(1)
Applications submitted in accordance with these rules will be evaluated by the
administrator of the division of tobacco use prevention and control, or the
administrator's designee, to determine whether the application meets the
requirements for funding as designated in these rules. The administrator or
designee may request additional information from any applicant regarding the
content of the application and may condition funding based on an applicant's
submission of additional information or based on an applicant's willingness to
change any term of the application, including geographic boundaries of the
community partnership area.
(2) The
department in consultation with the commission shall allocate funding to the
community partnerships from the total moneys appropriated to the tobacco use
prevention and control initiative. If sufficient funds are available, the
department shall distribute the funding allocated to the community partnerships
in accordance with this rule.
(3)
The
department shall fund one community partnership per community partnership
area. Funds shall be distributed equitably among the state's community
partnership areas based on general population, school-age population, and
designation of county or counties which comprise the community partnership area
as a rural county or an urban county as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget. Available funds will be distributed under the following formulas, using
United States Census Bureau annual population estimates:
Rural counties:
$.84 per school-age youth plus an additional $.84 per
non-school-age county resident
Urban counties:
$.52 per school-age youth plus an additional $.52 per
non-school-age county resident; provided that application of the funding
formula results in distribution to a community partnership of a minimum amount
per county included in each community partnership area as determined annually
by the department in consultation with the commission.
If application of the funding formula would result in
distribution of less than the minimum established amount, the department shall
distribute to such community partnership no less than the minimum established
amount per county included in the community partnership area.
As sufficient funds become available, the department in
consultation with the commission may also distribute to community partnerships
funds for special or pilot projects within a community partnership area.
(4) Funding received by a
community partnership shall be matched on a one-to-four basis. The match may
include in-kind services, office support, or other tangible support or offset
of costs.
Any offers to assist the applicant in reaching the match must
be disclosed to the department in writing. In regard to any cash offers that
are declined, the applicant must disclose reasons and rationale as to why these
offers were declined.
(5)
Prior to receiving funding, a community partnership shall be required to
execute a contract with the department.
(6) Funding may be denied on grounds
including, but not limited to:
a. Applications
from more than one entity have been received covering the same, or portions of
the same, geographic area and another application more closely satisfies
application criteria.
b. The
application is incomplete, untimely, or includes misleading or inaccurate
information.
c. Program funds are
no longer available.
d. Local
matching funds, services, or support is not available.
e. The applicant refuses to execute a
contract with the department.
f.
The applicant fails to comply with the statute or administrative rules
governing this program.
