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CITY OF TAMARAC
RESOLUTION NO. R-2000- / I
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE
APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIAL TO SEND
CORRESPONDENCE TO THE BROWARD COUNTY
COMMISSION ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE APPROVING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL ANTI -DRUG ABUSE FUNDS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida supports the
Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse in preventing substance abuse; and
WHEREAS, the Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse is coordinating
the community's application for over one million dollars in Federal Anti -Drug Abuse funds
for Fiscal Year 2000; and
WHEREAS, the Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse received 36
letters of intent for projects applying for funding, a list of which is attached hereto as part of
Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, State of Florida Rule 9B-61.003(4)(d) of the Florida Administrative Code
(attached hereto as Exhibit B) requires "at least 51 percent of the units of government which
represent at least 51 percent of the population in any county" agree upon the expenditure of
funds or "said funds shall be distributed at the discretion of the" Florida Department of
Community Affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse has requested
correspondence from the appropriate City official approving the distribution of Federal Anti-
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Drug Abuse funds for Fiscal Year 2000 to those projects that have applied for funding
(attached hereto as Exhibit A); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, deems it to be in
the best interests of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to authorize the
appropriate City official to send correspondence to the Broward County Commission on
Substance Abuse approving the distribution of Federal Anti -Drug Abuse funds for Fiscal
Year 2000 to those projects that have applied for funding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
Section 1: That the foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as
being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution.
Section 2: That the appropriate City official is authorized to send correspondence to the
Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse approving the distribution of Federal
Anti -Drug Abuse funds for Fiscal Year 2000 to those projects that have applied for funding.
Section 3: That all resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 4: That if any clause, section, other part of application of this Resolution is held
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, in part or in
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application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or applications of this
Resolution.
Section 5: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this day of dXAtJ , 2000.
JOE SCHREIBER, MAYOR
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March 23, 2000
Mayor Joe Schreiber
City of Tamarac
7525 NW 88th Avenue
Tamarac, FL 33321
Dear Mayor Schreiber:
As you know, the Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse is coordinating the
community's application for over one million dollars in Federal Anti -Drug Abuse funds for
fiscal 2000.
After notifying all municipalities, their police chiefs, treatment providers and others in the
community of the funds available, we received 36 letters of intent for projects. Cities, law
enforcement, treatment providers and criminal justice agencies are represented in the proposals.
A list of the applicants is attached.
It is important to note that although we will be unable to fund all 36 projects, bringing these
programs into our communities benefits the whole of Broward County and in order for the
county and cities to receive these funds, the Mayor must sign a letter approving the
funding of the selected projects. The enclosed sample letter must be_tvned
on yglir city stationery and signed by the Mayor.
TIME IS CRITICAL! We must receive these letters by no later than June 4, 2000. Please sign
your letter and SEND TO: Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse, 1300 South
Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, F'.orida 33316.
A sample letter is enclosed for your convenience. If you have any questions, please call me at
760-7007, ext. 204.
sincerely,
06 Wilson
Projects Director
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of Broward County
Temp. Reso. # 8988 - Exhibit A
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YOUR LETTERHEAD STATIONARY
Current Date
Mr. Clayton H. Wilder
Community Program Administrator
Bureau of Community Assistance
Department of Community Affairs
2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 3 23 99-2100
Dear Mr. Wilder,
In compliance with State of Florida Rule 9B-61.003(4)(d), F.A.C., the city of
approves the distribution of$1,155 , 885 of Federal Fiscal Year 2001 Anti -Drug Abuse funds for
the attached projects within Broward County.
Sincerely,
Letters of Intent Temp. Reso. #8988 - Exhibit A
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Types of Programs
Primary Service Area
Arnount
Urban League intervention program -delinquency and SA
West and Southwest Broward
$67,500
Ebony Village Rites of Passage Intervention Program
Hollywood and Dania
$55,000
BSO Aftercare(Treatmcnt) program for exoffenders
Whole County
S 144,000
Treatment for Dual Diagnosis to break Jail Cycle
Whole County
S52,816
BSO Substance Abuse/Truancy intervention program
Whole County
S75,000
Women in Distress Drug Education Services for Clients
Whole County
$37,500
United Hearing/ Deaf Youth Drug Intervention Programs
Whole County
$60,640
Memorial Hospital Adolescent Drug Intervention Prog.
