North Carolina § 130A-131 - 15A. Department to establish program.

§ 130A-131. 15A. Department to establish program.

The Department shall establish and administer Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives. The Department shall establish initiatives for primary prevention, secondary prevention, and special projects. The Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section. The rules shall include a maximum annual funding level for initiatives and a requirement for local match. Initiatives shall be funded in accordance with selection criteria established by the Commission. In funding initiatives, the Department shall target counties with the highest teen pregnancy rates, increasingly higher rates, high rates within demographic subgroups, or greatest need for parenting programs. Grants shall be awarded on an annual basis. Initiatives shall be funded on a four-year funding cycle. The Department may end funding prior to the end of the four-year period if programmatic requirements and performance standards are not met. At the end of four years of funding, a local initiative shall be eligible to reapply for funding. Administrative costs in implementing this section shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total funds administered pursuant to this section. Programs are not required to provide a cash match for these funds; however, the Department may require an in-kind match. The Department shall periodically evaluate the effectiveness of teen pregnancy prevention programs. The Department's use of State funds for initiatives and projects authorized under this section shall not include the allocation of funds to renew or extend existing contracts or enter into new contracts for the provision of family planning services, pregnancy prevention activities, or adolescent parenting programs with any provider that performs abortions. History (2001-424, s. 21.89(c); 2015-265, s. 3.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2001-424, s. 21.89(d), provides: "The Department of Health and Human Services shall administer the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, the Adolescent Parenting Program, and the TANF-funded pregnancy prevention projects pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 130A-131.15 A." Session Laws 2001-424, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Acts of 2001'." Session Laws 2001-424, s. 36.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2001-2003 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2001-2003 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2001-424, s. 36.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-265, s. 3, effective October 1, 2015, added subsection (h). PART 7. BIRTH DEFECTS.