02 NCAC 57 .0304. 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 shall be announced by the Commission at least 30 days before the date applications are due.

(b)  Grants 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, which package 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)           A description of the applying organization including history, mission statement, fiscal information, audit statements (if available), organizational goals and a list of the members of the Board of Directors.  If the applicant involves more than one person, organization or entity, the applicant shall identify participating persons, organizations or entities and define their roles in completing the grant;

(3)           A description of the Qualified Agricultural Program, its objectives and the manner in which it will accomplish the requirement that the Qualified Agricultural Program foster the vitality and solvency of the tobacco-related segment of the State's agricultural economy;

(4)           A statement of the projected cost of the Qualified Agricultural 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 which the Commission may contact;

(9)           Any other information required by G.S. 143, Article 75 or by 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 a grant or of receiving the grant, 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; 143-721;

Temporary Adoption Eff. May 15, 2002;

Eff. April 15, 2003;

Amended Eff. December 1, 2008.