02 NCAC 57 .0204. APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS

(a)  The Commission shall designate specific dates for submission of grant applications based on the amount of funds available.  Grant application submission dates will be announced by the Commission at least 30 days before the date applications are due.

(b)  Grant proposals shall be typed or printed and an original and four copies timely submitted to the Commission by hand-delivery, by a designated delivery service authorized pursuant to G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4, or by U.S. Mail.  Applications shall be deemed timely submitted if delivered by hand to the Commission’s physical office and signed for by Commission staff before 5:00 p.m. on the submission date; or by designated delivery service, whereby the parcel bears a shipping date on or before the submission date; or by placing into the U.S. Mail, addressed to 1080 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC  27699, and postmarked on or before the submission date.  Applicants may also provide an electronic courtesy copy formatted in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat.

(c)  To be considered for funding, applicants shall complete the Tobacco Trust Fund Grant Application Form which shall contain the following information:

(1)           Names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, and signatures of the applicant;

(2)           If the applicant is an organization, consortium, cooperative or other entity representing multiple eligible beneficiaries, a description of the applying organization including history, mission statement, fiscal information, audit statements (if available), organizational goals and members of the Board of Directors.  If the applicant involves more than one organization, person or entity, it shall identify participating organizations, persons or entities and define their roles in completing the Compensatory Program;

(3)           A description of the Compensatory Program, its goals and objectives, and the manner in which it will accomplish its goals and objectives, including how the applicant will quantify actual losses due to the Master Settlement Agreement that are not compensated by payments from the National Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust;

(4)           A statement of the projected cost of the Compensatory Program, including any administrative costs and including expected funding from any other source;

(5)           A description of how the project will be completed including time lines;

(6)           A description of the accounts that will be set up and used and an assurance that all accounts can be audited by the Commission or the State Auditor;

(7)           An explanation of how the project's results will be evaluated;

(8)           At least two references who may be contacted by the Commission;

(9)           Any other information required by G.S. 143, Article 75 or these Rules in order to make a decision on the grant proposal;

(10)         An explanation of how the project will enhance North Carolina's tobacco-related economy for the common good; and

(11)         A list and history of the applicant's past projects funded by grants or awards.

(d)  As a condition of applying for or of receiving a grant for a Compensatory Program, applicants or grantees must allow the Commission or the Commission staff to make site visits at the Commission's convenience.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-718; 143-720;

Temporary Adoption Eff. May 15, 2002;

Eff. April 15, 2003;

Amended Eff. December 1, 2008.