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Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138f - AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 138f.6 - Applications generally

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(a)
Application required.
Interested organizations shall submit
				written grant applications to the Department.
(b)
Obtaining an
				application.
Application for grants under this chapter shall be made
				on forms prepared by the Department. The forms will be furnished, upon request,
				by the Department.
(c)
Additional documentation.
The Board and the Secretary may
				require that an applicant submit additional documentation to complete or verify
				the application form. The additional documentation may include a letter,
				affidavit or other documentation:
(1)
				Verifying the activities and legitimacy of an agricultural or rural youth
				organization applying for a grant.
(2) Verifying that grant moneys would be used
				for one or more of the purposes in §
										138f.5 (relating to uses of direct
				and matching grant moneys).
(3)
				Confirming that the applicant for a matching grant has secured funds from
				another source for the project for which the grant is requested.
(4) From the party providing matching funds
				to a grant applicant recommending that a grant under this chapter be awarded
				the applicant and verifying that its contribution of funds to the applicant
				would not be feasible without a grant from the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138f - AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 138f.7 - Filing applications

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(a)
Place and time.
An application for a grant under the Program
				shall be received by the program administrator at the Department of
				Agriculture, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9408,
				during the specific 45-day application period as advertised in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
. The advertisement will be published at
				least 30 days prior to the commencement of the application period.
(b)
Incomplete or inaccurate
				applications.
The Department will review each timely application, and
				supporting documentation submitted therewith, for completeness and accuracy. If
				a timely application is found to be incomplete or inaccurate, the Department
				may request additional documentation and may discontinue further processing of
				the application if the documentation is not received by the Department within
				the 45-day application period described in subsection (a).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
											138f.5 (relating to uses of direct
					 and matching grant moneys).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138f - AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 138f.8 - Review of application by Board

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(a)
Transmittal of application to
				Board.
When the Department determines a grant application to be
				complete and accurate, it will forward this application, together with
				supporting documentation submitted therewith, to the Board for
				review.
(b)
Conflict of
				interest.
A member of the Board may not cast a vote or participate in
				the Board's consideration of an application from an organization with which the
				member is affiliated at the county or municipal level, or with which a member
				of his immediate family is affiliated at the county or municipal level. It is
				the responsibility of the individual Board member to bring other potential
				conflicts of interest to the attention of the Board in a timely
				manner.
(c)
Factors.
The Board will review and evaluate the application
				and supporting documentation and may consider the following factors, among
				others, in deciding whether to recommend approval or rejection of the grant
				requests:
(1) The relevance of the project to
				agriculture and issues specific to rural areas within this
				Commonwealth.
(2) The innovation of
				the project described in the application.
(3) The scope of the project and the number
				of people who will be affected by the project described in the
				application.
(4) The value to the
				community of the project described in the application.
(5) The availability of funding for the
				project from a source other than the Program.
(6) The extent to which the project has an
				impact upon youth within this Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138f - AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 138f.9 - Notice of disposition of application

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The Department will mail to the applicant written notice of
				  the acceptance or rejection of a grant application within 30 days of a decision
				  in this regard. This notice will be by regular mail to the address indicated by
				  the applicant on the grant application form.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138f - AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 138f.10 - Grant agreement

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After the Secretary approves a grant application, as
				  described in §
									138f.8(d)
				  (relating to review of application by Board), and as a precondition to the
				  Department's release of grant moneys to a successful applicant, the Department
				  and the applicant shall execute a written Grant Agreement which describes the
				  terms and conditions subject to which the grant is made. This Grant Agreement
				  shall contain and conform to the requirements of this chapter. It shall also
				  contain special terms and conditions required by the
				  Secretary.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138f - AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 138f.11 - Verification of use

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(a)
Verification.
Within 1 year of the date of the Grant
				Agreement, the grant recipient shall submit to the Department written receipts
				for the total amount of the project costs. The Department may also require that
				additional documentation be submitted by the grant recipient in order to
				document the expenditure of grant moneys.
(b)
Extension of time.
The
				1-year period described in subsection (a) may only be extended by the written
				permission of the Secretary. An extension shall be for a specific period of
				time.
(c)
Failure to verify
				use.
If required receipts or documentation, or both, are not submitted
				to the Department as described in subsections (a) and (b), or if the grant
				moneys or a portion thereof are unaccounted for, the Secretary may demand, in
				writing, the return by the grant recipient of the entire grant sum or a lesser
				amount, plus appropriate legal interest. The grant recipient shall repay a sum
				demanded by the Department within 60 days of the written demand.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
											138f.12 (relating to grant
					 cancellation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138f - AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 138f.12 - Grant cancellation

