42 U.S.C. § 5116a : US Code - Section 5116A: Eligibility

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5116a : US Code - Section 5116A: Eligibility

A State shall be eligible for a grant under this subchapter for a
fiscal year if -
(1)(A) the chief executive officer of the State has designated
a lead entity to administer funds under this subchapter for the
purposes identified under the authority of this subchapter,
including to develop, implement, operate, enhance or expand
community-based and prevention-focused, programs and activities
designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child
abuse and neglect (through networks where appropriate);
(B) such lead entity is an existing public, quasi-public, or
nonprofit private entity (which may be an entity that has not
been established pursuant to State legislation, executive order,
or any other written authority of the State) that exists to
strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and
neglect with a demonstrated ability to work with other State and
community-based agencies to provide training and technical
assistance, and that has the capacity and commitment to ensure
the meaningful involvement of parents who are consumers and who
can provide leadership in the planning, implementation, and
evaluation of programs and policy decisions of the applicant
agency in accomplishing the desired outcomes for such efforts;
(C) in determining which entity to designate under subparagraph
(A), the chief executive officer should give priority
consideration equally to a trust fund advisory board of the State
or to an existing entity that leverages Federal, State, and
private funds for a broad range of child abuse and neglect
prevention activities and family resource programs, and that is
directed by an interdisciplinary, public-private structure,
including participants from communities; and
(D) in the case of a State that has designated a State trust
fund advisory board for purposes of administering funds under
this subchapter (as such subchapter was in effect on October 3,
1996) and in which one or more entities that leverage Federal,
State, and private funds (as described in subparagraph (C))
exist, the chief executive officer shall designate the lead
entity only after full consideration of the capacity and
expertise of all entities desiring to be designated under
subparagraph (A);
(2) the chief executive officer of the State provides
assurances that the lead entity will provide or will be
responsible for providing -
(A) community-based and prevention-focused programs and
activities designed to strengthen and support families to
prevent child abuse and neglect (through networks where
appropriate) composed of local, collaborative, public-private
partnerships directed by interdisciplinary structures with
balanced representation from private and public sector members,
parents, and public and private nonprofit service providers and
individuals and organizations experienced in working in
partnership with families with children with disabilities;
(B) direction through an interdisciplinary, collaborative,
public-private structure with balanced representation from
private and public sector members, parents, and public sector
and private nonprofit sector service providers, and parents
with disabilities; and
(C) direction and oversight through identified goals and
objectives, clear lines of communication and accountability,
the provision of leveraged or combined funding from Federal,
State and private sources, centralized assessment and planning
activities, the provision of training and technical assistance,
and reporting and evaluation functions; and
(3) the chief executive officer of the State provides
assurances that the lead entity -
(A) has a demonstrated commitment to parental participation
in the development, operation, and oversight of the community-
based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed
to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and
neglect (through networks where appropriate);
(B) has a demonstrated ability to work with State and
community-based public and private nonprofit organizations to
develop a continuum of preventive, family centered,
comprehensive services for children and families through the
community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities
designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child
abuse and neglect (through networks where appropriate);
(C) has the capacity to provide operational support (both
financial and programmatic) (!1) training, technical
assistance, and evaluation assistance, to community-based and
prevention-focused programs and activities designed to
strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and
neglect (through networks where appropriate), through
innovative, interagency funding and interdisciplinary service
delivery mechanisms; and
(D) will integrate its efforts with individuals and
organizations experienced in working in partnership with
families with children with disabilities, parents with
disabilities, and with the child abuse and neglect prevention
activities of the State, and demonstrate a financial commitment
to those activities.