(1) State agencies shall establish objective criteria for grant eligibility.
(2) No preference shall be given based on:(a) Political affiliation;(b) Ideological orientation;(c) Prior receipt of federal and state grants, except with respect to documented violations of the prohibited activities outlined in subsections (9) and (10) of this section, unless required otherwise by federal law; or(d) Organization type or tax status, unless specifically required by federal law.
(a) Political affiliation;
(b) Ideological orientation;
(c) Prior receipt of federal and state grants, except with respect to documented violations of the prohibited activities outlined in subsections (9) and (10) of this section, unless required otherwise by federal law; or
(d) Organization type or tax status, unless specifically required by federal law.
(3) Grant eligibility shall not be restricted based on organization type or tax status, unless:(a) Explicitly required by federal or state law; or(b) Determined necessary based on documented programmatic requirements.
(a) Explicitly required by federal or state law; or
(b) Determined necessary based on documented programmatic requirements.
(4) Primary recipients shall submit detailed annual financial reports, including:(a) Summary of expenditures;(b) Administrative costs;(c) Complete accounting of all funds redistributed to subrecipients; and(d) The purpose for all funds redistributed to subrecipients.
(a) Summary of expenditures;
(b) Administrative costs;
(c) Complete accounting of all funds redistributed to subrecipients; and
(d) The purpose for all funds redistributed to subrecipients.
(5) Subrecipients shall submit detailed annual financial reports, including:(a) Summary of expenditures;(b) Administrative costs;(c) Direct service expenses;(d) Supporting documentation for all expenses exceeding Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00);(e) Complete accounting of all funds redistributed to any additional subrecipients; and(f) The purpose for all funds redistributed to any additional subrecipients.
(a) Summary of expenditures;
(b) Administrative costs;
(c) Direct service expenses;
(d) Supporting documentation for all expenses exceeding Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00);
(e) Complete accounting of all funds redistributed to any additional subrecipients; and
(f) The purpose for all funds redistributed to any additional subrecipients.
(6) Any nongovernmental organization applying for grant funding or receiving grant funding of state or federal funds appropriated by the State Legislature shall require all executive officers and members of its governing board to submit a signed disclosure statement that includes:(a) Whether such individual currently serves in any professional capacity with decision-making authority regarding grant appropriations;(b) Whether such individual has, within the preceding five (5) years, served as an executive officer or member of a governing board for an organization at a time when that organization violated the reporting requirements of subsections (4) and (5) of this section;(c) Any criminal convictions for offenses related to bribery, corruption, fraud or other financial crimes; and(d) The nature, jurisdiction and disposition date of any such conviction.
(a) Whether such individual currently serves in any professional capacity with decision-making authority regarding grant appropriations;
(b) Whether such individual has, within the preceding five (5) years, served as an executive officer or member of a governing board for an organization at a time when that organization violated the reporting requirements of subsections (4) and (5) of this section;
(c) Any criminal convictions for offenses related to bribery, corruption, fraud or other financial crimes; and
(d) The nature, jurisdiction and disposition date of any such conviction.
(7) Such disclosure statements shall:(a) Be submitted with the initial grant application;(b) Be updated within thirty (30) days of any change in leadership or relevant circumstances; and(c) Be certified as true and complete under penalty of perjury.
(a) Be submitted with the initial grant application;
(b) Be updated within thirty (30) days of any change in leadership or relevant circumstances; and
(c) Be certified as true and complete under penalty of perjury.
(8) Failure to provide and timely update the disclosures in subsection (6) of this section, will subject the primary recipient or subrecipient of immediate termination of grant funds and a three-year debarment from receiving grant funds, including grant subawards, unless otherwise required by federal law.
(9) Grant funds shall not be used by a primary recipient or subrecipient for any partisan political activities, initiative or referendum support or opposition, voter registration or Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns.
(10) Grant funds shall not be distributed to a primary recipient or subrecipient with a common board member with a grantee or subgrantee that provided the funds to the primary recipient or subrecipient without written notice and disclosure of the potential conflict to the grantee who provided the funds to the primary recipient or subrecipient.
(11) Violation of subsections (9) and (10) of this section will subject the primary recipient or subrecipient of immediate termination of grant funds and a three-year debarment from receiving grant funds, including grant subawards, unless otherwise required by federal law.
(12) Any primary recipient or subrecipient must show no grant funds were used indirectly or directly in an alleged violation of subsections (9) and (10) of this section to avoid sanctions.