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A grant may be canceled by the Department if the Secretary
				  determines that grant funds are not being spent in accordance with the terms
				  and conditions of the Grant Agreement. In the event of cancellation, the
				  Department may demand the return of the grant sum, or a portion thereof, and
				  the grant recipient shall repay the sum in the manner described in §
									138f.11(c)
				  (relating to verification of use).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138f - AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 138f.13 - Deficits

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The Department's financial obligation or liability is limited
				  to the amount of the grant. The Department will not be financially responsible
				  for program cost overruns incurred by grant recipients.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.1 - Grant Program objectives

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Through the awarding of grants and the placing of conditions
				  upon how grant funds are to be spent, the Grant Program will fund projects
				  which will increase the protection and preservation of agricultural land within
				  this Commonwealth by encouraging the implementation and effectiveness of county
				  programs in each eligible county.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
Act
-The Agricultural Area Security Law
				  (3 P.
				  S. §
										§
										901-915).
Applicant
-An eligible county acting through
				  and with the approval of its agricultural land preservation board.
Costs incurred
-Expenses that are permitted
				  under a grant agreement and that have been paid by a grant recipient in
				  expectation of reimbursement under the grant agreement and this chapter.
County program
-A county agricultural land
				  preservation program for the purchase of agricultural conservation easements
				  approved by the State Board under the act.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture of
				  the Commonwealth.
Eligible county
-A county, not of the first
				  class, whose governing body has passed a resolution forming a county
				  agricultural land preservation board under the law and appointed members to the
				  board by the date of application.
Grant Program
-The Agricultural Land
				  Conservation Assistance Grant Program.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
				  Department.
State Board
-The State Agricultural Land
				  Preservation Board.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.3 - Limitations on grants

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(a) The maximum
				amount of a grant is $10,000.
(b)
				For projects costing less than $20,000, the maximum grant will be 50% of the
				project cost.
(c) A county is not
				eligible for more than a cumulative total of $25,000 in grants under the Grant
				Program.
(d) The total amount of
				grant funds which may be awarded will not exceed $750,000 of the funds
				deposited into the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Fund under
				section 7.1(a) of the act
				of June 18, 1982 (P. L. 549, No. 159) (3 P. S. §
										1207.1(a)). The amount of
				grant funds awarded in any particular year will be determined by the State
				Board, depending on the availability of the funds.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.4 - Uses of grant funds

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(a)
Conformity to application.
Grant funds awarded to an applicant
				shall be expended solely for specific projects described in the grant
				application in accordance with the project budget approved by the State Board
				and shall be expended within the time period specified in the grant
				agreement.
(b)
Pennsylvania
				projects.
Grant funds awarded to an applicant under the Grant Program
				shall be used only to fund projects within the geographic boundaries of this
				Commonwealth.
(c)
Allowable
				expenditures of grant funds.
Grant funds shall be used for one or more
				of the following purposes:
(1) To cover costs
				incurred by an applicant in obtaining a Geographic Information Systems (G15)
				database. The database shall contain resource data such as: county topographic
				data, property boundaries, soil boundaries, soil capability classes, soil
				productivity ratings and relative values for soils.
(2) To cover costs incurred by an applicant
				to develop and implement agricultural zoning ordinances, including model
				ordinances for possible adoption by local government units.
(3) To cover costs incurred by an applicant
				to train staff, contract with consultants, and pay for computer software
				directly linked to achieving the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), or to
				reaching the objective of a fully approved and functioning county
				program.
(4) To cover costs up to
				$2,000 incurred by an applicant in the purchase of computer hardware directly
				linked to achieving the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.5 - Eligibility criteria

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(a)
General
. The following general criteria apply to applications
				for projects:
(1) The Grant Program will not
				accept applications for the following:
(i)
				Projects already completed.
(ii)
				Stages of projects already in progress.
(iii) Stages of projects for which funding
				has been included in a county appropriation or when other funding has been
				approved.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.6 - Applications generally

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(a)
Application required.
Applicants shall submit a written grant
				application to the Department through their county agricultural land
				preservation boards.
(b)
Obtaining an application.
Applications for grants under this
				chapter shall be made on forms prepared by the Department. The forms will be
				furnished, upon request, by the Department.
(c)
Authorization
. In
				addition to the application, applicants shall submit a written resolution
				passed by the county board authorizing the person submitting the grant
				application to execute the grant application on behalf of the county
				board.
(d)
Additional
				documentation.
The State Board and the Secretary may require an
				applicant to submit additional documentation to complete or verify the
				application form. The additional documentation may include a letter, affidavit
				or other documentation, to:
(1) Verify that
				the applicant is an eligible county.
(2) Verify that grant funds will be used for
				one or more of the purposes in §
										138h.4 (relating to uses of grant
				funds).
(3) Confirm the applicant
				has secured funds from another source for the project for which the grant is
				requested.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.7 - Filing applications

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(a)
Place and time.
An application for a grant under the Grant
				Program shall be received by the program administrator at the Department of
				Agriculture, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9408,
				during the specific 45-day annual application period as advertised in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
. Applications will not be accepted after
				4 p.m. on the last day (day 45) of the application period. The advertisement
				will be published at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the application
				period.
(b)
Incomplete or
				inaccurate applications.
The Department will review each application
				and any supporting documentation that is received within the 45-day application
				period. If an application is found to be incomplete or inaccurate, the
				Department will request additional information and will discontinue further
				processing of the application if the documentation is not received by the
				Department within the 15 days from the date of the request or the close of the
				45-day application period, whichever is longer.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.8 - Review of application by State Board

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(a)
Transmittal of application to
				State Board.
When the Department determines a grant application is
				complete and accurate, it will forward this application, together with
				supporting documentation submitted therewith, to the State Board for review at
				its next regularly scheduled meeting.
(b)
Factors.
The State Board
				will review and evaluate the application and supporting documentation and will
				consider the factors in §
									138h.5 (relating to eligibility
				criteria) in deciding whether to recommend approval or disapproval of the grant
				request.
(c)
Decisions.
When the State Board has reviewed the grant
				application and supporting documentation, it will vote on whether to recommend
				approval or disapproval of the grant application. The State Board will vote on
				these projects in accordance with its bylaws. The State Board may also
				recommend the grant be awarded in an amount less than that requested in the
				grant application. In addition, the State Board may vote to recommend the
				imposition of restrictions or special conditions upon the issuance of a grant.
				If the State Board recommends approval of a particular grant application, the
				Secretary will execute the grant agreement if funding is available and all
				other conditions have been met.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.9 - Notice of disposition of application

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The Department will mail to the applicant written notice of
				  the approval or disapproval of a grant application within 30 days of the State
				  Board's decision. This notice will be by regular mail to the address indicated
				  by the applicant on the grant application form.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.10 - Grant agreement

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(a)
General
. After the State Board approves a grant application,
				and as a precondition to the Department's release of grant funds to a
				successful applicant, the Department and the applicant shall execute a written
				grant agreement which describes the terms and conditions subject to which the
				grant is made. This grant agreement shall contain and conform to the
				requirements of this chapter and applicable State laws. It shall also contain
				any special terms and conditions required by the State Board and the
				Secretary.
(b)
Extension of
				project completion date
. Although the project completion date set
				forth in the grant agreement may be extended by mutual written agreement of the
				Department and the grant recipient, the project completion date will not be
				extended more than 6 months.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.11 - Verification of use

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(a)
Verification.
Within 3 months of the time period specified in
				the grant agreement, or the completion of the project, whichever is earlier,
				the grant recipient shall submit to the Department written receipts accounting
				for the project costs. If the total of the written receipts demonstrates that
				some portion of the grant amount was not spent, the grant recipient shall also
				submit payment in the full amount of this unspent sum to the Department. The
				repayment shall be credited to the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase
				Fund, and may be used to fund this Grant Program. The Department may also
				require that additional documentation be submitted by the grant recipient to
				document the expenditure of grant funds.
(b)
Extension of time.
The
				3-month period described in subsection (a) may only be extended by the written
				permission of the Secretary. An extension will be for a specific period of
				time.
(c)
Failure to verify
				use.
If required receipts or documentation are not submitted to the
				Department as described in subsections (a) and (b), or if the grant funds or a
				portion thereof are unaccounted for, the Secretary may demand, in writing, the
				return by the grant recipient of the entire grant sum or a lesser amount, plus
				appropriate legal interest as prescribed in section 202 of the act of January
				30, 1974 (P. L. 13, No. 6) (41 P. S. §
										202). The grant recipient shall repay a sum
				of grant funds and interest demanded by the Department within 60 days of the
				mailing of the written demand. The repayment shall be credited to the
				Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Fund, and may be used to fund this
				Grant Program.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
											138h.12 (relating to grant
					 cancellation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.12 - Grant cancellation

