Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-227.6: Funding of child abuse prevention programs

A. The State Department of Health, in its annual budget

requests, shall identify the amount of funds requested for the

implementation of the Child Abuse Prevention Act.

B. From monies appropriated or otherwise available to the

Office of Child Abuse Prevention through state, federal or private

resources the State Commissioner of Health shall implement the

provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention Act and shall disburse such

monies in the following manner:

1. The Commissioner shall establish a formula for the

distribution of funds for the establishment, development or

improvement of both public and private programs and services for the

prevention of child abuse and neglect which shall provide for the

allocation of funds across the state based upon the percentage of

the total state reported cases of abuse and neglect reported in the

district and the percentage of the total state population under the

age of eighteen (18) and upon the child abuse prevention service and

program needs of the comprehensive state plan; and

2. For the continuing development and establishment of child

abuse prevention training programs and multidisciplinary and

discipline-specific training programs for professionals with

responsibilities affecting children, youth and families.

C. Appropriations made for distribution by the Office for

grants or contracts for child abuse prevention programs and services

shall be deposited in the Child Abuse Prevention Fund.

D. The Office shall develop and publish requests for proposals

for grants or contracts for child abuse prevention programs and

services which shall require no less than a ten percent (10%) cash

or in-kind match by an agency or organization receiving a grant or

contract and which are designed to meet identified priority needs.

A priority ranking shall be made based upon the extent to which

a proposal meets identified needs, criteria for cost effectiveness,

provision for an evaluation component providing outcome data and a

determination that the proposal provides a mechanism for

coordinating and integrating these preventive services with other

services deemed necessary for working effectively with families who

are at risk of child abuse or neglect.

E. On and after January 1, 1986, all budget requests submitted

by any public agency to the Legislature for the funding of programs

related to child abuse and neglect prevention shall conform to the

comprehensive state plan and any subsequent updates or revisions of

said plan developed pursuant to the provisions of the Child Abuse

Prevention Act. Except for the purposes of planning and

coordination pursuant to the provisions of the Child Abuse

Prevention Act, the services and programs of the Department of Human

Services which are mandated by state law or which are a requirement

for the receipt of federal funds with regard to deprived, destitute

or homeless children shall not be subject to the provisions of this

subsection.