2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 6.8 - Tony Grampsas Youth Services Program (§§ 26-6.8-101 — 26-6.8-106) › Section 26-6.8-103 - Tony Grampsas youth services board - members - duties - reimbursement for expenses

(1)
(a)
There is created the Tony Grampsas youth services board, which is a
type 2
entity, as defined in section
24-1-105
. The board consists of the following members:
(I)
Four adult members appointed by the governor;
(II)
Two youth members appointed by the governor;
(III)
Three adult members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(IV)
Two adult members appointed by the president of the senate; and
(V)
One adult member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
(b)
No more than seven of the members appointed to the board may be affiliated with the same political party.
(c)
In addition to the appointed board members, the executive director or the executive director's designee shall serve as a member of the board.
(d)
(I)
In appointing adult members to the board, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president and the minority leader of the senate shall:
(A)
Choose persons who have a knowledge and awareness of innovative strategies for youth crime and violence prevention and intervention services and for reducing the occurrence and reoccurrence of child abuse and neglect; and
(B)
Appoint one or more persons who possess knowledge and awareness of early childhood care and education. As used in this subsection (1)(d)(I)(B), "early childhood" means younger than nine years of age.
(II)
In appointing members to the board, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall each appoint at least one person who has a knowledge and awareness of student issues, including the causes of student dropout in secondary schools, as well as innovative strategies for reducing the dropout rate among secondary school students.
(III)
In appointing members to the board, the governor shall:
(A)
Appoint at least one person who is representative of a minority community;
(B)
Appoint at least one person who is knowledgeable in the area of child abuse and neglect prevention and intervention; and
(C)
Appoint at least one person who is knowledgeable in the area of youth crime and violence prevention and intervention.
(IV)
In appointing youth members to the board, the governor shall appoint members who are fifteen years of age or older but under twenty-six years of age. A youth board member who reaches twenty-six years of age during the youth board member's term may remain on the board for the remainder of the term.
(e)
The board shall choose a chair and vice-chair from among its members.
(f)
(I)
The appointed members of the board shall serve three-year terms; except that the terms of appointed members shall be staggered so that no more than a minimum majority of the appointed members' terms expire in the same year. If a vacancy arises in one of the appointed offices, the authority making the original appointment shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term.
(II)
Adult and youth members of the board may be reimbursed out of available appropriations for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(g)
The board is authorized to meet, when necessary, via telecommunications.
(2)
(a)
The board shall develop and make available program guidelines, including but not limited to:
(I)
Guidelines for proposal design;
(II)
Local public-to-private funding match requirements; and
(III)
Processes for local review and prioritization of program applications.
(b)
In addition to the guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section, the board shall develop criteria for awarding grants under the Tony Grampsas youth services program, including but not limited to the following requirements:
(I)
That the program is operated in cooperation with a local government, a local governmental agency, or a local nonprofit or not-for-profit agency;
(II)
That the program is community-based, receiving input from organizations in the community such as schools, community mental health centers, local nonprofit or not-for-profit agencies, local law enforcement agencies, businesses, and individuals within the community;
(II.5)
That the grant application process identifies and prioritizes funding programs that meet a need in the community, including, but not limited to, the presence of risk factors in a grant applicant's intended populations; and
(III)
(A)
That the program is directed at providing prevention and intervention services to children, youth, and their families in an effort to decrease incidents of youth crime and violence; prevent child abuse and neglect; or decrease youth alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug use, or that the program is directed at providing services to students and their families in an effort to reduce the dropout rate in secondary schools pursuant to section
26-6.8-105
.
(B)
If an entity is seeking a grant from the board for a student dropout prevention and intervention program pursuant to section
26-6.8-105
, one of the criteria that the board shall consider is whether the program has been implemented elsewhere, if known, and, if so, the relative success of the program. It is not required, however, that the program be previously implemented for the board to award a grant to the entity.
(C)
If an entity is seeking a grant from the board for a program directed at providing prevention and intervention services to youth and their families in an effort to decrease incidents of youth crime and violence, one of the criteria that the board shall consider is whether the program includes restorative justice components. It is not required, however, that the program include restorative justice components for the board to award a grant to the entity.
(c)
In addition to the guidelines and criteria developed pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2), the board shall develop result-oriented criteria for measuring the effectiveness of programs that receive grants under the Tony Grampsas youth services program as deemed appropriate to the nature of each program including, but not limited to, requiring grantees to evaluate the impact of the services provided by the program. Any criteria developed pursuant to this paragraph (c) for measuring the effectiveness of student dropout prevention and intervention programs established pursuant to section
26-6.8-105
shall include the implementation of a method by which to track the students served by the program to evaluate the impact of the services provided, which tracking shall continue, if possible, for at least two years or through graduation from a secondary school, whichever occurs first.
(3)
In addition to the guidelines and criteria developed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the board shall establish timelines for submission and review of applications for grants through the Tony Grampsas youth services program. The board shall also adopt timelines for submission to the governor of the list of entities chosen to receive grants. If the governor disapproves the list, the board may submit a replacement list within thirty days after such disapproval.
(4)
The board shall review all applications received pursuant to section
26-6.8-102
for grants from the Tony Grampsas youth services program and choose those entities that shall receive grants through the Tony Grampsas youth services program and the amount of each grant.
(5)
In addition to the duties relating specifically to the Tony Grampsas youth services program specified in this section, the board shall operate the prevention and intervention programs specified in this article 6.8 and such other prevention and intervention programs as may be assigned to the board by executive order to be funded by federal money, state money, or both. All unexpended and unencumbered money appropriated to the fund at the end of a fiscal year remains available for expenditure by the state department for the Tony Grampsas youth services program in the following fiscal year without further appropriation and must not be transferred or revert to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 251,§ 8, eff. 5/24/2023.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 70, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 23, § 3, eff. 3/17/2022.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 2, § 89, eff. 2/25/2022.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 245, § 1, eff. 8/5/2015.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 25-20.5-202 and amended by 2013 Ch. 169, § 5, eff. 7/1/2013.
L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1117), ch. 169, p. 575, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2015: (1)(a), IP(1)(d)(I), and (1)(e) amended and (1)(d)(IV) added, (HB 15-1365), ch. 245, p. 903, § 1, effective August 5.
This section is similar to former § 25-20.5-202 as it existed prior to 2013.
2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).