Section 49013 - Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Account(a) The Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Account is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to collect matching funds from the federal Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant Program (7 U.S.C. Sec. 7517), if available, and from other public and private sources, to provide grants under the Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Program. The Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Program shall provide grants upon the deposit of sufficient funds, including from a successful application of federal grant funding, if available, into the Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Account.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may provide grant funds to a grantee in advance of the expenditure of funds by the grantee for implementation of the Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Program, instead of in the form of a reimbursement after the expenditure of funds for that program, in an amount equal to or less than 50 percent of the grant amount provided in the grantee's grant agreement pursuant to subdivision (a) and Section 49014, if both of the following conditions are met:(1) The grantee has declared an operating budget of no more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).(2) The department makes a determination, based upon a request submitted by the grantee declaring hardship, that an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of the Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Program by the grantee.Ca. Food and Agric. Code § 49013
Amended by Stats 2018 ch 51 (SB 854),s 3, eff. 6/27/2018.Added by Stats 2015 ch 442 (AB 1321),s 2, eff. 1/1/2016.