Sec. 7-127e. Application. Matching funds for neighborhood youth centers program and Leadership, Education, Athletics in Partnership program. Advisory committee for grant application review.
Sec. 7-127e. Application. Matching funds for neighborhood youth centers
program and Leadership, Education, Athletics in Partnership program. Advisory
committee for grant application review. (a) The Office of Policy and Management
shall solicit competitive proposals under this program for the fiscal years beginning July
1, 1996, and July 1, 1999, and every two years thereafter, except that no competitive
proposals shall be solicited for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005.
The Office of Policy and Management shall notify the eligible agencies of the amount
of funds provided for each city in accordance with section 7-127d. Eligible agencies
may file a grant application with the Office of Policy and Management on such form
and at such time as that office may require.
(b) Grant funds made available for the provisions of sections 7-127d to 7-127g,
inclusive, shall not be used to supplant existing services. A minimum of twenty-five
per cent of the total program costs for each neighborhood youth center program shall
be supported with local funds or in-kind contributions which may include federal, local
and private funds which support existing services.
(c) The Office of Policy and Management shall review all grant applications received and make the decisions concerning which applications shall be funded and at
what funding levels. Criteria for such decisions shall include (1) documentation of need
for the program through crime and poverty statistics for the neighborhood to be served;
(2) responsiveness to program component requirements; (3) reasonableness of costs;
(4) soundness of program plan; (5) experience of the applicant agency in providing
youth recreational services; and (6) evidence of collaboration and coordination with
other children's services providers in the neighborhood. The Office of Policy and Management shall convene and chair an advisory committee to assist in grant application
review. Such committee shall include representatives of the Office of Policy and Management, the Judicial Department, and the Departments of Children and Families, Education, Public Health and Social Services.
(d) In order to be eligible to receive funds from the Office of Policy and Management
for the Leadership, Education, Athletics in Partnership (LEAP) program, or the neighborhood youth centers program, an applicant must provide a match of at least fifty per
cent of the grant amount. The cash portion of such match shall be at least twenty-five
per cent of the grant amount.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 6, 28; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-226, S. 2-4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 186;
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 30.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public
Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-226
amended Subsec. (a) to require the solicitation of competitive proposals for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1996, and
July 1, 1999, and every two years thereafter and allowed the Office of Policy and Management to designate when agencies
may file a grant application, replacing provision which had specified application date, and amended Subsec. (c) to add
Subdiv. (6) including evidence of collaborations and coordinations with other children's services providers in the neighborhood as criteria for funding, effective July 1, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit solicitation
of competitive proposals for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003; June Sp.
Sess. P.A. 05-3 was added editorially by the Revisors as Subsec. (d) re matching funds for the Leadership, Education,
Athletics in Partnership program and the neighborhood youth centers program, effective July 1, 2005.