Section 8260 - [Effective until 6/30/2026] Grant program for victims and survivors of hate crimes and their families and facilitating hate crime prevention measures(a) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, shall administer a grant program that provides support and services to victims and survivors of hate incidents and hate crimes and their families and facilitates hate incident or hate crime prevention measures. The grant program shall prioritize victims, survivors, and vulnerable populations with high or increasing levels of hate incidents or hate crimes who have historically faced barriers to accessing appropriate care and services. In developing the grant program criteria, the department shall consult with the Commission on Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs and may consult with other state departments as necessary.(b) The department, in consultation with the Commission on the Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs, shall develop a process to award grants to qualified grantees to be used to provide at least one of the following: (1) Community-based supports and services to victims and survivors of hate incidents or hate crimes, and their families, which may include health care services, mental health services, and legal services.(2) Hate incident and hate crime prevention measures, which may include community engagement and education, community conflict resolution, in-language outreach, services to escort community members in public, community healing, collaboration, cross-racial building, and community diversity training.(c)(1) Qualified grantees shall include nonprofit entities that meet the requirements set forth in either paragraph (3) or paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code. An entity may partner with another entity to meet the requirements of this paragraph.(2) Qualified grantees shall have experience providing supports and services to victims and survivors of hate incidents and hate crimes and hate incident and hate crime prevention measures in a language competent and culturally competent manner or funding organizations that provide such services. A qualified grantee that is awarded funds pursuant to this section shall comply with tracking and reporting procedures to be determined by the department.(d) The department may use up to five percent of the funds appropriated for department administrative costs. Any funds in excess of five percent may be authorized pursuant to this section not sooner than 30 days after notification in writing of the necessity therefor is provided to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or not sooner than whatever lesser time after that notification the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or the Chairperson's designee, may in each instance determine.(e) The department may enter into a contract with an independent evaluation and research agency to evaluate the impacts of the program.(f) Notwithstanding any other law, contracts issued pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5, and from the Public Contract Code and the State Contracting Manual, and shall not be subject to the approval of the Department of General Services.(g) Notwithstanding the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3), the State Department of Social Services may implement and administer this provision without adopting regulations.(h) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is a state law that provides assistance and services for undocumented persons within the meaning of subdivision (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.(i) Beginning on October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter until October 1, 2025, the department, in consultation with the Commission on Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs, shall submit a report for the prior fiscal year to the budget committees of both houses. The report shall include a list of the grant recipients and the amounts allocated to each grantee, the supports and services and hate incident and hate crime prevention measures provided by each grantee, and the geographic location of each grantee.(j) This section shall remain in effect only until June 30, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.Amended by Stats 2021 ch 251 (AB 163),s 5, eff. 9/23/2021.Added by Stats 2021 ch 77 (AB 137),s 9, eff. 7/16/2021.