HOUSE BILL No. 6285

June 29, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Meyer, Sak, Vander Veen, Clemente, Murphy, Gaffney, Jones, Shaffer, Ball, Stahl and Pastor and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 1982 PA 250, entitled

 

"Child abuse and neglect prevention act,"

 

(MCL 722.601 to 722.613) by adding section 9a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 9a. (1) The state board may authorize disbursement of

 

available money from the state general fund and federal funds, upon

 

legislative appropriations or interdepartmental transfer, to fund

 

grants for community-based collaborative prevention services and

 

secondary prevention programs designed to do any of the following:

 

     (a) Foster positive parenting skills especially for parents of

 

children under 3 years of age.

 

     (b) Improve parent and child interaction.

 


     (c) Promote access to needed community services.

 

     (d) Increase local capacity to serve families at risk.

 

     (e) Improve school readiness.

 

     (f) Support healthy family environments that discourage

 

alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.

 

     (2) The money disbursed by the state board under subsection

 

(1) shall be distributed through a request for proposals process

 

established by the state board in conjunction with the state human

 

services directors. Projects funded with grants awarded under this

 

section shall meet all of the following criteria:

 

     (a) The grants must be secondary prevention initiatives and

 

voluntary to consumers. Money shall not be expended in cases in

 

which neglect or abuse has been substantiated.

 

     (b) Demonstrate that the planned services are part of

 

community's integrated comprehensive family support strategy

 

endorsed by the local community collaborative.

 

     (c) Provide a 25% local match, of which not more than 10% may

 

be in-kind services, unless the maximum percentage is waived by the

 

board in conjunction with the state human services directors.

 

     (3) Not later than 122 days following the end of the state

 

fiscal year in which funds have been disbursed under this section,

 

the board shall prepare and submit to the governor, the state human

 

services directors, and the legislature an annual report of

 

outcomes achieved by the providers of the community-based

 

collaborative prevention services funded under this section for the

 

previous fiscal year.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "state human services directors"

 


means the director of the department of community health, the

 

director of the department of education, and the director of the

 

department of human services.