(1)To receive a grant, an
applicant must submit an application to the office in accordance with any policies
adopted by the executive director of the department. At a minimum, the application
must include the following information:
(a)The types of deflection services that will be provided;
(b)Verification that the applicant is serving an area of high need; and
(c)An official letter from at least one referring agency demonstrating the
agency's intent to refer youth to the deflection program to provide the youth with
trauma-informed health and development services in lieu of warning, citation, or
arrest. For regional applications described in subsection (2)(c) of this section,
letters of intent are required for each jurisdiction proposed in the application.
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(1) To receive a grant, an
applicant must submit an application to the office in accordance with any policies
adopted by the executive director of the department. At a minimum, the application
must include the following information:
(a) The types of deflection services that will be provided;
(b) Verification that the applicant is serving an area of high need; and
(c) An official letter from at least one referring agency demonstrating the
agency's intent to refer youth to the deflection program to provide the youth with
trauma-informed health and development services in lieu of warning, citation, or
arrest. For regional applications described in subsection (2)(c) of this section,
letters of intent are required for each jurisdiction proposed in the application.
(2) (a) To be eligible to receive a grant, an applicant must be:
(I) A nonprofit organization;
(II) A federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined in 25 U.S.C. sec. 1603 (14);
(III) A tribal organization, as defined in 25 U.S.C. sec. 1603 (26);
(IV) An urban Indian organization, as defined in 25 U.S.C. sec. 1603 (29); or
(V) A private entity whose board of directors is majority controlled by Native
Americans and that is fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit organization.
(b) To be eligible to receive a grant, an applicant must be a nongovernmental
entity, with the exception of a tribal government applicant, and must not be a law
enforcement or probation entity.
(c) Applicants from two or more local jurisdictions may jointly apply for a
grant award to deliver deflection program services on a regional basis and may
receive a joint grant award that is the aggregate of the amount each individual
eligible applicant would have received had each individual eligible applicant applied
independently.
(3) The office shall review the applications received pursuant to this section.
In awarding grants, the office shall give priority to eligible applicants in
communities, including rural communities, that:
(a) Deflect youth at the earliest possible point of justice system involvement;
(b) Serve otherwise under-resourced communities;
(c) Employ individuals who have lived experience as a youth in the justice
system; or
(d) Demonstrate experience effectively serving youth populations who are
justice-system-involved or at risk of system involvement.
(4) Subject to available appropriations, on or before June 30 each year of the
grant program, the office shall distribute grants as provided in this section. The
office shall award at least two hundred thousand dollars but not more than one
million dollars to an individual grantee over the course of the three-year grant
program.
(5) (a) A grantee shall use a grant award to deliver deflection program
services in areas of high need. A grantee shall provide deflection services that are
evidence-based, research-supported, or grounded in practice-based evidence;
trauma-informed; culturally relevant; gender-responsive; and developmentally
appropriate.
(b) A grantee shall deliver one or more of the following deflection program
services:
(I) Educational services, including remedial and college preparatory
academic services;
(II) Career development services, including employment preparation,
vocational training, internships, and apprenticeships;
(III) Restorative justice services, including culturally rooted programming;
(IV) Mentoring services, including services that rely on credible messengers
whose lived experience is similar to the experience of the youth being served;
(V) Mental health services, including culturally rooted healing practices;
(VI) Behavioral health services, including substance use education and
treatment;
(VII) Housing services, including permanent, short-term, and emergency
housing services;
(VIII) Personal development and leadership training services; or
(IX) Prosocial activities, including cultural enrichment programs and
services.