Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-227.4: Development and preparation of comprehensive state

plan - Proposal for grants for child abuse prevention programs and

services.

A. The State Department of Health shall prepare the

comprehensive state plan for prevention of child abuse and neglect

for the approval of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.

The development and preparation of the plan shall include, but not

be limited to, adequate opportunity for appropriate local private

and public agencies and organizations and private citizens to

participate in the development of the state plan at the local level.

B. 1. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall review and

evaluate all proposals submitted for grants or contracts for child

abuse prevention programs and services. Upon completion of such

review and evaluation, the Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall

make the final recommendations as to which proposals should be

funded pursuant to the provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention Act

and shall submit its findings to the Oklahoma Commission on Children

and Youth. The Commission shall review the findings of the

interagency child abuse prevention task force and the Office of

Child Abuse Prevention for compliance of such approved proposals

with the comprehensive state plan prepared pursuant to the

provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention Act.

2. Upon ascertaining compliance with the plans, the Commission

shall deliver the findings of the Office of Child Abuse Prevention

to the State Commissioner of Health.

3. The Commissioner shall authorize the Office of Child Abuse

Prevention to use the Child Abuse Prevention Fund to fund such

grants or contracts for child abuse prevention programs and services

which are approved by the Commissioner.

4. Once the grants or contracts have been awarded by the

Commissioner, the Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall annually

review the performance of the awardees and determine if funding

should be continued.