Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 421 - Human Rights Department › Chapter 31 - Juvenile Justice Youth Development Program › Rule 421-31.4 - Competitive Grants

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Application announcement.
The administrator shall announce
			 through public notice the opening of any competitive grant application process.
			 The announcement shall provide potential applicants with information that
			 describes eligibility conditions, purposes for which the program funding shall
			 be available, application procedures, and all relevant time frames established
			 for proposal submittal and review, grant awards, and grant expenditure
			 periods.
(2)
Preapplication.
The division may request potential applicants
			 to submit a preapplication summary of their proposals. If a preapplication is
			 required, the division shall provide all potential applicants with sufficient
			 information detailing the extent of the preapplication and the criteria for
			 review. Preapplications received in a timely manner shall be presented to the
			 grant review committee for screening. The committee shall use the same ranking
			 system for each preapplication. The ranking system shall be based on the
			 criteria provided to the applicant through the division activities specified in
			 subrule 31.4(1). Applicants shall be notified in writing of the screening
			 decisions.
(3)
Content of
			 applications.
Required elements of the applications shall be published
			 in the request for applications and shall be based on a point system
			 established by the division that reflects the requirements of federal and state
			 funding sources. The division shall develop the application and selection
			 criteria.
(4)
Application
			 review and selection process.
The division shall conduct a preliminary
			 review of each application to ensure that the applicant is eligible and the
			 application is complete. All applications that are submitted in a timely manner
			 by eligible applicants and contain the necessary information shall be presented
			 to the grant review committee. Members of the grant review committee shall
			 review each application and shall assign numerical scores to each application
			 using criteria and point values established by the division and listed in the
			 request for applications. The rank order of scores assigned to the applications
			 by the review committee shall be the basis for funding recommendations for each
			 application reviewed. The grant review committee shall forward its funding
			 recommendations for approval and final award decisions pursuant to rule
			 421-31.7 (216A,232, PL 93-415). Decisions to make final awards shall be
			 consistent with applicable state and federal program requirements.
(5)
Conflict of interest.
Persons shall not serve on the grant review committee or otherwise participate
			 personally through decisions, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the
			 rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise in any proceeding,
			 application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, grant,
			 cooperative agreement, claim, controversy, or other particular matter in which
			 funds administered by the division are used when, to the person's knowledge,
			 the person or a member of the person's immediate family, a partner, an
			 organization in which the person is serving as an officer, director, trustee,
			 partner, or employee or any person or organization with whom the person is
			 negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment, or has a
			 financial interest of less than an arms-length transaction. If a person's
			 agency or organization submits an application, the person shall not be present
			 when the grant review committee's recommendations are acted upon by the JJAC or
			 the councils.