Existing law defines “family resource center” to mean a facility within an at-risk community where families may obtain: (1) an assessment of their eligibility for social services; (2) social services directly from the family resource center; and (3) referrals to obtain social services from other social service agencies or organizations. (NRS 430A.040) Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Human Services to make grants of money to family resource centers under certain circumstances. (NRS 430A.100) To obtain a grant from the Director, a family resource center must submit an action plan describing the services to be offered by the family resource center to the Director for approval. (NRS 430A.015, 430A.140) Section 1 of this bill authorizes the Director to designate a person to receive and approve action plans submitted by family resource centers applying for grants.
Existing law requires: (1) a family resource center to submit to the Director an annual report accounting for the expenditure of money provided to the family resource center by the Director; and (2) the Director to provide a written report to the Interim Finance Committee concerning the expenditure of all money received by the Director for administering family resource centers. (NRS 430A.200) Section 2 of this bill authorizes the Director to designate a person to receive annual reports from family resource centers and provide an annual report to the Interim Finance Committee.