Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The
threshold eligibility requirements set forth in this subsection must be met for
an applicant to be considered for a grant.
(1) The head of the local JPO office
responsible for the geographic area in which the alternative adjudication
program covered in the application is located must submit a letter indicating
the intent of the JPOs in that office to refer juveniles to the alternative
adjudication program during the period covered by the requested
grant.
(2) The alternative
adjudication program covered by the application must have a qualified program
coordinator in place responsible for the overall management of the alternative
adjudication program. The applicant must identify the coordinator and explain
the coordinator's qualifications in the application.
(3) The applicant must have completed all
audits required under the Audit Act, have a budget approved by the division
pursuant to the Chapter 6, Article 6 NMSA 1978, and be current on all financial
reports required to be submitted to the division under that article.
(4) A minimum of 10 percent of the proposed
operating budget of the alternative adjudication program to be assisted with
grant funds must come from sources other than grant funds or other state funds.
Cash valued in-kind contributions may be used to meet this matching
requirement; provided, however, that, in the event the division disagrees with
the grantee's valuation of in-kind contributions, the division's determination
of the cash value of the in-kind contributions shall control for purposes of
compliance with this matching requirement.
(5) Only alternative adjudication programs
are eligible to be assisted with grant funds.
B. If the alternative adjudication program
covered by the application has been in operation less than two consecutive
years, the additional threshold eligibility requirements in this subsection
must also be met for an applicant to be considered for a grant; provided,
however, that the division may waive the additional requirements in this
subsection if the applicant demonstrates and the division determines in writing
that good cause exists to believe that the alternative adjudication program
covered by the application will satisfactorily operate without a mentorship
relationship with an established alternative adjudication program.
(1) The alternative adjudication program must
have a mentorship relationship with an alternative adjudication program that
has been operational for more than two consecutive years. Documentation of that
mentorship relationship must be submitted with the application.
(2) The mentor alternative adjudication
program must submit a letter supporting the application for grant assistance
for the alternative adjudication program that has been in operation less than
two consecutive years.
