(a) If a qualified municipality wishes to apply for a grant under Alaska Stat. § 29.60.600, the municipality shall apply for a grant for a fiscal year by submitting a form prescribed by the commissioner of health before October 1 of the preceding fiscal year. The application must generally describe the services that are proposed to be funded with the grant and include the following information:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 29.60.610

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) a statement that each proposed service will meet the goals established under Alaska Stat. § 47.75.010 and an explanation of why the service is necessary to prevent or alleviate serious mental or physical hardship; this explanation must be supported by a needs assessment carried out by the municipality;
(2) a description of the categories of individuals to whom the services are to be provided; and
(3) an estimate of the expenditures required for each of the services to be provided.
(b) A human services community matching grant shall be allotted in accordance with an agreement made between the grantee and the commissioner of health on behalf of the state. The agreement may include any provision agreed upon by the parties and must include the following provisions:

(1) a statement by the grantee that the match requirement of Alaska Stat. § 29.60.600 has been met by the grantee;
(2) estimates of reasonable costs of funding the services; and
(3) a requirement that no more than five percent of the grant money received under Alaska Stat. § 29.60.600 may be used for municipal administrative costs connected with distributing the grant money to the private nonprofit agencies providing the services.
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