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(A) The department shall review all complete grant applications that are timely filed by eligible applicants. The director may award the amount requested, award a different amount, or deny the applicant’s request altogether.
(1) To assist in the review of applications, the department may form an advisory committee of state staff and non-state personnel to review the applications and make funding recommendations to the director. The director may accept, modify, or reject the committee’s recommendations, so long as the director’s funding decisions are not arbitrary or capricious.
(2) When reviewing applications for grants under this chapter, the advisory committee and/or the director shall consider the following:
(a) The overall availability of state and/or local funding for the applicant’s project;
(b) Whether the proposed project involves the construction of a new facility or the purchase or remodeling of an existing facility;
(c) The technical merit of the proposed project and the quality of the presentation of the application.
(d) The degree of local community support for the project;
(e) The degree to which proposed project will improve the quality and/or availability of services in the geographic region to be served by the facility;
(f) The number of low income and minority seniors served or proposed to be served by the facility; and,
(g) Any other criteria deemed to be appropriate by the director and noted in the department’s request for proposals.
(B) The department shall notify each applicant of the amount of the grant funds to be awarded, if any. No grant award shall be valid unless and until the applicant and the department have entered into a formal written grant agreement and the director of the state’s office of budget and management has certified the availability of funds sufficient to cover the amount awarded by the department. No grant agreement shall become effective before the first day of July in the fiscal year for which the funds were awarded.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/14/2004 and 10/15/2008
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 173.02, 173.11
Rule Amplifies: 173.11, 173.12
Prior Effective Dates: 8/19/00, 1/2/98