Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-33.5-532. Behavioral health information and data-sharing in the criminal justice system--grants--appropriation--repeal

(2)(a) As part of the program, the division shall issue one-time grants to counties. Every county is eligible for a grant. A county that receives a grant shall use the grant money to:

(b) The division shall develop policies for awarding grants; a process for counties to apply for and receive a grant, including grant application deadlines; and a process for determining the amount of a grant award. The division shall make the policies publicly available on its website and shall not set a grant application deadline earlier than twenty-eight days after the policies are made public. The division shall provide, upon request, assistance to counties with applying for a grant. Subject to available appropriations, the division shall award grants to counties that apply for a grant and whose application is approved by the application review committee described in subsection (2)(c) of this section.

(c) The division shall convene an application review committee to review the grant applications. The committee consists of a representatives from the division, the office of information technology created in section 24-37.5-103, the Colorado integrated criminal justice information system program, and the behavioral health administration. The review committee shall review each grant application to ensure that each proposed project has justifiable costs and includes plans to use technology that meets state standards, and that all data exchange requirements will be added to the applicant's jail management system, as defined in section 17-26-118. The division shall provide technical assistance to jails that need help to determine costs, technology, and data requirements.