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| 1 | + | 85R12991 MK-D | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Swanson H.B. No. 3555 | |
| 2 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3555: | |
| 3 | - | By: Minjarez C.S.H.B. No. 3555 | |
| 4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 7 | relating to an innovation grant program for community faith-based | |
| 9 | 8 | programs that collaborate with the Department of Family and | |
| 10 | 9 | Protective Services to improve foster care. | |
| 11 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | |
| 13 | 12 | amended by adding Section 264.2042 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 13 | Sec. 264.2042. GRANTS FOR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY | |
| 15 | - | COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS. (a) | |
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| 17 | - | ||
| 18 | - | community programs that collaborate with the | |
| 19 | - | commission to improve foster care and the | |
| 20 | - | foster care. | |
| 14 | + | COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS. (a) Subject to the availability of funds, | |
| 15 | + | the department shall establish and administer an innovation grant | |
| 16 | + | program, administered by the governor, to award grants to support | |
| 17 | + | faith-based community programs that collaborate with the | |
| 18 | + | department and the commission to improve foster care and the | |
| 19 | + | placement of children in foster care. | |
| 21 | 20 | (b) A faith-based community program is eligible for a grant | |
| 22 | 21 | under this section if: | |
| 23 | 22 | (1) the effectiveness of the program is supported by | |
| 24 | 23 | empirical evidence; and | |
| 25 | 24 | (2) the program has demonstrated the ability to build | |
| 26 | 25 | connections between faith-based, secular, and government | |
| 27 | 26 | stakeholders. | |
| 28 | 27 | (c) The regional director for the department in the region | |
| 29 | 28 | where a grant recipient program is located, or the regional | |
| 30 | 29 | director's designee, shall serve as the liaison between the | |
| 31 | 30 | department and the program for collaborative purposes. For a | |
| 32 | 31 | program that operates in a larger region, the department may | |
| 33 | 32 | designate a liaison in each county where the program is operating. | |
| 34 | 33 | The department or the commission may not direct or manage the | |
| 35 | 34 | operation of the program. | |
| 36 | 35 | (d) The initial duration of a grant under this section is | |
| 37 | - | two years. The | |
| 38 | - | under this section if | |
| 39 | - | ||
| 40 | - | (e) The | |
| 36 | + | two years. The department may renew a grant awarded to a program | |
| 37 | + | under this section if the department determines that the program is | |
| 38 | + | successful. | |
| 39 | + | (e) The department may not award to a program grants under | |
| 41 | 40 | this section totaling more than $300,000. | |
| 42 | - | (f) The governor shall adopt rules to | |
| 43 | - | program created under this section. | |
| 41 | + | (f) The department and the governor shall adopt rules to | |
| 42 | + | implement the grant program created under this section. | |
| 44 | 43 | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | |
| 45 | - | of this Act, the governor shall adopt rules for the implementation | |
| 46 | - | and administration of the innovation grant program established | |
| 47 | - | under Section 264.2042, Family Code, as added by this Act, and begin | |
| 48 | - | to award grants under the program. | |
| 44 | + | of this Act, the governor and the Department of Family and | |
| 45 | + | Protective Services shall adopt rules for the implementation and | |
| 46 | + | administration of the innovation grant program established under | |
| 47 | + | Section 264.2042, Family Code, as added by this Act, and begin to | |
| 48 | + | award grants under the program. | |
| 49 | 49 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |