Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-9-110

children - Grants and contracts.

A. 1. The Department of Human Services shall, to the extent of

funds available, directly or by grant or contract, develop and

implement a diversity of community-based services and

community-based care for children who are alleged or adjudicated

deprived. Community-based services are prevention and remedial

services including, but not limited to:

a. home-based counseling, therapy, and crisis

intervention services,

b. nonresidential educational, vocational, social and

psychological diagnostic and counseling services,

c. substance abuse treatment, sexual abuse treatment,

emergency shelter and foster care, and other related

protection, prevention and treatment services which

are provided, whenever practicable, in or near a

child's home community.

2. If a child is placed with a noncustodial parent, the

noncustodial parent's home shall be construed to be the child's home

community. Community-based care is care in a foster home, group

home, community residential center or similar nonsecure facility

consistent with the individualized treatment needs of the child and

provided, whenever practicable, in or near a child's home community.

3. The Department is authorized to contract with any federal,

state, local, or tribal governmental agency, or with any qualified

private person, association, or agency to develop, administer,

coordinate, or provide community-based services and community-based

care.

B. The Department shall establish procedures for the letting of

grants or contracts, and the conditions and requirements for the

receipt of such grants or contracts, for community-based services

and community-based care. A copy of the procedures shall be made

available to any member of the general public upon request.

C. Requests for proposals developed by the Department shall be

based upon documented client and service needs and identified

priorities. The request for proposals shall clearly identify the

program or services requirements, the population to be served, and

performance expectations. The agency shall adopt clear, written

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guidelines to ensure uniformity in the management, monitoring, and

enforcement of contracts for services. If in-state private

providers are unable or unwilling to respond to the proposal, then

out-of-state providers should be encouraged to respond.

D. Nothing in this section shall serve to limit the authority

of the Department to secure federal funding for community-based

services and community-based care or compliance by the Department

with federal law and regulations governing the expenditure of such

funds.

E. Any state-funded grant or contract for the establishment of

community residential care or treatment facilities for children

shall require, as a condition for receipt of such grant or contract,

documented assurance from the agency or organization establishing

such facility that appropriate arrangements have been made for

providing the educational services to which residents of the

facility are entitled pursuant to state and federal law.

F. The Department is authorized to, and shall, enter into

cooperative agreements with the Department of Juvenile Justice for

the use by both Departments of existing community-based programs,

management information, and client tracking systems, and other

shared resources as deemed necessary or appropriate by both

Departments.

G. 1. The Department is authorized to expend a sum not to

exceed One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000.00)

from monies appropriated for that purpose from the Human Services

Fund during each fiscal year for the purpose of:

a. providing subsidy payments to licensed nonprofit child

care institutions within the State of Oklahoma to

furnish food, clothing, shelter, and upkeep for

Oklahoma children, and

b. assisting the agency in developing a more
Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000.00)

from monies appropriated for that purpose from the Human Services

Fund during each fiscal year for the purpose of:

a. providing subsidy payments to licensed nonprofit child

care institutions within the State of Oklahoma to

furnish food, clothing, shelter, and upkeep for

Oklahoma children, and

b. assisting the agency in developing a more

comprehensive program to meet the needs of each child

in the program including, but not limited to, social

services, recreational activities and individual and

family counseling with the goal of returning the child

to his or her family.

2. Such subsidy shall be made on a per capital basis not to

exceed One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) per year and

shall be expended in twelve (12) monthly payments beginning July 1

of the fiscal year. Nothing in this section shall preclude an

individual from receiving federal matching funds for which he would

otherwise be eligible.