37-33-127 - Applications for assistance in maintaining community rehabilitation programs; expenditure of general funds; acceptance of gifts or grants; matching of federal funds. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-33-127. Applications for assistance in maintaining community rehabilitation programs; expenditure of general funds; acceptance of gifts or grants; matching of federal funds.
 

(1)  Any city, county, nonprofit corporation, state-supported institution, or any combination thereof, may apply to the Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services for assistance in establishing or operating, or both establishing and operating, a community rehabilitation program. Applications for that assistance shall be on forms supplied by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Each applicant shall annually submit to the Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation its plan and budget for the next fiscal year. No applicant shall be eligible for a grant under this section unless its plan and budget have been approved by the director. 

(2)  In order to provide the necessary funds for a community rehabilitation program, the governing body of any city or county may expend any money in the general fund of the city or county for that purpose. Any city, county, nonprofit corporation and state-supported institution may accept gifts or grants from any source for the community rehabilitation program. Any money received as a gift or nonfederal grant may be used to match federal funds. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1975, ch. 509, § 4; Laws, 1983, ch. 521, § 17; Laws, 1989, ch. 544, § 79; Laws, 1991, ch. 608, § 13, eff from and after July 1, 1991 (became law without the Governor's signature); Laws, 2002, ch. 463, § 35, eff from and after July 1, 2002.