Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1465 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to community violence intervention and 2
16	16	prevention grant program; creating s. 402.88, F.S.; 3
17	17	creating the Community Violence Intervention and 4
18	18	Prevention Grant Program within the Department of 5
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20	20	provided by the department; providing application 7
21	21	requirements and procedures for such grants; providing 8
22	22	restrictions on grant funds; prohibiting certain 9
23	23	conditions on grants; providing for grant duration; 10
24	24	requiring reports from recipients; requiring an annual 11
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30	30	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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32	32	Section 1. Section 402.88, Florida Statutes, is created to 19
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34	34	402.88 Community Violence Intervention and Prevention 21
35	35	Grant Program.— 22
36	36	(1) There is created with in the Department of Children and 23
37	37	Families the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention 24
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51	51	(2) Subject to legislative appropriation the department 26
52	52	may provide grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit 27
53	53	organizations and community -based partnerships that serve 28
54	54	communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence to 29
55	55	support, expand, and replicate effective violence reduction 30
56	56	initiatives. The grants shall be used to: 31
57	57	(a) Implement, expand, or enhance coordination between 32
58	58	evidence-informed violence reduction initiatives, including, but 33
59	59	not limited to, hospital -based violence intervention, street 34
60	60	outreach, and group violence intervention strategies that have 35
61	61	demonstrated effectiveness at reducing homicides, group 36
62	62	violence, and other interpersonal violence without contributing 37
63	63	to mass incarceration. 38
64	64	(b) Support the development and delivery of intervention -39
65	65	based strategies by entities that provide targeted services to 40
66	66	persons at risk of being victimized or engaging in violence to 41
67	67	interrupt cycles of violence, reinjury, and retaliation. 42
68	68	(c) Support initiatives that primarily target a reduction 43
69	69	of violence among persons who have been identified as having the 44
70	70	highest risk of perpetrating or being victimized by violence in 45
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72	72	health research. 47
73	73	(3) Applicants may apply either independently or jointly. 48
74	74	(4) An applicant for a grant shall submit a proposal, in a 49
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89	89	(a) A statement describing how the applicant proposes to 52
90	90	use the grant to implement an evidence -informed violence 53
91	91	reduction initiative in accordance with this section. 54
92	92	(b) A statement describing how the applicant proposes to 55
93	93	use the grant to enhance coordination of existing violence 56
94	94	prevention and intervention programs and minimize duplication of 57
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96	96	(c) Evidence indicating that the proposed violence 59
97	97	reduction initiative would likely reduce homicides, group 60
98	98	violence, and other interpers onal violence. 61
99	99	(d) Clearly defined and measurable objectives for the 62
100	100	violence reduction initiative. 63
101	101	(5) In awarding grants, the department shall prioritize 64
102	102	applicants operating in areas disproportionately affected by 65
103	103	violence and whose proposals demonstrate the greatest likelihood 66
104	104	of reducing homicides, group violence, and other interpersonal 67
105	105	violence without contributing to mass incarceration. The 68
106	106	department may not require grant recipients to participate in 69
107	107	the policing, enforcement, or prosecution of any crime as a 70
108	108	condition of receiving a grant. 71
109	109	(6) The amount of funds awarded to an applicant shall be 72
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126	126	(7) A grant may only be used for the purposes specified in 77
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129	129	public entity participating in a community -based partnership. 80
130	130	(8) Subject to the availability of state funding, a grant 81
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132	132	(9) Each grant recipient shall re port to the department, 83
133	133	in a form and at intervals prescribed by the department, the 84
134	134	recipient's progress toward achieving the grant objectives. 85
135	135	(10)(a) The department may use up to 8 percent of the 86
136	136	funds appropriated or made available, or such percentag e as may 87
137	137	be authorized under program guidelines for funding made 88
138	138	available to the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention 89
139	139	Grant Program through federal funding sources, for the costs of 90
140	140	implementation and administration of technical assistance and 91
141	141	for the costs of implementing and administering the program, 92
142	142	including, but not limited to, employment of dedicated grants 93
143	143	management and programmatic personnel. 94
144	144	(b) The program costs under paragraph (a) shall include an 95
145	145	annual program evaluation and an a nalysis of the effectiveness 96
146	146	of violence reduction initiatives. These evaluations shall be 97
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162	162	receive information on how the public funds are spent, testimony 101
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165	165	whether the initiatives and the grant -funded programs are 104
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167	167	used to assess and revise grant -making metrics and processes for 106
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169	169	(12) Beginning January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 108
170	170	of each year thereafter, the department shall prepare and 109
171	171	transmit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the 110
172	172	Speaker of the House of Representatives a report that shall 111
173	173	include a listing of the grants awarded under the program, 112
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