Section 10-19o - (Formerly Sec. 17a-40a). Youth service bureau grant program(a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish a program to provide grants to youth service bureaus in accordance with this section. Only youth service bureaus which (1) were eligible to receive grants pursuant to this section for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, (2) applied for a grant by June 30, 2012, with prior approval of the town's contribution pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, (3) applied for a grant during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, (4) applied for a grant during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, with prior approval of the town's contribution pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, (5) applied for a grant during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, (6) applied for a grant during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, or (7) applied for a grant during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, shall be eligible for a grant pursuant to this section. Each such youth service bureau shall receive, within available appropriations, a grant of fourteen thousand dollars. The Department of Children and Families may expend an amount not to exceed two per cent of the amount appropriated for purposes of this section for administrative expenses. If there are any remaining funds, each such youth service bureau that was awarded a grant in excess of fifteen thousand dollars in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, shall receive a percentage of such funds. The percentage shall be determined as follows: For each such grant in excess of fifteen thousand dollars, the difference between the amount of the grant awarded to the youth service bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995, and fifteen thousand dollars shall be divided by the difference between the total amount of the grants awarded to all youth service bureaus that were awarded grants in excess of fifteen thousand dollars for said fiscal year and the product of fifteen thousand dollars and the number of such grants for said fiscal year.(b) In order for a youth service bureau to receive the full amount of the state grant determined pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a town shall contribute an amount equal to the amount of the state grant. A town shall provide not less than fifty per cent of its contribution from funds appropriated by the town for that purpose, and the remaining amount in other funds or in-kind contributions in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Children and Families in accordance with chapter 54.(c) Any funds remaining due to a town's failure to match funds as provided in subsection (b) of this section shall be redistributed in accordance with the provisions of this section. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to coordinate the youth service bureau program and to administer the grant system established pursuant to this section and sections 10-19m and 10-19n.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-19o
( P.A. 93-432 , S. 3 , 6 ; P.A. 95-339 , S. 3 , 8 ; P.A. 96-178 , S. 10 , 18 ; 96-244 , S. 58 , 63 ; P.A. 98-186 , S. 1 , 2 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 , S. 32 , 51 ; P.A. 00-187 , S. 22 , 75 ; P.A. 01-173 , S. 7 , 67 ; P.A. 03-174 , S. 11 ; P.A. 05-245 , S. 37 ; P.A. 06-135 , S. 18 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-3 , S. 35 ; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 , S. 230 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 , S. 257 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 , S. 69 ; P.A. 18-182 , S. 1 .)
Amended by P.A. 22-0118, S. 253 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 21-0002, S. 360 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by P.A. 19-0117, S. 254 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 18-0182, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by P.A. 17-0002, S. 69 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Special Session, eff. 10/31/2017.Amended by P.A. 15-0005, S. 257 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by P.A. 12-0001, S. 230 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2012 Special Session, eff. 6/15/2012.