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(a)
Misuse of funds.
A grant may be canceled by the Department if
				the Secretary determines grant funds are not being spent in accordance with the
				terms and conditions of the grant agreement. In the event of cancellation, the
				Department may demand the return of the entire grant sum, or a portion thereof,
				and the grant recipient shall repay the sum in the manner described in §
									138h.11(c)
				(relating to verification of use).
(b)
Failure to obtain State Board
				approval of a county program.
If, within 2 calendar years of the date
				of the first grant agreement to that county, the grant recipient does not have
				a county program in place, the grant funds provided to the eligible county
				under this chapter shall be returned to the Department in full as described in
				§
									138h.11(c).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.13 - Deficits

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The Department's financial obligation or liability is limited
				  to the amount of the grant. The Department will not be financially responsible
				  for cost overruns incurred by grant recipients, or any other costs resulting
				  from establishment of a county program.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.14 - Records

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(a) The grant
				recipient shall maintain books, records and other evidence pertinent to costs
				incurred in connection with the project. The books and records shall be
				maintained according to generally-accepted accounting principles.
(b) Financial records, supporting documents,
				statistical records and other records pertaining to the grant shall be retained
				by the grant recipient for 3 years following the date final payment is made.
				The records and documents shall be available for inspection or audit by the
				Commonwealth, its agencies and instrumentalities during this time
				period.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138h - AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM › Section 138h.15 - Final report

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Within 3 months of the date of completion of the project, the
				  grant recipient shall submit a final report delineating the progress made
				  towards meeting the objectives in the initial grant
				  application.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.1 - Program objectives

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(a)
Purpose
. The purpose of the Program is to provide tuition
				assistance to rural emergency service providers, farmers, members of farm
				families, farm laborers and others involved in agricultural production, to
				allow them to attend farm safety and occupational health projects and emergency
				response programs.
(b)
Competitive program
. The Program is competitive. Grant
				applications and related documents will be collected by the Department and
				reviewed by the Secretary. Grants will be awarded annually.
(c)
Funds available basis
.
				Grants will not be awarded unless funds are available.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.3 - Limitation on grants

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(a)
Tuition assistance
. The Program will award grants to provide
				tuition assistance to approved applicants under this chapter. The Program will
				provide grants of up to $100 per calendar year to an approved
				applicant.
(b)
Grant
				awards
. An eligible applicant may apply for more than one Program
				grant per year. However, an eligible applicant may not be awarded more than
				$100 in tuition assistance grants in any calendar year.
(c)
Recipient's use of Program grant
				funds
. A recipient of a Program grant may only use the funds to cover
				or supplement the cost of tuition for the specific project delineated in the
				recipient's grant application.
(d)
Substitution of person
. Once an applicant has been approved to
				receive tuition reimbursement for a specific project, no other person or
				project may be substituted. Any change in person or project shall require
				submission and review of a new application.
(e)
Eligible courses, programs,
				training, activities or events
. Program grants may be awarded to cover
				or supplement tuition for the types of projects delineated in section 4(b) of
				the act (3 P. S. §
										1904(b)).
(f)
Additional limitations
.
(1) Program grant funds may only be used to
				provide tuition assistance for farm safety and occupational health projects or
				emergency response programs administered within the geographic boundaries of
				this Commonwealth.
(2) Program
				grant funds may not be used to cover the cost of travel, lodging or any other
				expenses incurred by the grant recipient other than the cost of
				tuition.
(3) Program grant funds
				may not be used for or applied to any training, programs, activities,
				certification or licensing requirement or events pertaining to the Pennsylvania
				Pesticide Control Act of 1973 (3 P. S. §
											§
											111.21-111.60) or Chapters 128 and 128a
				(relating to pesticides; and chemsweep pesticide disposal program-statement of
				policy).
(4) Program grant funds
				shall be awarded to reimburse the tuition expenses of an approved applicant who
				submits the documentation required by this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.4 - General conditions

