Section R. 722.755 - Grants for prevention servicesRule 5.
(1) The children's trust fund board shall biennially develop a state plan which establishes a rationale and priorities for the allocation of grants for prevention services.(2) The children's trust fund board shall establish a procedure for accepting and reviewing applications which includes the review and comment of local projects by the councils.(3) In making funding determinations, the children's trust fund board shall take into consideration the recommendations of the councils, together with such factors as geographic distribution, prevention service priorities, and other factors the children's trust fund board deems appropriate. These conditions shall be published in an annual request for proposals.(4) Councils may submit applications for demonstration projects or the facilitation of interagency projects within the stated priorities. Such applications shall be reviewed on a competitive basis through the project grant award process. It is not mandatory that such grants be awarded. If a grant is awarded, the plans for transfer to another agency shall be a condition of any demonstration grant award.(5) In determining the length of funding from the children's trust fund beyond 1 year, the children's trust fund board shall take into consideration such factors as performance, length of time required to complete an evaluation, efforts of the project sponsor and council to obtain other funding, and other factors the children's trust fund board deems appropriate and publishes prior to issuing grants.(6) The children's trust fund board may designate grants for any of the following purposes: (a) As seed money to pay for the establishment, but not ongoing operation, of a prevention service.(b) As a subsidy for the basic underwriting of service costs.(c) For declining funding, moving from 100% the first year to 0% over a period of time specified in advance by the children's trust fund board.(7) Any applicant rejected for funding may contact the executive director of the children's trust fund, who shall give the children's trust fund board's reasoning for not awarding a grant. In addition, the applicant may submit to the director specific reasons, in writing, why it should be funded. The director shall then present this statement to the chairperson of the children's trust fund board. The chairperson shall present the written statement to a specially appointed review committee. The review committee shall consist of the chairperson of the children's trust fund board, 1 children's trust fund board member who did not serve on the committee that reviewed the original application, the chairperson of the committee that did review the initial application, and the executive director. The chairperson shall present the findings to the children's trust fund board as a whole for its final decision on action to be taken. The applicant shall then be notified, in writing, of the children's trust fund board's final decision.Mich. Admin. Code R. 722.755