2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 156 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 156.4977 Grants to local school districts for family resource and youth services centers -- Supplemental grant program to provide health services.
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156.4977 Grants to local school districts for family resource and youth
services centers -- Supplemental grant program to provide health
services.
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Grants shall be awarded to eligible local school districts to implement family
resource and youth services centers as defined in KRS 156.496.
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.
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.
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;
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A program evaluation plan; and
Letters of endorsement and commitment to the center from community
agencies and organizations.
Grant proposal instruction and scoring procedures shall be made available to
all qualifying schools.
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.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2008; and
ch. 179, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99,
sec. 128, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 174, sec. 1,
effective March 27, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 2, effective
July 15, 1994; and ch. 334, sec. 18, effective July 15, 1994. Created 1992 Ky.
Acts ch. 291, sec. 2, effective April 15, 1992.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). This section was amended
by 2008 Ky. Acts chs. 120 and 179, which do not appear to be in conflict and
have been codified together.
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