the State Department of Health Services to provide community challenge grants to reduce the number of teenage and unwed pregnancies. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 51. Effective July 22, 1996.)
18993.1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) One in three children in California is born out of wedlock. (b) As many as 70,000 children were born to teenagers in each of at least the last two years and nearly 25 percent of these were born to teenage mothers who have previously had […]
18993.2. (a) The State Department of Health Services shall administer grants for purposes of this chapter that shall be awarded pursuant to a request for application process. (b) Grants shall be awarded to existing and new community-based nonprofit organizations and county and local governments for purposes of implementing locally developed prevention and intervention strategies designed to do […]
18993.3. (a) An advisory committee of 10 members shall be appointed to advise and consult with the department regarding the Community Challenge Grant Program in the following areas: (1) The broad goals of the program. (2) Effective strategies for implementing the program. (3) Elements of evaluating the effectiveness of the program grantees. (4) Strategies for engaging nongovernmental resources and expertise […]
18993.4. Grant applications shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Plans for community collaboration with parents, local agencies, businesses, school leaders, community groups, and private organizations. (b) Measurable objectives selected by the applicant. (c) Evidence of the applicant’s capability to effect proposed changes. (d) A needs assessment. (e) A comprehensive description of the population or populations proposed […]
18993.5. (a) Criteria for grant selection shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Degree of community input and collaboration in the project. (2) Degree of involvement of parents and families within the community. (3) Degree of involvement of nongovernmental organizations. (4) Degree of need for the project in the local community. (5) Geographic, economic, population, and ethnic diversity. […]
18993.6. (a) Grantees shall be required to match a portion of the grant awarded under the Community Challenge Grant Program with either dollar or measurable in-kind contributions as provided by this section. (b) Grantees shall provide a match of not less than 10 percent for the first year of the grant, not less than 15 percent for […]
18993.7. (a) The costs for state administration of the Community Challenge Grant Program may be up to 5 percent of the total appropriation for the program. The Legislature shall be notified of the administrative costs of this program pursuant to Section 28 of the Budget Act of 1996. Indirect costs for grantees shall not exceed 10 […]
18993.8. The department shall conduct a statewide independent evaluation of the program, assessing the program’s effectiveness in achieving stated outcomes as established by the department. The evaluation shall be performed only when for this purpose funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 211. (SB 71) Effective January […]
18993.9. The program provided for under this chapter shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated in the Budget Act. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 839, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
