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1. Each participating county will be eligible fo~ a base award of $t0,000. 2. Ali remaining funds will be prorated to participating counties based on the county youth population between tile ages of 10 and 17. A county by county breakdown is attached showing the amount of each county allo- cation based on participation by all 100 counties. Programs receiving monies (FY1978 funds) from ti~e county allocation will be assured of a minimum of three years of funding support unless; a. there ia a substantial decrease iu Federal funding to the State under the JJDP Act; or b, an applicant fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the awhrd; or c. an applicant fails to receive a satisfactory yearly evaluation by standards set by the Juvenile Justice Planning Committee and conducted by the Division of Crime Control Staff. These funds may be used for either existing or for new programs which deal specifically with juvenile delinquency and fail into tile attached program descriptions. Tile assurance of a minimum of three years of lundin9 can only be given for maw programs started with county allocation funds, and it cannot be extended to couuties that opt not to participate in the first year. Programs which were originally begun with LE~\ funds may only receive these JJDP funds for two years under existin~ federal guideliaes. The state of North Carolina is presently trying to hav~ these restrictions lifted. In addition to the funds described above, Nortll Carolina received ~ supple- mental award of $265,000 for FY1978. This "one time only" award will be used to contLuue previously LEAA and other federally funded programs that call qualify according to the criteria published in tile "Federal Register" on Tuesday, October 17, 1978. That criteria is: 1. Tile project bas been evaluated and the 'evaluation indicates that tile pro~ect is effective and is being operated efficiently; 2. Discontinuation would have a negative impact on state or local juve- nile activities; and 3. Tbe project has demonstrated a good faith effort to obtain funding elsewhere and intends to continue snch efforts over tile period of tile extention. Programs applying for these funds must docnment that they have exhausted ail other sources of funding including count7 fends I would like to emphasize that this $265,000 supplemental money will only be available for one year. A program receiving tilese foods should not expec[ to.receive fundiug under this category To ass[st your county iu applying for an7 of tile above fuads, the Divisioa of Cr~ue Coatrol has developed an application1 process and helpful hints guide- line. Both of these have been attached and i would suggest tnat each be carefully reviewed before beginning any application work.