SW County/Pembroke Pines
$36,000
Pride/Early Child Education Intervention Parent Training
Hollywood Hallandale
S36,000
Minority Dev. Female Teen Intervention Program
Ft. Lauderdale Lauderdale Lakes
$47,000
Act Smart Teen Substance Abuse/ HIV Education Prog.
Pompano
$21,425
Spectrum Adolescent Case Management Program
Whole County
$108,000
Spectrum Juv Drug Court Treatment and Follow up
Whole.County
S72,900
Starting Place Police Referral Assessment Program
North Half of the County
$41,400
D-FY-IT expanding to three new High Schools
SW quadrant of County
S63,750
AVANZA-Treatment for Hispanic Youth (GANG)
Whole County
$55,000
YMP Alternative to Suspension for all school ages
Ft. Lauderdale
SS60,000
Harris Life Enrichment Youth intervention Program
FT. Lauderdale, Oakland Park
$29,524
Mount Olive Family Building Program
Ft. Lauderdale
$75,000
Church of God Family Saving Programs/Homeless)
Ft. Lauderdale
$54,000
West Lauderdale Innovative Family Intervention Program.
West Ft. Lauderdale
$52,687
Minority Dev, intervention for First Time Youth Offenders
Whole County
$50,000
Center One Family Jail Outreach Drug Program
Whole County
S56,250
ADAPT NOVA Youth Intervention Program
Miramar, Cooper City, Plantation
$66,000
NOVA Occupational Therapy Youth Build Drug Treatment
Whole County
S75,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY College Challenge 8 houses
Pompano Hollywood Ft. Lauderdale
S85,000
Susan B Anthony providing aftercare and follow up to program
Whole County
S60,000
Broward County serving perpetrators of Domestic Violence
Western Half of the City
S210,000
Center for Family counseling DUI program
Whole County
S25,000
I lomeless Drug Community Outreach Program
Central County
$75,000
I ricnds of Children Sktah Friend rvcr mentorine proVrmn
Lauderdale Lakes Middlc and Lake lilem
S36.000
I riends of'Childrcn X Factor Suhsuurce Abuse; Education
Wholc CUunty
Whole County
Whole County
Whole County
$19.452
I louse of I lope Relapse Prevention
S34,200
Boys and Girls Club Smart Ideas
S85.000
Center for human Dev, f r nsitional I lousing
$75,000
TOTAL
$2.478,664
Temp. Reso. # 8988 - Exhibit B
(R. 3199)
V. 4, p. 814-146A ANTI -DRUG ABUSE 9B-61.003
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CHAPTER 9B-61
ANTI -DRUG ABUSE ACT OF 1988
9B-61.001
Purpose. (Repealed)
9B-61.002
Definitions.
9B-61.003
Funds Availability.
9B-61.004
Matching Requirements.
(Repealed)
9B-61.005
Title to Personal Property.
(Repealed)
9B-61.006
Limitations on Funds Use.
9B-61.007
Eligible Purposes and Programs.
9B-61.008
Application and Award
Procedures.
9B-61.009
Forms and Instructions.
9B-61.001 Purpose.
Specific Authority 120.53(1), 163.03(3) FS. Law
Implemented 163.03(3) FS. History —New 2-6-90,
Formerly 9G-16.001, Repealed 2-20-96.
911-61.002 Definitions. As used in these Rules,
except where the context clearly indicates a
different meaning, the following terms shall have
the meaning indicated:
(1) "Act" means the Anti -Drug Abuse Act of
1988, Public Law 100-690, as amended.
(2) "BJA" means the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
Department of Justice.
(3) "BCA" means the Bureau of Community
Assistance, Division of Housing and Community
Development, Florida Department of Community
Affairs.
(4) "Department" means the Florida Department
of Community Affairs.
