{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-227.6","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-227.6","heading":"Funding of child abuse prevention programs","body":"A. The State Department of Health, in its annual budget\n\nrequests, shall identify the amount of funds requested for the\n\nimplementation of the Child Abuse Prevention Act.\n\nB. From monies appropriated or otherwise available to the\n\nOffice of Child Abuse Prevention through state, federal or private\n\nresources the State Commissioner of Health shall implement the\n\nprovisions of the Child Abuse Prevention Act and shall disburse such\n\nmonies in the following manner:\n\n1. The Commissioner shall establish a formula for the\n\ndistribution of funds for the establishment, development or\n\nimprovement of both public and private programs and services for the\n\nprevention of child abuse and neglect which shall provide for the\n\nallocation of funds across the state based upon the percentage of\n\nthe total state reported cases of abuse and neglect reported in the\n\ndistrict and the percentage of the total state population under the\n\nage of eighteen (18) and upon the child abuse prevention service and\n\nprogram needs of the comprehensive state plan; and\n\n2. For the continuing development and establishment of child\n\nabuse prevention training programs and multidisciplinary and\n\ndiscipline-specific training programs for professionals with\n\nresponsibilities affecting children, youth and families.\n\nC. Appropriations made for distribution by the Office for\n\ngrants or contracts for child abuse prevention programs and services\n\nshall be deposited in the Child Abuse Prevention Fund.\n\nD. The Office shall develop and publish requests for proposals\n\nfor grants or contracts for child abuse prevention programs and\n\nservices which shall require no less than a ten percent (10%) cash\n\nor in-kind match by an agency or organization receiving a grant or\n\ncontract and which are designed to meet identified priority needs.\n\nA priority ranking shall be made based upon the extent to which\n\na proposal meets identified needs, criteria for cost effectiveness,\n\nprovision for an evaluation component providing outcome data and a\n\ndetermination that the proposal provides a mechanism for\n\ncoordinating and integrating these preventive services with other\n\nservices deemed necessary for working effectively with families who\n\nare at risk of child abuse or neglect.\n\nE. On and after January 1, 1986, all budget requests submitted\n\nby any public agency to the Legislature for the funding of programs\n\nrelated to child abuse and neglect prevention shall conform to the\n\ncomprehensive state plan and any subsequent updates or revisions of\n\nsaid plan developed pursuant to the provisions of the Child Abuse\n\nPrevention Act. Except for the purposes of planning and\n\ncoordination pursuant to the provisions of the Child Abuse\n\nPrevention Act, the services and programs of the Department of Human\n\nServices which are mandated by state law or which are a requirement\n\nfor the receipt of federal funds with regard to deprived, destitute\n\nor homeless children shall not be subject to the provisions of this\n\nsubsection.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"516515a0b2771a0489687eec2ce6b82c2da8c7182361f6aea31320952d1e15b8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-227.4","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-227.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}