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(a)
Grant agreement
. The approved, signed application for a
				Program grant shall constitute the grant agreement. The recipient of a Program
				grant shall sign the application which shall set forth the amount of the grant
				and other terms and conditions as the Department may reasonably require. Upon
				completion of all the terms of the agreement, a reimbursement check will be
				issued in the name of the recipient and mailed to the address indicated on the
				recipient's approved and signed application.
(b)
Default
. Any recipient
				of a Program grant who fails to abide by the terms of the grant agreement or
				the act or this chapter shall be in default. The Secretary may waive a default
				after consultation with the Advisory Board in the event of a physical
				disability suffered by the recipient or as a result of other extenuating
				circumstances.
(c)
Verification
. To receive a Program reimbursement payment, a
				recipient shall, within 2 weeks of the completion of the specific project
				delineated in the recipient's grant application, submit to the Department a
				final report which includes a written receipt evidencing the cost of tuition
				and records or any other pertinent documentation evidencing the grant
				recipient's attendance and the program agenda. In addition, the final report
				shall include a narrative report of at least one page but not more than two
				pages, describing the effectiveness of the project and the experience gained
				and personal knowledge acquired.
(d)
Failure to verify
. If a
				fully completed final report containing the required receipts, records and
				documenta-tion is not submitted within the 2-week period, the Program grant
				recipient shall be deemed to have defaulted. The Secretary may direct that no
				Program grant funds be paid to the defaulting recipient. The Secretary will
				notify the grant recipient in writing of a default due to the grant recipient's
				failure to supply a completed final report. The recipient will have 10 days,
				from the receipt of the written notice to remedy the default. The Secretary may
				extend the verification deadline if the Secretary determines the grant
				recipient has made a reasonable effort to verify, but the verification was
				incomplete, or for extenuating circumstances.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.5 - Applications

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(a)
Application required
. An interested rural emergency service
				provider, farmer, member of a farm family, farm laborer or anyone else involved
				in agricultural production within this Commonwealth, may submit a grant
				application to the Department.
(b)
Grant application requirements
. An application for a program
				grant will not be considered by the Secretary unless the following items are
				attached:
(1) A detailed description of the
				farm safety project to be attended by the applicant, including documentation
				delineating the focus of the project.
(2) A reasonable and accurate statement of
				the estimated or actual cost of tuition.
(3) Information regarding the skills,
				knowledge or experience to be gained from the project.
(4) Documentation regarding the name and
				location of the person administering the project.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.6 - Processing of applications

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(a)
Approval or denial
. The Secretary will approve, approve with
				special conditions or reject grant applications and issue grants in accordance
				with the general considerations and criteria of the act and this chapter. The
				Secretary may exercise his judgment in approving grant applications and in
				determining the distribution of grants so that the widest possible audience
				becomes acquainted with farm safety and occupational health practices and
				techniques espoused by the act and this chapter. The Secretary may impose
				restrictions or special conditions upon the issuance of a grant.
(b)
Processing
. An
				application for a program grant shall be processed in the following manner:
(1)
Completeness and
				accuracy
. Upon receipt of an application for a program grant and the
				required support-ing documentation, the Secretary will review this information
				for completeness and accuracy.
(2)
Complete and accurate applications
. Applications containing
				all the required information and supporting documentation will be reviewed in
				accordance with the criteria in the act and this chapter and accepted, accepted
				with special conditions or rejected. Grant applicants will be notified in
				writing as set forth in §
										138i.8(a)
				(relating to notice of disposition of application).
(3)
Incomplete or inaccurate
				applications
. If the Secretary determines an application is incomplete
				or inaccurate, final processing of the application may be discontinued or
				additional data may be requested. If additional data is requested, the request
				shall be in writing as set forth in §
										138i.8(b) and will
				be sent to the address listed on the grant application. The processing of the
				application will cease until the applicant supplies the requested data. The
				Secretary will terminate the processing of an incomplete application when the
				additional data requested is not supplied within 10 days of the request for the
				data.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.7 - Review of applications

