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House Study Bill 611

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.190, Code 1999, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    232.190  COMMUNITY GRANT FUND.
  1  4    1.  A community grant fund is established in the state
  1  5 treasury under the control of the division of criminal and
  1  6 juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights
  1  7 for the purposes of awarding grants under this section.  The
  1  8 criminal and juvenile justice planning advisory council and
  1  9 the juvenile justice advisory council shall assist the
  1 10 division in administering grants awarded under this section.
  1 11 The departments of education, human services, public health,
  1 12 and public safety, and the governor's alliance on substance
  1 13 abuse shall advise the division on grant application and
  1 14 selection award criteria and performance measures for the
  1 15 programs.  Not more than five percent of the moneys
  1 16 appropriated to the fund shall be used for administrative
  1 17 purposes.
  1 18    2.  A city, county, or entity organized under chapter 28E
  1 19 Any decategorization governance board organized in accordance
  1 20 with section 232.188 may apply to the division for a grant on
  1 21 a matching basis to fund juvenile crime prevention programs
  1 22 that emphasize positive youth development.  The match may be
  1 23 obtained from private sources, other state programs, or
  1 24 federal programs.  The division shall adopt rules establishing
  1 25 required matching fund levels that progressively increase as
  1 26 applicants receive a second or subsequent year of consecutive
  1 27 funding through the community grant fund.  The division shall
  1 28 not accept an application for a fourth or subsequent
  1 29 consecutive year of funding.  However, cities, counties, or
  1 30 entities organized under chapter 28E receiving grants prior to
  1 31 July 1, 1998, may apply and receive funding for an additional
  1 32 two consecutive years beyond June 30, 1998 for awarding of
  1 33 grant moneys, including but not limited to data factors and a
  1 34 methodology for use in allocating moneys among the
  1 35 decategorization projects based upon a project's proportion of
  2  1 the state's population of children.
  2  2    3.  Applications for moneys from the community grant fund
  2  3 shall define the geographical boundaries of the site chosen to
  2  4 benefit from the funds from this program and shall demonstrate
  2  5 a collaborative effort by all relevant local government and
  2  6 school officials and service agencies with authority,
  2  7 responsibilities, or other interests within the chosen site
  2  8 decategorization project area.  Proposed plans set forth in
  2  9 the applications shall reflect a community-wide consensus in
  2 10 how to remediate community problems related to juvenile crime
  2 11 and shall describe how the funds from this program will be
  2 12 used in a manner consistent with the human investment strategy
  2 13 of the state as developed pursuant to section 8A.1.  Services
  2 14 provided under a grant through this program shall be
  2 15 comprehensive, preventive, community-based, and shall utilize
  2 16 flexible delivery systems and promote youth development.  The
  2 17 division shall establish a point system for determining
  2 18 eligibility for grants from the fund based upon the nature and
  2 19 breadth of the proposed community juvenile crime prevention
  2 20 plans and the extent to which the proposals include viable
  2 21 plans to sustain the funding and local governance of the
  2 22 proposed juvenile crime prevention services and activities
  2 23 following the proposed grant period.  A plan for grant moneys
  2 24 under this section shall be a part of or be consistent with
  2 25 the annual child welfare services plan developed by the
  2 26 governance board of the decategorization project area and
  2 27 submitted to the department of human services and Iowa
  2 28 empowerment board pursuant to section 232.188.
  2 29    4.  The division shall provide potential applicants for
  2 30 grant moneys decategorization governance boards with
  2 31 information describing comprehensive community planning
  2 32 techniques and performance measures for this program and.  The
  2 33 division shall establish a monitoring system for this program
  2 34 that requires participating cities, counties, and entities
  2 35 organized under chapter 28E decategorization governance boards
  3  1 to report information with which to measure program
  3  2 performance.  The division shall solicit input from cities,
  3  3 counties, and service-providing agencies on the establishment
  3  4 of program performance measures and the structure of the
  3  5 program monitoring system.  Applications for grant moneys
  3  6 shall state specific results sought to be obtained by any
  3  7 service or activity funded by a grant under this section and
  3  8 shall describe how their desired results are related to the
  3  9 program's performance measures.
  3 10    5.  This section is repealed effective June 30, 2000 2005.
  3 11 The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning shall
  3 12 annually submit an annual a report to the general assembly by
  3 13 January 15 regarding the program's performance measures and
  3 14 the effectiveness of the services and activities funded under
  3 15 this section.
  3 16    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  3 17 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  3 18                           EXPLANATION
  3 19    This bill makes a number of changes to requirements for the
  3 20 community grant fund awarded by the division of criminal and
  3 21 juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights
  3 22 for the purpose of juvenile crime prevention and youth
  3 23 development programs.
  3 24    The bill narrows applicant eligibility for grant moneys to
  3 25 child welfare decategorization governance boards in place of
  3 26 current law's authorization for cities, counties, and Code
  3 27 chapter 28E entities.  Instead, moneys are to be distributed
  3 28 using a child population factor as determined by the division.
  3 29 A matching fund requirement and a restriction on the time
  3 30 period of grant eligibility are stricken.
  3 31    The bill requires the grant plans to be consistent with
  3 32 other plans required to be submitted to the state.  The
  3 33 division is directed to provide information to
  3 34 decategorization governance boards describing comprehensive
  3 35 community planning techniques.
  4  1    The bill extends a sunset clause that would eliminate the
  4  2 program on June 30, 2000, to June 30, 2005.
  4  3    The bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  4  4 LSB 5490XL 78
  4  5 jp/cls/14

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