California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 11 - Special Programs › Subchapter 21.5 - School Community Violence Prevention Program › Section 11987.1 - Eligibility to Apply for SCVP Grant Funds and Grant Application Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For purposes of
				  this program, Local Education Agencies (LEAs) are school districts, county
				  offices of education or consortia thereof. Only LEAs serving students in any of
				  grades kindergarten through twelve are eligible to apply for the SCVP grant
				  funds.
(b) School sites which are
				  receiving services from a School Community Policing Partnership (SCPP) grant
				  may not receive SCVP grant funds until the SCPP grant period has
				  ended.
(c) A school site that has
				  previously received an SCVP grant shall not be eligible to receive funds from
				  another SCVP grant until five years after the end of the previous SCVP grant
				  period.
(d) Prospective applicants
				  shall submit a request to apply to the S/LEP by November 1 of each year.
				  Attached to the request to apply shall be a copy, from each proposed program
				  site, of that portion of the comprehensive school safety plan which is required
				  by Education Code sections
				  32282(a)(1) and
				  (a)(2)(H), and by the first paragraph of
				  Education Code section
				  32282(a)(2).
				  The safety plan shall have been updated and approved during the time period
				  specified in Education Code section
				  32286. If
				  these requirements are not met, the LEA shall not be eligible to apply for
				  funds.
(e) LEAs wishing to receive
				  funds from the SCVP grant program shall submit applications for a maximum of
				  $500,000. Applications will be annual and will be submitted by January 15 of
				  each year. The applications shall include the following elements:
(1) A description of the collaborative
				  process used to develop and administer the proposed SCVP project. The
				  description shall include a list of all participants in the collaborative group
				  (such as school and district staff, parents, students, law enforcement agencies
				  and community organizations) which helped plan the project, and which will
				  participate in on-going project operations.
(2) Letters of agreement or memoranda of
				  understanding between the LEA and any law enforcement agency and/or community
				  organization(s) which will take an active part in carrying out or administering
				  the proposed project. The letter(s) must describe how the partner agency and/or
				  organization(s) will participate in the project.
(3) An application that is individualized and
				  specific to the school site or sites that are in need of the proposed
				  funding.
(4) A current school
				  safety needs analysis conducted by the collaborative group. Data from the
				  California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) and/or the California Student Survey
				  (CSS) and from the Uniform Management Information and Reporting System (UMIRS)
				  must be included in the needs analysis.
(5) A description of the current violence
				  prevention efforts at the site or sites, including a description of how other
				  violence prevention funds are used to meet the identified needs. The proposed
				  violence prevention plan shall address needs which are not being met by the
				  violence prevention activities funded by existing fund sources.
(6) A proposed plan that consists of a
				  primary prevention program; or a combination of a primary prevention program,
				  supplemental prevention activities, and/or intervention activities; which
				  address the problems identified in the needs analysis.
(7) A description of the manner in which the
				  project staff will track process and outcome measures to determine if the
				  project is progressing as planned and on schedule, and a description of the
				  manner in which the project collaborative will review this information and use
				  it to keep the project on track.
(8) A section describing how the proposed
				  violence prevention program will be continued after the end of the grant
				  period.
(9) A proposed project plan
				  that identifies a project coordinator position responsible for overall
				  coordination of project activities, for documenting project activities, and for
				  providing required reports. The amount of staff time budgeted for the
				  coordinator position shall be justified in the grant application.
(10) A line item budget and an explanatory
				  narrative. Each budget item shall be explained with a computation based upon
				  the unit cost of the purchased item. The budget shall include funds for the
				  required independent audits of the use of funds. The budget shall also contain
				  funds for attendance at training and networking conferences sponsored by the
				  S/LEP.
(11) An assurance that
				  independent audits will be conducted of the grant recipient's use of the SCVP
				  funds. The purpose of the audits will be to determine if the funds have been
				  used as required by law and regulation and as stated in the grant recipient's
				  application.
(12) Applicant LEAs
				  shall download and print the "General Assurances" (revised June, 2007) and
				  "Drug Free Workplace" (revised June, 2007) forms from the California Department
				  of Education (CDE) "funding forms" web page (http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/fm).
				  These documents, which are incorporated by reference, shall be submitted with
				  the application.