Current through Reg. 50, No. 249, December 24, 2024
(1) All
deliverables must be funded in whole or in part with grant funds.
(2) A minimum of 50 percent of the total
grant funds must be allocated to the budget category of Rewards and Public
Education with no more than 15% of the total grant funds being designated for
the purchase of promotional materials.
(a)
Budget line items associated with rewards shall include, but are not limited
to, rewards to tipsters, costs of tip lines, costs for answering services,
software to disseminate tips and law enforcement coordinator's cell
phone.
(b) Budget line items
associated with public education shall include, but are not limited to,
re-enactments, billboards, brochures, bus-wraps, electronic media, program
public awareness, and promotional materials.
(3) Operating Expenses shall include, but are
not limited to:
(a) Budget line items relating
to general office expenses, educational purposes, travel, and
equipment.
(b) Budget line items
associated with the payment of dues are for the Florida Association of Crime
Stoppers, Southeastern Crime Stoppers Association and Crime Stoppers U.S.A.
Requests for reimbursement of dues for another organization will be reviewed by
the Department for approval, which will be based upon the organization's
connection with Crime Stoppers and furtherance of its crime fighting
goals.
(c) Budget line items
associated specifically with travel must adhere to guidelines established in
the Department Travel policy.
(d)
Travel outside of the continental United States is
prohibited.
(4) Up to a
maximum of 30 percent of the total grant funds may be designated allocated to
the budget category of Salary and Benefits. Funds shall only be eligible for
use for civilians employed by a crime stoppers organization, law enforcement
personnel serving in the capacity of "law enforcement coordinator" and/or
civilian support staff employed by the law enforcement agencies whose regularly
scheduled duties are dedicated to the crime stoppers organization.
(a) Salary and benefits funding shall not
include, on-call time, performance bonuses, special detail pay, stand-by or
call-back time.
(b) Only that
percentage of time dedicated to the crime stoppers organization shall be
funded.
(c) Those unused Salary and
Benefits funds, with the approval of the Department, may be used in the
Operating Expense, or Rewards and Public Education categories.
(d) Governmental employees' holiday pay shall
be calculated pursuant to the holiday pay policy set by the employee's
governmental agency. Non-governmental employees are eligible to be paid for
State of Florida recognized holidays at a rate calculated at 1.5 times their
regular hourly rate.
(5)
At the end of each grant period, unexpended advance payments and other unused
funds shall be returned to the department to be re-deposited into the Crime
Stoppers Trust Fund.
(6) Payment
must be made and services must be provided before reimbursement by the
Department can be made.
(7) Mission
critical expenses can be paid upon express written approval of the Department,
by one Official Member for another, upon written request and provided that:
(a) The program seeking to make payment has
sufficient funds available in the appropriate budget category;
(b) The program seeking to receive payment
has exhausted all alternative payment options; and,
(c) The expense is not included in the budget
category of Salary and Benefits.
(8) Notwithstanding the above, an Official
Member, upon written request and with express written approval of the
Department, can pay all allowable expenses associated with a single criminal
act out of funds previously awarded, provided that:
(a) The criminal act at issue to the request
creates an unexpected and substantial increase in expenses which could not have
been anticipated in the Official Member's budget request;
(b) The Official Member has sufficient funds
available in their current total grant award; and,
(c) The Official Member documents and
separately reports those allowable expenses directly related to the crime at
issue to the request.
Rulemaking Authority 16.555(6) FS. Law Implemented 16.555,
16.556, 938.06 FS.
New 6-22-15, Amended 2-7-17, 5-16-17, 1-17-18, 8-20-18,
4-17-22.
