§ 43-3719 — Supreme Court; award grants; purposes

(1) The Supreme Court shall award grants from the Court Appointed Special
Advocate Fund as provided in subsection (2) of this section to any court appointed
special advocate program that applies for the grant and:
(a) Is a nonprofit organization organized under section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code;
(b) Has the ability to operate statewide; and
(c) Has an affiliation agreement with local programs that meet the requirements
of section 43-3706 .
(2) The Supreme Court shall award grants up to the amount credited to
the fund per fiscal year as
follows:
(a) Up to ten thousand dollars may be used by the court to administer
this section;
(b) Of the remaining amount, eighty percent shall
be awarded as grants used to recruit new court appointed special advocate
volunteers and to defray the cost of training court appointed special advocate
volunteers;
(c) Of the remaining amount, ten percent shall
be awarded as grants used to create innovative programming to implement the
Court Appointed Special Advocate Act; and
(d) Of the remaining amount, ten percent shall
be awarded as grants used to expand court appointed special advocate programs
into counties that have no programs or limited programs.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 2011, LB463, § 16; Laws 2013, LB199, § 19.