(5) "Narcotics Control" means activities
pertaining to the enforcement of state controlled
substances laws, including but not limited to,
police efforts to prevent, control, or reduce the
manufacture, importation, distribution, possession,
or use of controlled substances or to apprehend
individuals, including juveniles involved in the
manufacture, importation, distribution, possession
or use of controlled substances; activities of courts
having criminal jurisdiction, and related agencies,
including but not limited to prosecutorial and
defender services, juvenile delinquency agencies,
and pretrial release agencies as those activities
relate to the processing of individuals charged with
or convicted of violations of state controlled
substances laws; activities of corrections, probation
or parole authorities and related agencies assisting
in the rehabilitation, supervision, and care of
offenders convicted of violations of state controlled
substances laws; and programs which identify and
meet the needs of drug -dependent offenders.
(6) "Controlled Substance" means any
substance named or described in Schedules I
through V of Section 893.03, Florida Statutes.
(7) "Criminal Justice System" means agencies
established by state and local units of government
to apprehend, prosecute. and adjudicate criminal
offenders, including correctional agencies
established to carry out the sentence imposed upon
criminal offenders.
(8) "Comprehensive Anti -Drug Abuse Strategy"
means those activities necessary to formulate and
implement local policies designed to reduce the
use, transfer and production of controlled
substances, including the coordination of drug
control efforts and the targeting of Federal, state
and local anti -drug abuse resources within the
applicant's jurisdiction.
(9) "State Applicant" means any unit of the
executive, legislative or judicial branches of state
government which performs functions related to the
purposes of the Act and is involved with the
Governor's Drug Policy Task Force.
(10) "Local Applicant" means any governing
body of a city or county, however styled, including
that of a consolidated or metropolitan government
and including an Indian Tribe which performs law
enforcement functions as determined by the
Secretary of the Interior. Each application for
anti -drug abuse funds shall represent agreement on
expenditure of grant funds among at least 51
percent of the local units of government which also
represent at least 51 percent of the population
within the geographic boundaries of the applicant's
county.
(11) "Eligible Application" is an application for
Act funds, which meets the requirements of Rule
9B-61.003, 9B-61.006, 9B-61.007 and 9B-61.008.
(12) "Drug Problem Identification Matrix"
means a set of statistical factors and values used
by the Department to ascertain the degree of the
drug problem within any particular county relative
to any other particular county.
(13) "Criminal History Records (CHR)
Set -aside Funds" means that percentage of
available Anti -Drug Abuse Act of 1988 funds as
determined by the BJA which must be utilized by
state and local units for the purpose of improving
the completeness, accuracy and timely submission
of the information contained within offender
criminal history records.
(14) "Florida's Federal Funding Work Group"
means the organizational body which will provide
oversight to the state's effort to improve the
contents of Florida's Criminal History Records in
accordance with the requirements of the federal
Anti -Drug Abuse Act of 1988. The work group
shall consist of a representative from the Office of
the State Courts Administrator, the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida
Department of Corrections, the Florida Department
of Juvenile Justice, the Florida Department of
Community Affairs and the Florida Association of
Court Clerks.
Specific Authority 163.03(3) FS. Law Implemented
163.03(3) FS. History -New 1-6-90, Amended 4-2-92,
2-7-95, Formerly 9G-16.002, Amended 3-8-99.
9B-61.003 Funds Availability.
(1) The amount of funds available shall be that
amount allocated each federal fiscal year to the
State of Florida by the federal government under
the Act and appropriated by the legislature.
(2) The Department shall attempt to obligate all
of the funds available in the current federal fiscal
year, but may obligate part or all of the funds in a
later federal fiscal year, when permitted by Federal
(R. 3199)
98-61.006
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law and applicable Florida Statutes.
(3) The percentage of funds obligated to state
units of government, in the aggregate, including
state law enforcement agencies, state corrections
agencies, state attorneys, public defenders and
circuit courts shall be no more than that percentage
equal to the state government share of total state
and local criminal justice expenditures as
determined annually by the BJA.
(a) Based on appropriations by the Florida
Legislature, the Department shall notify in writing
those state agencies known to have been
appropriated a portion of the Act funds, including
CHR set -aside funds. Such notice shall identify
funding available, the purposes for which these
funds may be used and the procedures required for
receipt of such funds.
(b) State agencies so notified shall be obligated
the appropriated funds upon receipt of an
application for such funds from the affected
agency.
