37 Pa. Code § 95.404 - Grant application criteria

The three categories of grants are described as follows:

(1) Past work. A grant is available to a county which has completed an expansion of its prison facilities within 5 years of the date of the grant application as defined by section 714(4) of the act (61 P. S. § 390.714(4)). An application for these funds shall be received by the Department from September 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991. These grants will not exceed $1 million, and the grants shall be matched by funding in a like amount by the county from county funds. A grant will not be awarded until the applicant submits an intermediate punishment plan to the Commission on Crime and Delinquency, as required by the County Intermediate Punishment Act (61 P. S. §§ 1101-1114). An application for a grant shall be divided into individual sections, providing the following information, and in the following order:

(i) Description of project. A description of the county correctional system including: existing community corrections, diversion or related programs, age of facilities, staffing of facilities, court orders that were filed before July 1, 1990 against the county concerning the correctional facility or the conditions of confinement. The description shall include the rated capacity of the facilities as of July 1, 1990, and how the rated capacity is determined. Priority will be given to an applicant which was at or exceeding 115% of rated capacity as of July 1, 1990.

(ii) Amount of grant. The amount of the grant being requested.

(iii) Amount of previously expended funds. The amount of funds expended by the applicant for the repair, expansion, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement of local correctional facilities and the source of the funds (Federal, State, county or other), to include a detailed description of the capital expenditures.

(iv) Other. Other information the applicant wishes to provide.

(2) Future work. Grants are available for the repair, expansion, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of county correctional facilities and the purchase of electronic monitoring equipment begun after December 21, 1989. An application for these grants shall consist of individual sections, providing the following information, and in the following order:

(i) County correctional system. A description of the county correctional system, including age of facilities, court orders that were filed before July 1, 1990, staffing of facilities and rated capacity of the facilities and how the rated capacity is determined.

(ii) Problem. A description of the problem that the grant will address.

(iii) Solution. A description of the proposed solution to the problem. The relationship of the solution to the problem identified for which funds are requested shall be included in this section.

(iv) Measurement of success. A description of how the success of the proposed solution may be measured.

(v) Previous efforts. Previous efforts to address the problem and the success. This shall include a description of programs intended to or having the effect of reducing the need for construction or expansion of the county correctional facility, such as county earned time, work release, and the like.

(vi) Grant amount requested. The amount of the grant being requested.

(vii) Inmate population. The facility population as of July 1, 1990.

(viii) Funds expended. The amount of funds expended, or to be expended by the applicant for the repair, expansion, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement of local correctional facilities for 3 years prior to the application. The source of the funds (Federal, State, county or other) to be expended shall be provided in the form of a cost plan that clearly specifies the anticipated costs of the project. See "matching funds" in § 95.403 (relating to definitions). If the county plans to utilize the funds expended in the establishment or creation of a county Intermediate Punishment Plan, a copy of the Intermediate Plan shall be attached to the grant application.

(ix) Other. Other information the applicant wishes to provide.

(3) Combination of past and future work. Grants are available for prison expansion that began before December 21, 1989 and was not completed until after December 21, 1989. These grants will combine the statutory limitation of $1 million and equal contribution for work and costs initiated before December 21, 1989, and the statutory grant limitation for reimbursement in a like amount of the total grant awarded for expansion or improvement for work completed after December 21, 1989. Applications for the grants shall consist of individual sections, providing the following information:

(i) A description of the project.

(ii) The amount of previously expended funds.

(iii) The county correctional system.

(iv) The problem.

(v) The measurement of success.

(vi) Previous efforts.

(vii) The grant amount requested.

(viii) The inmate population.

(ix) Other information.

(4) Submission to Commission on Crime and Delinquency. A grant will not be awarded to an applicant until the applicant complies with the statutory requirement of submitting an Intermediate Punishment Plan to the Commission on Crime and Delinquency as required by the County Intermediate Punishment Act (61 P. S. §§ 1101-1114).

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37 Pa. Code § 95.404