156.4977 Grants to local school districts for family resource and youth services
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centers -- Supplemental grant program to provide health services.
(1)Grants shall be awarded to eligible local school districts to implement family
resource and youth services centers as defined in KRS 156.496.
(2)Grant proposal instructions shall be developed by the Cabinet for Health and Family
Services. The instructions shall be contained in a grant application package and
distributed to each local public school district in which there are qualifying schools.
(3)A proposal review team comprised of at least three
(3)members shall review
proposals and score each application in accordance with training provided and
scoring procedures established by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Proposal reviewers shall be selected by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services. The reviewers shall submit the scored proposals to the secretary of
the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Written notification of the secretary's
final decision on proposals shall be provided by the secretary to each applicant
school district.
(4)The application from each qualifying school or school consortium shall contain the
following:
(a)A statement of need;
(b)Proposed goals and outcomes;
(c)A description of the actual services and activities to be provided at the center
and how they shall be provided;
(d)A description of how the children and families with the most urgent needs will
be served first;
(e)Written agreements with other service providers;
(f)A description of the development, composition, and role of the local advisory
council;
(g)The strategies to disseminate information;
(h)A training plan;
(i)A description of procedures to be followed to obtain parental permission for
services and for sharing confidential information with other service providers.
Procedures shall be developed pursuant to federal law and the Kentucky
Revised Statutes including, but not limited to, KRS 210.410, 214.185,
222.441, 645.030, and Chapters 620 and 635 and shall require that no family
resource center or youth services center offer contraceptives to minor students
prior to receiving the express consent of the student's parent or legal guardian;
(j)A plan to minimize stigma;
(k)A work plan for each of the core components and optional components;
(l)Job descriptions for staff;
(m)A description of the center location and school accessibility;
(n)A description of the hours of operation of the center;
(o)A financial strategy and budget;
(p)A program evaluation plan; and
(q)Letters of endorsement and commitment to the center from community
agencies and organizations.
(5)Grant proposal instruction and scoring procedures shall be made available to all
qualifying schools.
(6)As funding becomes available, a supplemental grant program may fund the
employment of a physician licensed under KRS Chapter 311 or nurse licensed under
KRS Chapter 314 to provide health services as defined in KRS 156.4975 in a family
resource or youth services center.
(a)The supplemental grant program shall be managed by the Cabinet for Health
and Family Services, and schools that have a family resource or youth services
center may apply for grant funds under the guidelines and criteria established
by promulgation of administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A.
(b)The supplemental grant program may receive state appropriations, federal
funds, gifts, or other contributions for the purposes specified under this
subsection.
(c)A supplemental grant shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of a grant awarded
under subsection
(1)of this section, and a supplemental grant shall not reduce
the amount of a grant awarded to a local school district under subsection
(1)of
this section.