§ 25-4-1403 — Colorado HIV and AIDS prevention grant program

Colorado § 25-4-1403

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25: Public
• Art.: Disease Control

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(1) There is
hereby created in the department the Colorado HIV and AIDS prevention grant
program to address local community needs in the areas of medically accurate HIV
and AIDS prevention and education through a competitive grant process. The
department shall administer the program.

(2) Grant applicants must be nonprofit organizations that are governed by a
board of directors and have the benefit of tax-exempt status pursuant to section
501 (c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or are county, district, or
municipal public health agencies.

(3) (a) Preference shall be given to grant applicants that have as one of their
primary purposes HIV and AIDS prevention and education.

(b) Grants may be given to organizations that conduct HIV prevention in
conjunction with other comorbidities secondary to HIV infections.

(4) Grant applications must include, but need not be limited to:

(a) A statement of the local HIV and AIDS prevention or education issue to be
addressed, a description of the constituency that shall be served or targeted, and
how the constituency will benefit;

(b) A description of the goals and objectives of the grant applicant in
submitting an application under the program; and

(c) A description of the activities planned to accomplish the goals and
objectives of the grant applicant and of the outcome measures that will be used by
the grant applicant.

(5) Grants must only be given for medically accurate HIV and AIDS
prevention and education programs that are based in behavioral and social science
theory and research and shall not be used to contribute to existing scholarships,
directly to endowments, fund-raising events, annual fund drives, or debt reduction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2016: Entire part amended with relocations, (SB 16-146), ch. 230, p. 912, � 2, effective July 1.