62A-4a-309 - Children's Account. - Utah Statutes

62A-4a-309. Children's Account.
(1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the"Children's Account." The restricted account is for crediting of contributions from privatesources and from appropriate revenues received under Section 26-2-12.5 for abuse and neglectprevention programs described in Section 62A-4a-305.
(2) Money shall be appropriated from the account to the division by the Legislature underthe Utah Budgetary Procedures Act, and shall be drawn upon by the director in consultation withthe executive director of the department.
(3) Except as provided in Subsection (4), the Children's Account may be used only toimplement prevention programs described in Section 62A-4a-305, and may only be allocated toan entity that provides a one-to-one match, comprising a match from the community of at least50% in cash and up to 50% in in-kind donations, which is 25% of the total funding received fromthe Children's Account.
(4) (a) The entity that receives the statewide evaluation contract is excepted from thecash-match provisions of Subsection (3).
(b) Upon recommendation of the executive director and the council, the division mayreduce or waive the match requirements described in Subsection (3) for an entity, if the divisiondetermines that imposing the requirements would prohibit or limit the provision of servicesneeded in a particular geographic area.

Amended by Chapter 278, 2010 General Session