Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
(a) The office of policy and management may make grants to the state-wide narcotics task force, the department of public safety, the division of criminal justice and municipalities or combinations of municipalities for drug law enforcement, drug law enforcement training, crime prevention activities related to drug law enforcement (including summer youth recreation programs), substance abuse prevention education and education training activities from the drug enforcement program monies.
(b) The state-wide narcotics task force, the department of public safety and the division of criminal justice may upon application receive grants from the sum appropriated or otherwise available to the office of policy and management for this purpose. The grants may be used for any purpose permitted under paragraph (a) of this section. The project or projects to be undertaken with these grants and the level of funding shall be pre-negotiated with the office of policy and management.
(c) (1) The office of policy and management shall determine the number of grants to municipalities that can be made with the funds available for that purpose, considering the minimum grant size deemed necessary for effectiveness, the cost to the state and the municipality of administering such grants, and the overall impact of the program statewide. The office of policy and management shall compute the per capita drug abuse violation rate for all municipalities for which statistics are available, and arrange the municipalities in order from highest to lowest. The number of municipalities with the highest per capita drug abuse violation rate corresponding to the number of grants to be made, as determined by the office of policy and management, shall be eligible for grants from the drug enforcement program.
(2) The grant award amounts of each eligible municipality shall be calculated as follows: (A) the total funds available for drug enforcement program grants to municipalities shall be divided equally into two pools; (B) one pool shall be allocated based upon each municipality's pro rata share of the total population of all eligible municipalities, and the other pool shall be allocated based upon each municipality's pro rata share of the total drug abuse violation arrests made in all eligible municipalities; and (C) the two pool allocations for each municipality shall be added together, and that sum shall be the grant award amount for each eligible municipality.
(3) (a) For fiscal year 2002—2003 only, grant award amounts as determined by this section shall be modified in that no eligible municipality shall receive a grant award amount larger than the amount it received in fy 2000—2001, if it had received an award in fy 2000—2001. Any eligible municipality which did not have a drug enforcement program grant in fy 2000—2001 shall have its grant award amount set in keeping with those of other eligible municipalities of similar size and per capita drug abuse violation rate, at the discretion of the office of policy and management. For the fiscal year 2003—2004 and thereafter, grant award amounts shall be to the same municipalities and in the amounts provided in fy 2002—2003, except that the amount of the grant payable to each such municipality shall be reduced proportionally in the event that the total of such grants exceeds the amount available for the purposes of this section with respect to said fy 2003—2004 and following fiscal years thereafter.
(b) For fiscal year 2002—2003 only, grant award amounts as determined by this section shall also be modified in that no eligible municipality which had qualified as an entitlement city for the purposes of this program in fy 2000—2001, under the regulations then in effect, shall receive a grant award amount less than 45% of the grant award amount it received in fy 2000—2001. A partial grant award may be made to the last eligible municipality for which funds are available, if such amount is sufficient to justify the costs of administering a grant, and to provide an effective response to drug trafficking and abuse in that community.
(4) At least 50% of each grant shall be used for substance abuse prevention education purposes in both public and private schools as required by the guidelines for the federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, P.L. 103-382. Funds allocated to the summer youth recreation program or the local drug enforcement task force enhancement program shall not be considered in calculating the 50% substance abuse prevention education requirement. For fiscal year 2002—2003 only, the 50% substance abuse prevention education requirement may be waived on the written request of an applicant municipality. For the fiscal year 2003—2004 only, the 50% substance abuse prevention education requirement may also be waived, except that only one-half of the requirement shall be waived for that year.
(5) All funds awarded under this program shall be used to initiate new activities or expand existing efforts. No supplanting shall be permitted. Grantees may assign experienced police officers not paid with grant funds to perform grant-related activities, and use grant funds to pay salary or overtime costs to replace these officers at their normal assignments ("backfilling"). Supplanting shall not occur as long as the amount of grant funds used for replacement costs equals or exceeds the amount of salary paid to the experienced officers performing grant-related duties.
(d) The office of policy and management shall notify each municipality which has qualified for a drug enforcement program grant award of the amount of the award, the process for submitting an application, and the due date for the application. The application shall consist of: (A) a project narrative, including a description of the problem(s) to be addressed and the goal(s); (B) a budget; (C) a budget narrative; and (D) such forms as may be required by the office of policy and management for administration of the grant. Applicant municipalities shall afford the superintendent of schools for their school district an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed application, and shall give consideration thereto, prior to its submission to the office of policy and management.
(e) (1) The office of policy and management shall design an application process for the summer youth recreation program which shall be separate from that for the drug enforcement program. A different due date may be specified; and the awards shall be separate from those of the applicant municipalities' drug enforcement program grants. If the amount of funds allocated by the secretary of the office of policy and management to the summer youth recreation program in any year is the same as was allocated to the program in the previous year, eligibility shall be limited to those municipalities which received grants under the program in that year, and grants shall be in the same amount as each applicant municipality received in that previous year. If the amount of funds allocated by the secretary to the summer youth recreation program in any year is less than was allocated to the program in the previous year, eligibility shall be limited to those municipalities which received grants under the program in that previous year, and grants shall be reduced proportionately from the amount each applicant municipality received in the previous year. If the amount of funds allocated by the secretary to the summer youth recreation program in any year shall exceed the amount allocated to the program in the previous year by an amount sufficient to fully fund all municipalities which qualify as priority school districts under section 10-266p(a) and (b) of the general statutes, grants shall be in the following amounts: municipalities with populations exceeding 120,000 persons, $138,000 per municipality; municipalities with populations exceeding 100,000 but less than 120,000 persons, $75,000 per municipality; municipalities with populations exceeding 65,000 but less than 100,000 persons, $45,000 per municipality; municipalities with populations exceeding 55,000 but less than 65,000 persons, $30,000 per municipality; municipalities with populations exceeding 40,000 but less than 55,000 persons, $25,000 per municipality; municipalities with populations exceeding 15,000 but less than 40,000 persons, $20,000 per municipality, and municipalities with populations of less than 15,000, $12,000 per municipality.
(2) The secretary of the office of policy and management shall allocate a portion of the funds appropriated to the office of policy and management for the drug enforcement program to the summer youth recreation program.
(f) (1) The office of policy and management shall design an application process for the local drug enforcement task force enhancement program which shall be separate from that for the drug enforcement program. A different due date may be specified; and the awards shall be separate from and in addition to applicant municipalities' drug enforcement program grants, if any. Eligibility shall be limited to those municipalities participating in local drug enforcement task force enhancement programs as defined in section 21a- 274a-1(7), and only one grant shall be made per task force. Each grant shall be made to one municipality participating in the task force, which municipality shall act as administrative agent for all municipalities participating in that task force. Each qualifying task force shall share equally in the funds designated for this program.
(2) The purpose of the local drug enforcement task force program is to provide additional resources through grants to existing such task forces, separate and in addition to those resources which may be provided through the drug enforcement program. Grants awarded under the local drug enforcement task force enhancement program shall not be subject to the 50% substance abuse prevention education requirement.
(3) The secretary of the office of policy and management shall allocate a portion of the funds appropriated to the office of policy and management for the drug enforcement program to the local drug enforcement task force enhancement program.
(Adopted effective January 31, 1994; Amended April 18, 1996; Amended June 29, 1998; Amended February 24, 2000; Amended June 26, 2001; Amended August 5, 2003; Amended November 15, 2004)