(a) Establishment Grants.(1) The Department may award Establishment Grants to public or private non-profit rehabilitation facilities. Such facilities include sheltered workshops,work activity centers, facilities serving primarily blind and/or deaf, independent living centers, rehabilitation centers, and other community resources for the handicapped available within the state. Such facilities shall provide vocational rehabilitation services or transitional or extended employment for handicapped individuals. The purpose of such grants is to: (A) Expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings and/or(B) Acquire initial and additional fixed or movable equipment of existing buildings.(C) Provide initial or additional staffing assistance which will be available only for personnel who are engaged in new or expanded program activities of the rehabilitation facility.(2) The initial establishment grant shall be for 12 to 15 months. Establishment grants shall be reviewed annually. If the project continues to show effectiveness in achieving its goals and is incorporated into the basic program at the end of the project, the grant may be continued and/or renewed for additional periods, however, the grant period shall not exceed a total of 51 months.(3) The facility shall provide a minimum of twenty percent of the amount of the grant during the first year. The Department may provide up to eighty percent of the amount of the grant from federal funds. The grantee shall assume an increased share of the funding each project year as an indication of ability and intent to continue the project at the end of the project period.(b) Innovation and Expansion Grants.(1) The Department may award Innovation and Expansion Grants to public or private non-profit organizations and agencies. Only referrals, applicants or clients of the Department of Rehabilitation shall be served in these projects.(2) The purpose of such Grants is to plan, prepare for, and initiate special programs that: (A) Increase the capability of the Department to serve and rehabilitate severely handicapped individuals and other designated groups who have unusual or difficult problems in connection with their rehabilitation.(B) Introduce new devices and techniques in the provision of vocational rehabilitation services.(C) Develop and provide vocational rehabilitation services.(D) Enrich existing services.(E) Broaden the scope of existing services.(3) The initial Innovation and Expansion grant shall be for 12 months. All Innovation and Expansion grants shall be reviewed annually. If the project is effective, the grant may be extended for additional periods, however, the total grant period shall not exceed 36 months.(4) The facility shall provide a minimum of ten percent of the amount of the grant. The department may provide up to ninety percent of the amount of the grant from federal funds during the first year. The grantee shall assume an increased share of the funding each project year as an indication of ability and intent to continue the project at the end of the project period. These sharing ratios shall not be allowed to vary or deviate unless approved by the Department.(c) Grant Awards to Independent Living Centers.(1) Independent Living Centers (hereinafter "ILC's") shall receive state grant funds to serve a specific geographic area designated by the Department. New ILC's shall be funded only for those areas of the state in which independent living services are not available. The Department shall determine when funds are sufficient to add new ILC's or extend the geographic service area for an existing funded ILC. The ILC shall not be restricted from providing services outside the geographic service area so long as these services are not supported by state ILC grant funds.(2) To the extent that funds are allocated and appropriated, monies shall be allocated to ILC's according to the following formula: (A) Each ILC shall receive a $150,000 base grant.(B) Any appropriated money available after payment of the base grants shall be divided among the ILC's based on the ratio of the total of the general population in an ILC's geographic service area as compared to the total of the general population in all ILC's geographic service areas statewide.(C) No ILC shall receive a combined allocation of base and population funds less than that received in Fiscal Year 1987-88.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 7333
1. New subsection (c) filed 12-1-83 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 83, No. 51).
2. Order of Repeal of 12-1-83 emergency order filed 12-12-83 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section 11349.6 (Register 83, No. 51).
3. New subsection (c) filed 6-29-84; designated effective 7-1-84 pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 84, No. 26).
4. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 5-31-88; operative 6-30-88 (Register 88, No. 23). Note: Authority cited: Sections 19006 and 19016, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 19800- 19806, Welfare and Institutions Code; and 34 CFR 361.51, 361.73, 361.75 and 366.
1. New subsection (c) filed 12-1-83 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 83, No. 51).
2. Order of Repeal of 12-1-83 emergency order filed 12-12-83 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section 11349.6 (Register 83, No. 51).
3. New subsection (c) filed 6-29-84; designated effective 7-1-84 pursuant to Government Code Section 11346.2(d) (Register 84, No. 26).
4. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 5-31-88; operative 6-30-88 (Register 88, No. 23).