(4) The percentage of federal funds obligated to
local units of government, in the aggregate, shall
be no less than the percentage equal to the local
government share of total state and local criminal
justice expenditures as determined annually by the
BJA.
(a) The Department shall establish a Drug
Problem Identification Matrix which shall be used
to determine the priority order in which Act funds,
less Criminal History Records Set -aside Funds, will
be made available to units of local government. It
shall also be used, in conjunction with population,
to determine the amount of funds allocated to each
county in accordance with paragraph
9B-61.003(4)(c) of this subsection. Through
analysis of statewide data bases, the Department
shall determine the rate, trend and magnitude of
the following group indices and their identified
variables for the previous five years in each of
Florida's counties:
1. Serious Crime Index
a. Number of Burglary Offenses
b. Number of Larceny Offenses
c. Number of Robbery Offenses
d. Number of Murder Offenses
2. Juvenile Involvement in Drugs Index
a. Number of juveniles arrested for sale of
marijuana.
b. Number of juveniles arrested for possession
of marijuana.
c. Number of juveniles arrested for sale of
cocaine.
d. Number of juveniles arrested for possession
of cocaine,
3. Drug Arrest Index
a. Number of arrests for selling any drug.
b. Number of arrests for possession of any drug.
4. Cocaine Factor Index
a. Number of arrests for sale of cocaine.
b. Number of arrests for possession of cocaine.
(b) Based on the rate, trend and magnitude of
these indices in each county relative to every other
county, the Department shall generate a rank order
listing of the counties. Such rank order listing shall
be generated every two years.
(c) Each county, in rank order, shall be
allocated a percentage of local share federal funds
equal to one-half of the sum of that county's
percentage of statewide need as determined by the
Drug Problem Identification Matrix plus that
county's percentage of the total state population.
(d) In the event that at least 51 percent of the
units of government which also represent at least
51 percent of the population in any county are
unable to agree upon the expenditure of funds by
the application deadline established by the program
announcement or are unable to expend all of their
allocated funds by the end of the grant period, said
funds shall be distributed at the discretion of the
Department.
(5) The Department, in consultation with the
Florida Federal Funding Work Group, shall allocate
local CHR set -aside funds to the criminal justice
system for the purpose of improving the
completeness, accuracy and timely submission of
information contained in the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement's offender criminal history
records.
Specific Authority 163.03(3) FS. Law Implemented
163.03(3) FS. History —New 2-6-90, Amended 4-2-92,
2-7-95, Formerly 9G-16,003, Amended 3-8-99.
9B-61.004 Matching Requirements.
Specific Authority 120.53(1), 163.03(3) FS. Law
Implemented 163.03(3) FS. History --_New 2-6-90,
Formerly 9G-16.004, Repealed 11-20-96,
9B-61.005 Title to Personal Property.
Specific Authority 120.53(1), 163.03(3) FS. Law
Implemented 163.03(3) FS. History--Wew 2-6-90,
Formerly 9G-16.005, Repealed 2-20-96.
9B-61.006 Limitations on Funds Use. Restrictions
on the use of monies for routine equipment,
personnel costs, constructions and supplanting of
state and local funds, land acquisition, and the
number of months applicants may receive financial
support are as follows:
(1) Equipment and Hardware. The purchase or
acquisition of equipment or hardware with grant
funds is prohibited unless the purchase or
acquisition is utilized in an approved program.
(2) General Salaries and Personnel Costs.
Payment of personnel costs with grant funds is
prohibited unless the costs for services are directly
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Exhibit B
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98-61.007
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related to the grant as a part of a program. Grant
funds may be used to compensate personnel for
time engaged in conducting or participating in
training programs or to compensate personnel
engaged in research, development, demonstration
or short-term programs related to the purposes of
the Act.
(3) Construction. Use of the grant funds for
construction projects is prohibited, except
construction of correctional facilities.
(4) Land Acquisition. Acquisition of land with
grant funds is prohibited,
(5) Non -Supplantation. Grant funds shall not
be used to supplant state or local funds, but will be
used to increase the amounts of such funds that
would, in the absence of grants funds, be made
available for drug law enforcement activities.
