§ 9-33-204 - Common Ground Program Committee -- Powers and duties.
9-33-204. Common Ground Program Committee -- Powers and duties.
The Common Ground Program Committee shall have responsibility to:
(1) Periodically review grants using committee members or a peer review process, or both, and make recommendations as needed to the Governor's office and to the General Assembly regarding the performance of grantees;
(2) Develop criteria and priorities for a grant program to be based on the recommendations from the Governor's Youth Summit on Violence Prevention that was held in December 1994, the regional summits held in 1996-1997, and from regional summits, public hearings, and surveys thereafter;
(3) Award grants using the criteria and priorities established by the committee and report the awards to the Governor's office;
(4) Develop information about the grant program that the Governor's office, the General Assembly, and others can use to disseminate information to the general public;
(5) Report the results of the grant program annually to the Governor and the General Assembly; and
(6) Administer the Arkansas After-School Enrichment Program, including, at least, developing criteria and priorities for a grant program, awarding grants, developing information about the Arkansas After-School Enrichment Program that the Governor's office, the General Assembly, and others can use to disseminate information to the general public, and reporting the results of the program annually to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.