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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 28. CORRECTIONS, COURTS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE |
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Chapter 28-11. JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVISORY GROUP |
Section 28-1110. ACTION ON FUNDING APPLICATIONS
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1110.1When motions to recommend the funding of applications are made on a program area or individual application basis, a subcommittee member shall abstain from voting if the motion includes an application submitted by the agency or organization the member officially represents or for which he or she serves in a policy-making capacity.
1110.2Subcommittee members shall abstain from voting on motions to approve the funding of applications submitted by an agency or organization which the member officially represents or for which he or she serves in a policy-making capacity.
1110.3Each recommended rejection of an application shall be subject to approval by the JJAG and shall be clearly stated in writing and supported by a detailed explanation of the reasons for which the application was disapproved.
1110.4In those instances in which the JJAG votes to disapprove an application which the subcommittee recommended for approval, the JJAG shall articulate specific reasons for the rejection.
1110.5In instances where applications for grant support are filed with the Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis after the established and publicly advertised closing date for applications, the Director of the Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis shall formally reject the late applications, given notice of rejection to the subcommittee to which the application would normally have been referred and inform the JJAG at its next scheduled meeting.
1110.6Exceptions to the provisions of § 1110 5 shall be left to the discretion of the Director of the OCJPA.
1110.7The JJAG shall recommend a duration of grant support for an individual project or activity in keeping with the continued priority of that activity. In no instance shall the project's support under the grant exceed three (3) years or thirty-six (36) months of funding from the date the project becomes operational.
1110.8The Director of the Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis shall inform the JJAG in writing on a quarterly basis of all grants which have failed to commence project operations under the grant within sixty (60) days of the acceptance of the award. The reports shall include, where warranted, staff recommendations to terminate the project.
1110.9Any project which has not commenced operations within ninety (90) days of the date of the acceptance of the grant award and which has failed to provide substantial explanation shall be notified by the Director of the Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis that the matter of terminating the project's funding shall be before the JJAG at the next meeting.