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(a)
Evaluation
. The Secretary will evaluate an application based
				on the applicant eligibility and grant application requirements, as well as the
				factors in the act and this chapter.
(b)
Applicant eligibility
.
				To be eligible for a Program grant, the applicant shall be a rural emergency
				service provider, farmer, member of a farm family or farm laborer or be
				otherwise involved in agricultural production. An emergency service provider
				shall submit an application for each individual member for which it wishes to
				receive a Program grant. Each member for which it receives a Program grant
				shall comply with the criteria established by the act and this chapter,
				including the verification criteria.
(c)
Grant application
				completeness
. An application for a Program grant will not be
				considered by the Secretary unless it contains the required information and
				items as set forth in §
									138i.5(b)
				(relating to applications).
(d)
Factors
. Factors to be considered by the Secretary in
				selecting grant recipients include the following:
(1) The relevance of the project to farm
				safety or rural health issues.
(2)
				The innovativeness of the project.
(3) The effect the project will have on
				hazard elimination.
(4) The scope
				of the project and how it relates to program components delineated in section
				4(b) of the act (3 P. S. §
											1904(b)).
(5) The number and type of people or groups
				who will be affected by the project as described in the application.
(6) The impact upon and the value and
				benefits to the agricultural community of the project described in the
				application.
(7) The continual and
				progressive nature of the project and the benefits and knowledge gained
				therefrom.
(8) The value to those
				who work directly with farm accident victims.
(9) Whether the applicant has been the
				recipient of a Program grant within the same year.
(10) The availability of funding to the
				applicant from a source other than the Program.
(11) The priorities as the Secretary, in
				consultation with the Advisory Board, set in accordance with section 4(c) of
				the act.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.8 - Notice of disposition of application

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(a)
Applications deemed
				complete
. The Secretary will notify grant applicants within 30 days of
				receipt of their completed grant application of a decision to approve, approve
				with special conditions or reject the grant application. This notice will be
				sent by regular mail to the address indicated by the applicant on the grant
				application.
(b)
Applications deemed incomplete
. Within 30 days of receipt of a
				grant application, the Secretary will notify the applicant of a decision to
				reject the grant application or notify the applicant of a deficiency in the
				grant application and request additional data. If additional data is requested,
				notification shall be in writing and detail the additional data needed. The
				Secretary will follow the action prescribed in §
									138i.6(b)(3)
				(relating to processing of applications).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
											138i.6 (relating to processing of
					 applications).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.9 - Conflict of interest

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A member of the Advisory Board may apply for a grant if all
				  decisions regarding the grant application are subject to
				  65 Pa.C.S. §
										1103(j)) (relating to
				  restricted activities) and the action does not violate the State Adverse
				  Interest Act (71 P. S. §
										§
										776.1-776.9) or 4 Pa. Code Chapter 7,
				  Subchapter K (relating to code of conduct for appointed officials and State
				  employees).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.10 - Recordkeeping

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A Program grant recipient shall maintain all receipts,
				  supporting documents, final reports and other documents pertaining to the
				  project and the Program grant. These records shall be retained for 1 year
				  beginning at the conclusion of the project. The records shall be made available
				  to the Department upon request.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.11 - Grant cancellation

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A Program grant may be canceled by the Secretary upon a
				  determination that the grant recipient has violated any provision of the act,
				  this chapter or the grant agreement, the grant funds or any portion thereof
				  were not used to implement the project set forth in the grantee's approved
				  grant application, or upon failure of the recipient to satisfy the verification
				  requirements of this chapter. Upon cancellation the Secretary may seek recovery
				  of the grant funds or any portion thereof as delineated in §
									138i.12 (relating to right of
				  recovery).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138i - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 138i.12 - Right of recovery

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The Department has the right to make a claim for and receive
				  from the grant recipient grant funds not expended in accordance with the act,
				  the grant agreement or this chapter and may demand the return of the grant
				  funds or any portion thereof.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
											138i.11 (relating to grant
					 cancellation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138j - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 138j.1 - Program objectives

