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Home > Laws & Policies > Policy/Program Issuances > Program Instructions > PI-04-04

Part II:
Eligibility Requirements

  1. State Eligibility

    Designation of a Lead Entity:3

    Before a State can apply for a FFY 2004 grant under the CBCAP program, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (i.e. Governor) of the State must designate a lead entity4 to administer the funds for the implementation of community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect. ("202(1)(A))

    The designation of a lead entity by the CEO should be based on a determination that the entity is the most appropriate organization to accomplish both the child abuse and neglect prevention activities and the family strengthening and support goals of the CBCAP program. That determination should be based on the demonstrated ability of the entity to (1) integrate child abuse and neglect prevention services and activities and (2) leverage and blend State, Federal and private funds at the local level for these activities.

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  1. Lead Agency Eligibility

    1. Lead Entity Requirements:

      As required by §202(1)(B), the lead entity must:

      1. Be an existing public, quasi-public, or nonprofit private entity that exists to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect;5

      2. Demonstrate the ability to work with other State and community-based agencies to provide training and technical assistance; and

      3. Demonstrate the capacity to ensure the meaningful involvement of parents who are consumers and who can provide leadership in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs and policy decisions of the lead agency in achieving the outcomes of the program.

3 The term "entity" is used with respect to a CEO's designation of a State entity to administer the CBCAP program. Once an entity has been designated, and for purposes of meeting the application requirements, the term "agency" (or "lead agency") will be used in lieu of "entity" or "lead entity". back
4 Section 202(1)(C)& (D) provides that, in determining which entity to designate, the CEO of the State should "give priority consideration equally to a trust fund advisory board of the State or to an existing entity that leverages Federal, State, and private funds ..." Section 202(1)(D) provides that, "in the case of a State that has designated a State trust fund advisory board to be the lead entity... and in which one or more entities that leverages Federal, State and private funds... exist, the [CEO] shall designate the lead entity only after full consideration of the capacity and expertise of all entities desiring to be designated [as lead agency]." back
5 The designated agency is not required to have been established pursuant to State legislation, executive order, or other written authority of the State. back

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