NRS232.385. Duties.

  The Grants Management Advisory Committee created by NRS 232.383 shall:

      1.  Review all requests received by the Department for awards of money from agencies of the State or its political subdivisions and nonprofit community organizations or educational institutions which provide or will provide services to persons served by the programs administered by the Department;

      2.  Submit recommendations to the Director concerning each request for an award of money that the Advisory Committee believes should be granted, including, without limitation, the name of the agency, nonprofit community organization or educational institution that submitted the request;

      3.  Adopt policies setting forth criteria to determine which agencies, organizations and institutions to recommend for an award of money;

      4.  Monitor awards of money granted by the Department to agencies of the State or its political subdivisions, and nonprofit community organizations or educational institutions which provide or will provide services to persons served by the programs administered by the Department, including, without limitation, awards of money granted pursuant to NRS 439.630;

      5.  Assist the staff of the Department in determining the needs of local communities and in setting priorities for funding programs administered by the Department; and

      6.  Consider funding strategies for the Department, including, without limitation, seeking ways to avoid unnecessary duplication of the services for which awards of money to agencies of the State or its political subdivisions and nonprofit community organizations or educational institutions are granted, and make recommendations concerning funding strategies to the Director.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 472; A 2007, 2347)