Current Grant Opportunities
Access and Visitation Grant Program
The State Court Administrative Office is pleased to announce the availability of funding through the Access and Visitation Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2021. This grant supports supervised parenting time and neutral drop-off/pick-up services.
FOCs interested in applying for Access and Visitation Grant Program funding for fiscal year 2021 must complete and return their signed application by 5:00 p.m. on December 4, 2020
Child and Parent Legal Representation (CPLR) Grant
The State Court Administrative Office is pleased to announce that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is is inviting each
circuit court to apply for the Child and Parent Legal Representation (CPLR)
Grant for fiscal year, 2022. Grant funds will run through 9/30/2022 with
an effort to get a start date as close to 10/01/2021 as possible. Through this
grant, the department will make a claim for title IV-E eligible legal
representation expenditures paid by the court. The department will determine
the type and amount of eligible expenditures and provide the court the
applicable title IV-E reimbursement. Application Due Date is 5:00 p.m. on Feburary 24, 2021.
Grant
Due Dates:
What
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Due Date
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Attached
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Intent
to Apply Spreadsheet
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2/24/2021
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FY
22 CPLR Grant Application Request Excel Spreadsheet
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Complete
Application in EGrAMS
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Estimated
to open for completion around: 5/29/2021 – 7/24/2021
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Future
User guide will be sent prior to application.
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Grant
Program Summary:
- Courts will continue to pay for attorney representation for
children and parents in child protection proceedings. The court must maintain a
current maintenance of effort (MOE) for these services and utilize the grant
funds to improve the quality of legal representation to children and parents.
In other words, courts may not use the title IV-E grant to supplant their own
funding. The purpose of the grant is to enhance legal representation with the
goal of improving the quality of legal representation.
- In order to be eligible, attorney
fees must be connected to a client involved in formal court proceedings where
at least one child is placed out of home under the care and supervision of the
department.
- The grant would pass through the
county’s eligible tile IV-E claim for these actual costs. As an example of the
Program Monthly Expense Billing Calculation:
- A court court bills for July at
$10,000 with a 55% penetration rate will receive $2,750 reimbursement amount. $2750 = ($10,000 x 55% ) x 50%
- Reimbursement Amount=Total Program Monthly Expense x (Monthly Penetration %Rate) x 50%
- The department will determine
each county’s title IV-E penetration rate and will provide the exact percentage
for monthly invoicing.
- The grant will require monthly invoicing and
quarterly progress reviews be submitted in the department’s EGrAMS system. The
department has prepared reporting templates to be used in that process.
- Grantees will be sub-recipients of
the department’s Title IV-E Federal Grant.
To apply for this grant, please complete the grant application request and e-mail it to MDHHS-IVE-LRGrant@michigan.gov
no later than COB 02/24/2021. All interested participants must complete this
form to initiate the FY 22 CPLR grant process. Questions about the grant can be
directed to the Grant Program office e-mail box at MDHHS-IVE-LRGrant@michigan.gov.