42 U.S.C. § 5116d : US Code - Section 5116D: Application

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5116d : US Code - Section 5116D: Application

A grant may not be made to a State under this subchapter unless
an application therefor is submitted by the State to the Secretary
and such application contains the types of information specified by
the Secretary as essential to carrying out the provisions of
section 5116a of this title, including -
(1) a description of the lead entity that will be responsible
for the administration of funds provided under this subchapter
and the oversight of programs funded 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) which meets the
requirements of section 5116a of this title;
(2) a description of how 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) will operate and how family resource
and support services provided by public and private, nonprofit
organizations will be integrated into a developing continuum of
family centered, holistic, preventive services for children and
families;
(3) a description of the inventory of current unmet needs and
current community-based and prevention-focused programs and
activities to prevent child abuse and neglect, and other family
resource services operating in the State;
(4) a budget for the development, operation and expansion of
the community-based and prevention-focused programs and
activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent
child abuse and neglect that verifies that the State will expend
in non-Federal funds an amount equal to not less than 20 percent
of the amount received under this subchapter (in cash, not in-
kind) for activities under this subchapter;
(5) an assurance that funds received under this subchapter will
supplement, not supplant, other State and local public funds
designated for the start up, maintenance, expansion, and redesign
of community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities
designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child
abuse and neglect;
(6) an assurance that the State has the capacity to ensure the
meaningful involvement of parents who are consumers and who can
provide leadership in the planning, implementation, and
evaluation of the programs and policy decisions of the applicant
agency in accomplishing the desired outcomes for such efforts;
(7) a description of the criteria that the entity will use to
develop, or select and fund, community-based and prevention-
focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and
support families to prevent child abuse and neglect as part of
network development, expansion or enhancement;
(8) a description of outreach activities that the entity and
the community-based and prevention-focused programs and
activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent
child abuse and neglect will undertake to maximize the
participation of racial and ethnic minorities, children and
adults with disabilities, homeless families and those at risk of
homelessness, and members of other underserved or
underrepresented groups;
(9) a plan for providing operational support, training and
technical assistance to community-based and prevention-focused
programs and activities designed to strengthen and support
families to prevent child abuse and neglect for development,
operation, expansion and enhancement activities;
(10) a description of how the applicant entity's activities and
those of the network and its members (where appropriate) will be
evaluated;
(11) a description of the actions that the applicant entity
will take to advocate systemic changes in State policies,
practices, procedures and regulations to improve the delivery of
community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities
designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child
abuse and neglect services to children and families; and
(12) an assurance that the applicant entity will provide the
Secretary with reports at such time and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.