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California Code, Penal Code - PEN § 14120

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Programs shall be funded, depending upon the availability of funds, for a period of two years.

(b) The Office of Emergency Services shall provide 50 percent of the program costs, to a maximum amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per program per year. The recipient shall provide the remaining 50 percent with other resources which may include in-kind contributions and services. The administrative expenses for the pilot programs funded under Section 14120 shall not exceed 10 percent.

(c) Programs should be seeking private sector moneys and developing ways to become self-sufficient upon completion of pilot program funding.

(d) The recipient programs shall be responsible for a yearend independent audit.

(e) The Office of Emergency Services shall do an interim evaluation of the programs, commencing in July 1986, and shall report to the Legislature and the people with the results of the evaluation prior to October 31, 1986. The evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment and inventory of all of the following:

(1) The number of learning events.

(2) The number of persons trained.

(3) The changing level of information regarding root causes of violence.

(4) The changing level of attitude regarding root causes of violence.

(5) The changing level of behavior regarding root causes of violence.

(6) The reduced level of violence in our society.

(7) The degree to which the program has succeeded in reaching and impacting positively upon local ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups in the service area.

A final evaluation shall be made with a report prior to October 31, 1987, which shall also include specific recommendations to the Legislature and the people of this state regarding methods and means by which these violence prevention and crime control programmatic efforts can be enhanced and improved.

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