Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 505 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › Chapter 1 - Child Welfare › Section 505 KAR 1:070 - Local juvenile delinquency prevention councils: Community Juvenile Justice Partnership Grant Program

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				15A.300
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				15A.300 requires the Department of Juvenile
				Justice to promulgate administrative regulations for the formation, operation
				and duties of local juvenile delinquency prevention councils, and for the
				administration and operation of the grant programs operated in conjunction with
				the prevention councils. This administrative regulation relates to the
				administration and operation of the grant programs.
Section 1. The Community Juvenile Justice
			 Partnership Grant Program.
(1) To the extent
			 funds are available, the department shall operate the Community Juvenile
			 Justice Partnership Grant Program for the purpose of offering grant funding to
			 local communities to support the development of prevention programs, projects
			 and systems identified by a council through the local community planning
			 process.
(2) The department shall
			 offer several types of grants, including formula grants, competitive grants,
			 and grants of limited scope that focus on specific programs, issues, or
			 geographic locations.
(3) In order
			 to meet grant eligibility requirements, a council shall:
(a) Be in compliance with membership
			 requirements established in
			 505
			 KAR 1:050;
(b) Have designated a public agency to
			 administer the grant; and
(c) Have
			 on file with the department:
1. Approved
			 comprehensive or alternative plan, resource identification, and needs
			 assessment;
2. Current required
			 reports and filings; and
3. Copies
			 of interagency agreements entered into pursuant to
			 KRS
			 15A.300(3)(b).
(4) A solicitation
			 issued under the Community Juvenile Justice Partnership Grant Program shall be
			 issued by the department through the local councils. A solicitation shall
			 include:
(a) A complete description of the
			 program;
(b) The problem or need to
			 be addressed by the program;
(c)
			 Program goals and objectives;
(d)
			 The dollar amount available;
(e)
			 The duration of program;
(f)
			 Eligibility criteria;
(g) Program
			 application requirements;
(h)
			 Procedures and criteria for selection;
(i) Audit requirements; and
(j) Submission requirements.
(5) A response to a solicitation
			 shall be submitted initially to the local council for review, unless the
			 solicitation specifically requires the proposal to be submitted directly to the
			 department. The council shall review each proposal submitted to it to determine
			 the extent to which the proposal addresses a need identified in the council's
			 plan and the extent to which the proposal meets the requirements established in
			 the solicitation.
(a) Each council shall
			 develop a written process for reviewing and ranking proposals. The review shall
			 include:
1. The extent to which the proposal
			 meets the needs identified in the council's plan;
2. The degree to which diverse groups are
			 involved in the program;
3. The
			 existence of interagency agreements;
4. The number of youth to be served by the
			 program; and
5. The likelihood that
			 the program can be replicated.
(b) The council shall submit the ranked
			 proposals along with the ranked list, and a recommendation for funding to the
			 department.
(c) Council members who
			 are affiliated with an agency, public or private, which is applying for
			 Community Juvenile Justice Partnership Grant funds, shall not participate in
			 the review, ranking, or funding recommendations for a group of proposals that
			 includes a proposal submitted by the affiliated agency. A council member is
			 affiliated if he or she or an immediate member of his or her family is an
			 employee or board member of the agency submitting the proposal.
(6) The department shall review
			 the proposals submitted and the recommendations of the council. The department
			 shall present the recommendations of the council and recommendations of the
			 department to the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board for review. The final funding
			 decision shall be made by the commissioner.
(7) The department, or its designee, shall
			 monitor and audit grants and subgrants awarded under the Community Juvenile
			 Justice Partnership Grant Program.
(8)
(a) The
			 department shall make awards directly to the administering agency or grant
			 recipient.
(b) The award
			 notification shall include a list of subgrants to be funded, and the amount of
			 funding for each subgrant.
(c) The
			 administering agency shall notify subgrant award recipients in writing of the
			 sub-grant within ten (10) days of the administering agency's receipt of the
			 grant award notification from the department.
(d) The subgrant award recipient shall accept
			 the subgrant award in writing within ten (10) days of the receipt of the
			 subgrant award notice from the administering agency.
(e) The administering agency shall notify the
			 department of its acceptance of the grant award within thirty (30) days of
			 receipt of the grant award notice.
(9) A Community Juvenile Justice Partnership
			 Grant or subgrant shall be awarded for an initial twelve (12) month period. To
			 receive continuation funding, a grantee or subgrantee shall submit a
			 continuation proposal. Funding after the initial year shall be contingent upon
			 the project meeting the goals identified in the proposal and the availability
			 of funds. A project shall not be funded for more than forty-eight (48)
			 months.