N.J. Admin. Code § 17:40-3.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 17:40-3.5 - Matching funds

(a) Funds disbursed by the Council to grantees shall not supplant local funds that would have otherwise been available for alcoholism and drug abuse initiatives.

(b) Each Municipality Alliance Committee receiving DEDR funds from the Council shall develop a comprehensive plan to provide matching funds equivalent to the amount of the grant award, with a minimum to be established by the Governor's Council on an annual basis as part of the RFP process.

(c) Each Municipal Alliance Committee is encouraged to fundraise and may establish a fundraising subcommittee.

(d) The comprehensive plan for providing matching funds may include, but is not limited to, the following:

1. The donation of the use of municipal property at a fair market value to the project;

2. Time, as reflected by salary and wages, of municipal and private sector employers who perform services in accord with the project;

3. Complimentary (public service) advertising on local media, such as newspapers, radio and cable television, above the level of standard public service requirements;

4. Organized community benefits focused on the Alliance, which utilize celebrities, sports figures or experts in the field of addictions, who donate their services;

5. Direct appeal to local residents;

6. Solicitations to business and industry for donations;

7. Activities to raise funds which have the potential for bringing a significant number of community persons together, such as runs, walks, bake sales, and car washes; and

8. The donation of printing and other mass reproductions of materials to carry the anti-alcohol and drug abuse message to the community.

(e) The quality of the plan for matching grant funds received shall be a major factor in the Council's consideration of the Municipal Alliance Committee's RFP application.

(f) The participating municipal government shall have the duty of ensuring that the match requirement is met and shall be responsible for any failure to do so. The County Alliance Coordinator, under guidelines established by the Governor's Council, shall be responsible for monitoring the municipal government's compliance with the match requirement and shall submit such reports on the progress of the municipal government in meeting this requirement as the Council may require. The Council shall make the final determination on whether the municipal government has met its match requirement.

(g) The grantee shall submit periodic reports to the Council on its progress in obtaining matching funds.

(h) If, at the end of the contract period, the grantee fails to generate sufficient matching funds, the grantees must provide the Council with a detailed explanation of its failure. In the discretion of the Council, a grantee which fails to generate the required matching funds, may be required to return all, or a portion of, the grant funds received by it.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:40-3.5

Amended by R.2007 d.167, effective 5/21/2007.
See: 39 N.J.R. 623(a), 39 N.J.R. 2138(a).
Rewrote (c) and (d)5.