AGENCY: Board of Education. Office of Education. Services for At-Risk Students
SERIES: 12905
TITLE: Gang prevention grant applications
DATES: 1993-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological.
DESCRIPTION: Beginning in 1993, under the authority of UCA 53A-15-601, the Utah State Office of Education started to administer a competitive grant program which distributes state funds to local schools. These funds are to be used to establish and maintain gang prevention and intervention programs. State funds for local programs are distributed on the basis of a competitive application process. This series is composed of the applications for funding under this program, letters of support, award letters, and reviewers' notes. Information on the application includes the school and district applying for funds; starting and ending dates; project director's name, title, address, and phone number; state, local and total budget; signature of district superintendent; names, titles, and agency affiliations for staff involved in development of the program; nature of gang activity in school; target population; past efforts in gang prevention; planned family and student outcomes; means for assessing success of program; narrative summary of project; case files management methodologies; verification of director's experience or training in gang prevention or intervention; budget detail, including the grant, local, in kind, and total shares for salaries, employee benefits, professional and technical services, inservice activities, supplies and materials, equipment, evaluation costs, travel indirect costs, and totals; and assurances of intended compliance with Board of Education rules and applicable statutes. In-house reviewers' notes include application number; checklist of items to assure that the application is complete; decision as to whether or not to forward to the program's evaluation panel; name, title, and signature of reviewer; and date of review. Evaluation panel review notes include a rating between 1 and 5 for verification of gang activity, project coordinator's role and qualifications, program content and service provisions, nature of program's impact, effective collaboration and planning, research quality, budget, prospects for continuation and replicability, evaluation techniques; recommendation to fund, not fund, or fund with modifications; notes of comments of reviewer; reviewer's name and signature; date of review and grant number.
RETENTION
Retain for 7 year(s) after resolution of issue
DISPOSITION
Destroy.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Grant records, GRS-1859
AUTHORIZED: 07/23/2018
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 7 years after end of grant or rejection of application and then destroy.
APPRAISAL
Administrative
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public
SECONDARY DESIGNATION
Private. Any home addresses and phone numbers [UCA 63G-2-302(1)(e) (2008)]