(1) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned, if any, shall inure to the benefit of the account. All moneys deposited in the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Justice for the purposes of ORS § 418.751 and this section.

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(2) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program, with the advice of the Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment, created by ORS § 418.784, shall allocate moneys from the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account to eligible county child abuse multidisciplinary teams formed under ORS § 418.747, or entities designated by the teams, serving the counties from which the moneys were collected. The program may award only one grant per county. The moneys shall be allocated by the same formula as, or a formula similar to, the formula used by the Attorney General for equitable distribution of the fund for victim’s assistance programs under ORS § 147.227 (1). Moneys allocated under this subsection may not be used as replacement revenues for currently available funds previously allocated by the county for child abuse intervention.

(3) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall determine eligibility of the applicants and:

(a) Allocate funds if the applicant is deemed eligible;

(b) Conditionally allocate funds, with appropriate conditions, when necessary to establish eligibility; or

(c) Deny funding.

(4) In making the eligibility determination, the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall consider the following nonexclusive list of factors:

(a) Whether the services offered by an applicant substantially further the goals and purposes of ORS § 418.747, 418.790 and 418.792;

(b) Whether the county child abuse multidisciplinary team or the entity designated by the team has properly allocated other available funds;

(c) Any evaluations of previously funded services as required by subsection (7) of this section;

(d) The extent to which the county’s coordinated child abuse multidisciplinary intervention plan provides for comprehensive services to the victims of child abuse;

(e) Whether the funds are being used as replacement revenues as prohibited by subsection (2) of this section;

(f) Whether there is a children’s advocacy center or similar advocacy center in existence or proposed for the county; and

(g) The extent to which funding a children’s advocacy center is given priority in the intervention plan as required under subsection (5) of this section.

(5)(a) At least once a biennium, the county child abuse multidisciplinary team shall submit to the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program a coordinated child abuse multidisciplinary intervention plan. The intervention plan must:

(A) Describe all sources of funding, other than moneys that may be allocated from the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account, including in-kind contributions that are available for the intervention plan;

(B) Describe the critical needs of victims of child abuse in the county, including but not limited to child abuse assessment, advocacy and treatment, and how the intervention plan addresses those needs in a comprehensive manner;

(C) Include the county’s written protocol and agreements required by ORS § 418.747 (2) and 418.785; and

(D) Describe how the intervention plan gives priority to funding a children’s advocacy center and how the funding supports the center.

(b) When submitting the intervention plan, the county child abuse multidisciplinary team shall also submit:

(A) Those applications for funding received from entities under subsection (6) of this section that the team determines best meet the needs of the county’s intervention plan and a recommendation that the applications for funding be granted; and

(B) If the team is seeking funding from the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program, an application setting forth the information required by rule of the program.

(6) An entity wishing to apply for funding from the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall submit an application to the county child abuse multidisciplinary team for the county in which the entity proposes to provide services. The application shall:

(a) Describe the services to be funded with moneys from the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program according to the coordinated child abuse multidisciplinary intervention plan and the anticipated outcomes in terms of benefits to children and families; and

(b) Describe how the services further the goals and purposes of ORS § 418.747, 418.790 and 418.792.

(7)(a) A designated entity providing services according to a coordinated child abuse multidisciplinary intervention plan funded with moneys from the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall submit an annual report to the county child abuse multidisciplinary team. A county child abuse multidisciplinary team shall submit an annual report to the Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program.

(b) The annual report filed by the county child abuse multidisciplinary team must:

(A) Document how the moneys were utilized and describe to what extent the services were able to meet anticipated outcomes in terms of benefits to children and families.

(B) Include local and state issues and recommendations relating to the prevention of child fatalities identified in the fatality review process under ORS § 418.785.

(c) A county child abuse multidisciplinary team receiving a report from a designated entity shall review the report and take into account success of the entity at meeting service outcomes before making future recommendations regarding allocation of moneys.

(d) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program shall review reports received under this section before making future eligibility and allocation decisions and when evaluating services funded under this section.

(8) Two or more county child abuse multidisciplinary teams may join together to develop joint child abuse multidisciplinary intervention plans. The joint intervention plans shall be submitted as provided in subsection (5) of this section.

(9) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS § 418.751 and this section including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Notices and time limits for applications;

(b) Method of review and the role of advisory bodies; and

(c) Reallocation of moneys not applied for or disbursed. [1993 c.637 3,7; 1997 c.872 § 31; 2001 c.624 § 4; 2001 c.829 § 8; 2003 c.354 § 1; 2005 c.562 § 5; 2019 c.141 § 16]

418.746 to 418.796 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 418 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.