5101:5-1-03 Boards of county commissioners appointing of regional prevention council members.

 

 

 

TO BE RESCINDED

 

5101:5-1-03                 Program      priorities,     application,    reporting    and                   funding requirements.

 

 

 

(A)   Public and private agencies, schools, universities, and for-profit organizations may apply for children's trust fund grants for the purpose of funding community-based child abuse and neglect prevention programs.

 

(B)   Children's trust funds shall be used only for primary and secondary child abuse and neglect prevention strategies and shall be limited to funding new and expanded programs as defined in rule 5101:5-1-01 of the Administrative Code.

 

(C)    The current state plan for funding the child abuse and neglect prevention projects shall be made available biennially or upon request to prospective grantees through the local advisory board, a designee of the children's trust fund board serving in lieu of an established local advisory board, or by the Ohio department of human services. Grant funding is available for the following categories of services:

 

(1)   Community planning collaborative, initiated in partnership with the children's trust fund board and staff from the Ohio department of human services, which results in a comprehensive community capacity assessment and community plan to prevent child abuse and neglect;

 

(2)    Community-based strategies that promote collaborative partnerships directed toward the prevention of causes leading to child abuse and neglect;

 

(3)      Community-based educational programs that promote prenatal care and perinatal bonding;

 

(4)   Child development and basic child caring programs, including care of children with special needs;

 

(5)   Programs that develop parental skills relating to coping with family stresses and children's behaviors;

 

(6)   Programs that intervene in family crisis to prevent child abuse and neglect;

 

(7)   Programs that target families whose stressful financial circumstances may cause increased potential for child abuse or neglect;

 

(8)   Programs which identify and intervene with families who exhibit a potential for child abuse or neglect; and

 

 

(9)     Programs that make child abuse prevention and community development training and training materials available to volunteers, educational personnel and selected service providers.

(D)    The children's trust fund board shall not fund, nor shall the local advisory board recommend for approval, programs that target families that are being case managed by the public children services agency or programs that supplant current program funding within the county.

(E)   Criteria utilized for determining grant allocations include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1)   The demonstrated need of the targeted populations as defined by a community assessment, forum, or other type analysis.

(2)      The likelihood the strategy selected will have a positive impact on the demonstrated need.

(3)   Considerations regarding demographic, ethnic, and cultural diversity.

(4)   The degree of collaboration, coordination and networking of the grantee within the community to define and impact upon the targeted population.

(5)      The capacity of the grantee to implement the strategy goals, objectives, administrative and assessment requirements.

(F)     Each applicant shall provide statements of assurances for the proper delivery, administration, monitoring of funding objectives, and access to project sites, as required by the Ohio department of human services and/or local advisory board or designee. Assurances shall include but not be limited to:

(1)   Suspected child abuse and neglect will be reported to the proper authorities.

(2)   No person needing funded services shall be discriminated against based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or handicap.

(3)   Funding for the application and the delivery of services shall be used solely for the purposes approved in the application, shall not in any way be used to supplant a currently funded program and shall not result in a violation of the Ohio ethics law, Chapter 102, or section 2921.42 of the Revised Code.

(4)   The grantee shall not copyright any materials, whether print, tape, electronic or otherwise, and the grantee further authorizes the Ohio department of human services, children's trust fund to copyright any such materials.

(G)    The Ohio department of human services agrees to give the grantee a license, at no cost, to publish, distribute or otherwise use any such material originally produced by the grantee. The grantee shall prominently display a statement to the effect that the materials were produced pursuant to a "grant from the Ohio department of human services, children's trust fund and that the contents of the materials do not necessarily represent the views of the Ohio department of human services, children's trust fund."

(H)   Statewide projects dealing with research, evaluation, and monitoring of child abuse and neglect prevention programs, and other programs dealing with primary and secondary child abuse and neglect prevention may be funded by the children's trust fund.

(I)    Ohio children's trust fund grant applications shall be made available by the local advisory boards and the Ohio department of human services, children's trust fund and must be submitted on forms prescribed by the Ohio children's trust fund board.

(J)    Each recipient of a grant from the children's trust fund shall file two copies of an annual report, on forms prescribed by the Ohio department of human services, with the local advisory board or its designee within fifteen days of the end of the grant period.

(K)     If no local advisory board or local advisory board designee serves the grant recipient's county, the recipient shall file two copies of the annual report, on Ohio department of human services prescribed forms, with the children's trust fund board within fifteen day of the end of the grant period.

(L)   Failure of a grant recipient to comply with the procedures established in this rule shall constitute cause for and may result in suspension or termination of a grant for the program year.

(M)    Applicants and recipients of children's trust fund grants may have appeal rights as outlined in rule 5101:5-1-07 of the Administrative Code.

Replaces:                                 5101:5-1-09, 5101:5-1-17, 5101:5-1-27

Effective:                                04/01/2004 R.C. 119.032 review dates:                           11/26/2003

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

02/23/2004

Date

Promulgated Under:   119.03

Statutory Authority:   3109.17

Rule Amplifies:           3109.13, 3109.14, 3109.15,

3109.16, 3109.17, 3109.18

Prior Effective Dates: 4/3/89 (Emer.), 7/02/89,

9/15/98 ( Emer.) 12/14/98