(6) Projects which have received grant funds
made available under the Act for an aggregate of
48 calendar months, including funds received
under the Anti -Drug Abuse Act of 1986 and the
Justice Assistance Act of 1984, shall not be
considered an eligible project in any subsequent
funding cycle, except for the following projects:
(a) Administration.
(b) Victims Assistance Programs, or
Multijurisdictional Gang or Drug Task Forces.
(c) Criminal History Records.
Specific Authority 110.5J(1). 163.03(3) FS, Law
Implemented 163.03(3) FS. History ---New 1-6-90,
.-imended 1-7-95. Formerly 9G-16.006.
9B-61.007 Eligible Purposes and Programs.
The Act provides that funds may only be used for
the purposes listed below. Any other uses, or
proposed uses shall be denied.
(1) Demand reduction education programs in
which law enforcement officers participate.
(2) Multijurisdictional programs that integrate
federal, state and local law enforcement agencies
and prosecutors for the purpose of enhancing
interagency coordination and intelligence and
facilitating multijurisdictional investigations.
(3) Programs designed to target the domestic
sources of controlled and illegal substances such as
precursor chemicals, diverted pharmaceuticals,
clandestine laboratories and cannabis cultivations.
(4) Providing community and neighborhood
programs that assist citizens in preventing and
controlling crime, including special programs that
address the problems of crimes committed against
the elderly and special programs for rural
jurisdictions.
(5) Disrupting illicit commerce in stolen goods
and property.
(6) Improving the investigation and prosecution
of white-collar crime, organized crime, public
corruption crimes and fraud against the
government with priority attention to cases
involving drug -related corruption.
(7) Improving the operational effectiveness of
law enforcement through the use of crime analysis
techniques, street sales enforcement, school vard
violator programs, and developing and
implementing anti -terrorism plans for deep water
ports, international airports and other important
facilities.
(8) Career criminal prosecution programs,
including the development of model drug control
legislation.
(9) Financial investigative programs that target
the identification of money laundering operations
and assets obtained through illegal drug trafficking,
including the development of model legislation,
financial investigative training and financial
information sharing systems.
(10) Improving the operational effectiveness of
the court process, such as court delay reduction
programs and enhancement programs.
(i l ) Programs designed to provide additional
public correctional resources and improve the
corrections system, including treatment in prisons
and jails, intensive supervision programs and
long-range corrections and sentencing strategies.
(12) Providing prison industry projects designed
to place inmates in a realistic working and training
environment which will enable them to acquire
marketable skills and to make financial payments
for restitution to their victims, for support of their
own families and for support of themselves in the
institution.
(13) Providing programs which identify and
meet the treatment needs of adult and juvenile
drug -dependent and alcohol -dependent offenders.
(14) Developing and implementing programs
which provide assistance to jurors and witnesses,
and assistance (other than compensation) to
victims of crime.
(15) Developing programs to improve drug
control technology, such as pre-trial drug testing
programs, programs which provide for the
identification, assessment. referral to treatment.
case management and monitoring of drug
dependent offenders: enhancement of state and
local forensic programs, and criminal justice
information systems to assist law enforcement,
prosecution, courts and corrections organizations.
including automated fingerprint identification
systems.
(16) Innovative programs which demonstrate
new and different approaches to enforcement.
prosecution and adjudication of drug offenses and
other serious crimes.
(17) Addressing the problems of drug
trafficking and the illegal manufacture of
controlled substances in public housing.
(18) Improving the criminal and juvenile justice
system's response to domestic and family violence.
including spouse abuse, child abuse and abuse of
the elderly.
(19) Drug control evaluation programs which
state and local units of government may utilize to
evaluate programs and projects directed at state
drug control activities.
(20) Providing alternatives to prevent detention,
jail and prison for persons who pose no danger to
the community.
(2 1 ) Programs to strengthen urban enforcement
and prosecution etl'orts targeted at street drug
sales.
(R. 2/ 96)
9B-61.009
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(22) Counties which appoint a Substance Abuse
Board and designate an Office of Substance Abuse
Policy may use a percentage of their total
allocation, as determined by the Act, to provide
administrative support to such Board and Office.
