Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE › Title 75 - COMMUNITY-BASED JUVENILE SERVICES AID PROGRAM › Chapter 1 - DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY-BASED JUVENILE SERVICES AID › Section 75-1-003 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The following terms and definitions will be utilized for
				  purposes of this chapter:
003.01
APPLICANT refers to individual counties, multiple counties,
				  federally or state recognized Indian tribes within the State of Nebraska that
				  have applied for Community-based Juvenile Services Aid.
003.02
CASH REPORT is a document prepared by the subgrantee that
				  reports quarterly expenditures and may serve as a request for
				  funds.
003.03
COMMISSION is the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and
				  Criminal Justice.
003.04
COMMISSION FUNDING PANEL is a three-person panel that makes
				  final funding decisions. The Commission Funding Panel shall consist of three
				  Commission members approved by the Commission, and shall include the Chair of
				  the Nebraska Coalition for Juvenile Justice so long as he/she does not have a
				  conflict of interest. The Commission Funding Panel members shall be selected by
				  the Commission annually and will include selection of one alternate
				  member.
003.05
COMMUNITY PLANNING ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE is a statewide
				  working group of the Nebraska Coalition for Juvenile Justice State Advisory
				  Group pursuant to Nebraska Revised Statute
				  43-2404.01
				  tasked with regular strategic planning related to supporting, funding,
				  monitoring, and evaluating the effectiveness of plans and programs receiving
				  funds from the Community-based Juvenile Services Aid Program.
003.06
COMMUNITY PLANNING RESOURCES refers to the
Juvenile Services Comprehensive Community Planning User
				  Manual
adopted by the Commission, and additional
				  resources and requirements deemed necessary by the Director of the
				  Community-based Juvenile Services Aid Program and Community Planning Advisory
				  Subcommittee. Community planning resources will be posted on the Commission's
				  website and outlined in the Request for Application.
003.07
COMMUNITY PLANNING TEAM is a local community team comprised
				  of members who represent the interests of the county or Indian tribe within the
				  community, and consist of individuals serving the community in the roles listed
				  in the community planning resources, and is formed to oversee the planning and
				  implementation of services developed and provided within each community or
				  region.
003.08
COMMUNITY-BASED JUVENILE SERVICES AID APPORTIONMENT FORMULA
				  is based on the total number of residents per county and federally recognized
				  or state recognized Indian tribe who are twelve years of age through eighteen
				  years of age and other relevant factors as determined by the Commission. The
				  Commission may determine a minimum funding amount for counties or Indian tribes
				  whose population produces an apportionment below the minimum funding
				  amount.
003.09
COMMUNITY-BASED JUVENILE SERVICES AID PROGRAM provides aid to
				  counties and federally recognized or state recognized Indian tribes as outlined
				  in Nebraska Revised Statute
				  43-2404.02.
003.10
COMPREHENSIVE JUVENILE SERVICES COMMUNITY PLAN is the
				  document created by the community planning team and approved by their
				  respective county board or tribal council that covers three years of planning
				  for juveniles within the identified community. The comprehensive juvenile
				  services community plan will satisfy the requirements laid out in this chapter
				  and be consistent with instruction found in the community planning resources.
				  Comprehensive juvenile services community plans must be developed every three
				  years, and submitted to the Director of the Community-based Juvenile Services
				  Aid Program for approval. Annual updates are completed with the submission of
				  the application for the Community-based Juvenile Services Aid
				  Program.
003.11
CONFLICT OF INTEREST shall include situations where the
				  individual would be required to take any action or make any decision that may
				  cause financial benefit or detriment to him or her, a member of his or her
				  immediate family, or a business or organization with which he or she is
				  associated, or a community which he or she represents.
003.12
CONTINGENCY is a condition(s) required by the Commission that
				  must be satisfied prior to the awarding of a grant.
003.13
DIRECTOR OF JUVENILE DIVERSION PROGRAMS is the individual
				  appointed by the Executive Director of the Commission who shall perform duties
				  as provided in Nebraska Revised Statute
				  81-1427.
003.14
DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY-BASED JUVENILE SERVICES AID PROGRAM
				  is the individual appointed by the Executive Director of the Commission who
				  shall perform duties as provided in Nebraska Revised Statute
				  43-2404.01.
003.15
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE is a program that can demonstrate
				  that it effectively prevents or deters youth from involvement in the juvenile
				  or criminal justice system as outlined in the Request for
				  Application.
003.16
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR is the individual who is responsible for
				  the supervision of the policies as established by the Commission and has the
				  powers and duties as outlined in Nebraska Revised Statute
				  81-1425.
003.17
GRANT AWARD PACKET is an agreement between the Commission and
				  the subgrantee that awards funds; specifies terms; sets conditions on the
				  receipt, usage, and documentation of funds; and specifies other conditions
				  deemed necessary by the Director of the Community-based Juvenile Services Aid
				  Program.
003.18
GRANT REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE is a subcommittee of the Nebraska
				  Coalition for Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group tasked with reviewing grant
				  applications to the Commission, oversight of the grant review process, and
				  reporting to the Nebraska Coalition for Juvenile Justice.
003.19
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING is an agreement between two or
				  more counties or Indian tribes that are applying as a regional group that
				  outlines the commitment to combine their Community-based Juvenile Services Aid
				  funds to accomplish the priorities in their comprehensive juvenile services
				  community plan and project(s) in the grant application.
003.20
NEBRASKA COALITION FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE is the State Advisory
				  Group for the state of Nebraska pursuant to the Juvenile Justice and
				  Delinquency Prevention Act; responsible for advising the Commission on the
				  awarding of grants, identifying and sharing juvenile justice issues, and other
				  duties and powers outlined in Nebraska Revised Statute
				  43-2412.
003.21
REGIONAL GROUP is a group of counties or Indian tribal
				  communities that have agreed to work together to serve juveniles who reside
				  within their boundaries. A memorandum of understanding must be submitted as
				  outlined in the Request for Application if a regional group jointly applies for
				  grant funding.
003.22
REQUEST FOR APPLICATION is the announcement and solicitation
				  of the Community-based Juvenile Services Aid Program that is apportioned as aid
				  by the Commission as outlined in this chapter. The Request for Application
				  includes, but is not limited to program specifications, application procedures,
				  evidence-based practice requirements, and predetermined allocation amounts. The
				  information included in the Request for Application is subject to change
				  contingent upon statutory requirements, agency requirements, evaluation
				  outcomes, and evidence-based practices and principles.
003.23
STAFF REVIEW TEAM is comprised of members from the Community
				  Planning Advisory Subcommittee, staff from the Commission, research experts,
				  and other individuals deemed necessary to review grant applications for
				  compliance with use of funding restrictions as outlined in Nebraska Revised
				  Statute 43.2404.02 and appropriately determine the effectiveness of the
				  program(s) in the grant applications.
003.24
SUBGRANTEE refers to applicants which have accepted the grant
				  award packet for the Community-based Juvenile Services Aid
				  Program.