For example, a county department or city office could serve as the legal applicant for the implementing agency. The Financial Officer for the grant must be the office or department legally responsible for the legal applicant's financial records, i.e. City Clerk-Treasurer, County Auditor, School Corporation Treasurer, University Controller. Awards will generally be granted for one year on an April 1st - March 31st funding cycle. Each year thereafter, programs may apply for continuation funding on a competitive basis dependant upon compliance with grant management guidelines in the previous year.
Funding is provided on a step-down basis.
This does not guarantee programs six years of funding, rather it provides funding guidelines for the Board of Trustees for those programs that they deem worthy of the full funding cycle. In general, grant recipients can follow their organization's accounting guidelines, unless they are less stringent than federal standards. In compliance with the Single Audit Act of 1984, P.L. 98-502, grant recipients must provide the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute with copies of their Indiana State Board of Accounts annual reports. Grant recipients are required to submit quarterly narrative and financial reports. The narrative describes progress toward reaching stated goals and objectives and the financial report provides documentation of funds spent during the quarterly period.