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(a)
Purpose.
The purpose of the Program is to provide financial
				assistance to the Pennsylvania Fire Academy, public or private colleges or
				universities, community colleges, or vocational or technical schools within
				this Commonwealth, that provide technical courses of instruction in farm safety
				and occupational health to emergency service providers, farmers, members of
				farm families, farm laborers and others involved in agricultural production or
				which develop farm safety and occupational health training programs for
				implementation by the Department.
(b)
Competitive program.
The
				Program is competitive. Grant applications and related documents will be
				collected by the Department and reviewed by the Secretary. Grants will be
				awarded annually.
(c)
Funds
				available basis.
Grants will not be awarded unless funds are
				available.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138j - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 138j.3 - Limitation on grants

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(a)
Financial assistance.
The Program will award grants to provide
				financial assistance of up to $30,000 to eligible applicants.
(b)
Grant awards.
Eligible
				applicants may apply for more than one Program grant per year. However, an
				eligible applicant may not be awarded more than $30,000 in Program grants in a
				fiscal year.
(c)
Recipient's use of Program grant funds.
A recipient of a
				Program grant may only use the funds to cover the costs of the specific project
				delineated in the recipient's approved grant application and signed grant
				agreement.
(d)
Eligible
				projects.
Program grants may be awarded to provide financial
				assistance for implementation or development of the types of projects in
				section 4(b) of the act (3 P. S. §
										1904(b)) and in this
				chapter.
(e)
Additional
				limitations.
(1) Program grant funds
				may only be used to provide financial assistance for projects administered
				within the geographic boundaries of this Commonwealth.
(2) Program grant funds may not be used for
				or applied to any training, programs, activities, certification or licensing
				requirements or events pertaining to the Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of
				1973 (3 P. S. §
											§
											111.21-111.60) or the regulations pertaining
				to pesticides in Chapters 128 and 128b (relating to pesticides; and Chemsweep
				Pesticide Disposal Program) or the statement of policy regarding the Chemsweep
				Pesticide Disposal Program in Chapter 128a (relating to Chemsweep Pesticide
				Disposal Program-statement of policy).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138j - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 138j.4 - General conditions

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(a)
Grant agreement.
The recipient of a Program grant shall sign a
				grant agreement setting forth the amount of the grant and other terms and
				conditions the Department may reasonably require.
(b)
Default.
A recipient of
				a Program grant who fails to abide by the terms of the grant agreement or the
				act or this chapter shall be in default. In the event of a default, the
				Secretary may cancel the grant and seek recovery of the grant funds as set
				forth in §
									138j.12 (relating to right of
				recovery). The Secretary may waive a default, after consultation with the
				Advisory Board, in the event of a physical disability suffered by the recipient
				or as a result of other extenuating circumstances.
(c)
Verification.
Within 3
				months of the project completion date specified in the grant agreement, the
				recipient shall submit to the Department a final report. The final report shall
				include:
(1) Written receipts, records and
				any other financial records or documents evidencing the project's
				costs.
(2) Pertinent documentation
				(such as course syllabi, schedules, attendance records and speaker profiles)
				evidencing the course's content.
(3) A narrative report stating the project
				objectives and setting forth what objectives were accomplished and the methods
				used to accomplish the stated objectives.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138j - FARM SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM GRANTS › Section 138j.5 - Applications

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(a)
Eligible applicants.
Only eligible applicants may submit a
				grant application to the Department.
(b)
Grant application
				requirements.
An application for a Program grant will not be
				considered by the Secretary unless the following items are attached:
(1) A detailed description of the project,
				including objectives, goals and materials to be funded by the grant.
(2) A reasonable and accurate statement of
				the estimated cost of the project. The statement shall include a separate
				breakdown of the personnel portion of the costs, the materials portion of the
				costs and any other necessary or anticipated costs associated with the project.
				The applicant shall provide any documentation or financial statements available
				to support the estimated project costs.
(3) A statement regarding the amount of
				tuition to be charged for the courses.
(4) Information regarding the breadth of the
				project, including the individuals or groups to be served by the project and
				the geographic area to be served by the project.
(5) Information regarding the skills,
				knowledge or experience to be gained from the project.
(6) Documentation regarding the name and
				location of the applicant administering the project.
(7) A copy of the official organization board
				minutes when action was taken on the project or a signed statement attesting to
				the applicant's commitment to the project.
(8) A biographical sketch of the primary
				persons involved in the project which indicates skills, knowledge, training and
				prior experience of the persons developing or administering, or both, the
				project.