(23) Programs that address the need for
effective bindover systems for the prosecution of
violent 16- and 17-year-old juveniles in courts with
jurisdiction aver adults for the crimes of:
(a) Murder in the first degree.
(b) Murder in the second degree.
(c) Attempted murder.
(d) Armed robbery when armed with a firearm.
(e) Aggravated battery or assault when armed
with a firearm,
(f) Criminal sexual penetration when armed
with a firearm.
(g) Drive -by shooting.
(24) Law Enforcement and prevention
programs relating to gangs, or to youth who are
involved or at risk of involvement in gangs.
(25) Developing or improving in a forensic
laboratory a capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA) for identification purposes.
(26) Assisting in the litigation processing of
death penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions.
Specific .-authority 120.53(1), 163.03(3� FS. Law
Implemented 163.03(3) FS. History —New 2-6-90,
Amended 2-7-95. Formerly 9G-16,007.
9B-61.008 Application and Award Procedures.
(1) Notification Process.
(a) To initiate a funding cycle, the Department
shall notify all eligible agencies and jurisdictions
through publication in the Florida Administrative
Weekly. The funding cycle shall be advertised in
the Florida Administrative Weekly at least 30 days
prior to the deadline for submitting applications.
(b) In addition to the notice specified in
paragraph (I )(a) of this section, the Department
shall send notice of the funding cycle, a program
announcement and application forms to the
Chairman. Board of County Commissioners, in
each county. The Department shall also provide a
courtesy copy of said notice and program
announcement to the Chairman of the governing
body of each city located in each county so notified.
(c) The Chairman, Board of Countv
Commissioners, in each county so notified shall
return to the Department within 30 days of
receiving notification, a statement of certification
indicating the county's willingness to serve as the
coordinating unit of government for at least 51 Cc of
the units of government which also represent at
least �I percent of the population located in said
county.
(d) In the event the county declines to serve as
the coordinating unit of government, the
Department shall request the governing body of
each municipality, in descending order of
population, to serve as the coordinating unit of
government.
(2) Local :application Process.
(a) Each applicant is encouraged to appoint a
Substance ;Abuse Policy Advisory Board, the
membership of which shall include at a minimum
the following persons or their authorized designee:
Chief Circuit Judge, State Attorney, Public
Defender, Sheriff, Chief of Police of each
municipality within the county or a Chief of Police
designated by those Chiefs of Police as their
representative, Jail Administrator, Clerk of the
Court, Superintendent of Education and a
representative of local drug treatment programs.
An existing Board or Council whose membership
includes the listed representatives may be utilized
in lieu of appointing a new Board or Council. The
Substance Abuse Policy Advisory Board shall serve
as the primary body for coordinating drug abuse
efforts undertaken with funds provided by the Act.
(b) Each applicant is encouraged to designate
an Office of Substance Abuse Policy for the
purposes of:
1. Providing administrative support to the
Substance Abuse Policy Advisory Board;
2. Preparing an application on behalf of at least
51 % of the local units of government which also
represent at least 51 percent of the population in
the applicant's county;
3. Administering funds received from the BCA,
including receipt, review, processing, monitoring,
progress and financial report review, technical
assistance, grant adjustment, accounting, auditing
and fund disbursements; and
4. Coordinating the drug control activities of the
county's criminal justice system. education system
and drug treatment systems.
(c) An office or agency performing other
functions within the applicant unit of government
may be designated as the Office of Substance
Abuse Policy.
(d) Applicants who submit proposals to the
Department for consideration shall submit three
originals and three copies of the completed
application package. Subgrant Application for
Anti -Drug Abuse Act Funds, DCA-NA Form 1,
effective 2-7-95 incorporated herein by this
reference.
(e) The Department shall review all applications
for Act funds and shall reject any application not
meeting the requirements of these rules and
applicable federal and state laws.
1. The application must be received by the
Department on or before the submission deadline
noted in the program announcement.
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Implemented 163.03 3 FS History-- New 2-6-90.
Amended 2-7-9`. Formerly QG-16.008.
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the materials and forms incorporated by reference
herein may be obtained by writing or calling:
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Affairs, 2740 CentervieN% Drive, Tallahassee,
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