70.190.130 - Comprehensive plan -- Approval process -- Network expenditures -- Penalty for noncompliance with chapter.

Comprehensive plan — Approval process — Network expenditures — Penalty for noncompliance with chapter.

(1) The council shall only disburse funds to a network after a comprehensive plan has been prepared by the network and approved by the council. In approving the plan the council shall consider whether the network:

     (a) Promoted input from the widest practical range of agencies and affected parties, including public hearings;

     (b) Reviewed the indicators of violence data compiled by the local public health departments and incorporated a response to those indicators in the plan;

     (c) Obtained a declaration by the largest health department within the network boundary, indicating whether the plan meets minimum standards for assessment and policy development relating to social development according to RCW 43.70.555;

     (d) Included a specific mechanism of data collection and transmission based on the rules established under RCW 43.70.555;

     (e) Considered all relevant causes of violence in its community and did not isolate only one or a few of the elements to the exclusion of others and demonstrated evidence of building community capacity through effective neighborhood and community development;

     (f) Considered youth employment and job training programs outlined in this chapter as a strategy to reduce the rate of at-risk children and youth;

     (g) Integrated local programs that met the network's priorities and were deemed successful by the network;

     (h) Committed to make measurable reductions in the rate of at-risk children and youth by reducing the rate of state-funded out-of-home placements and make reductions in at least three of the following rates of youth: Violent criminal acts, substance abuse, pregnancy and male parentage, suicide attempts, dropping out of school, child abuse or neglect, and domestic violence; and

     (i) Held a public hearing on its proposed comprehensive plan and submitted to the council all of the written comments received at the hearing and a copy of the minutes taken at the hearing.

     (2) The council may establish a maximum amount to be expended by a network for purposes of planning and administrative duties, that shall not, in total, exceed ten percent of funds available to a network. The council shall make recommendations to the legislature regarding the specific maximum amounts that can be spent by a network or group of networks on planning and administrative duties. The recommendation may provide differing percentages, considering the size of the budgets of each network and giving consideration to whether there should be a higher percentage for administrative and planning purposes in budgets for smaller networks and a smaller percentage of the budgets for administration and planning purposes in larger networks.

     (3) The council may determine that a network is not in compliance with this chapter if it fails to comply with statutory requirements. Upon a determination of noncompliance, the council may suspend or revoke a network's status or contract and specify a process and deadline for the network's compliance.

[1998 c 314 § 13; 1996 c 132 § 8; 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 310.]

Notes: Effective dates -- 1996 c 132 §§ 7, 8: See note following RCW 70.190.090.

Intent -- Construction -- Severability -- 1996 c 132: See notes following RCW 70.190.010.

Finding -- Intent -- Severability -- 1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.

Office of financial management, fund distribution formula: RCW 43.41.195.