Sec. 539.002. GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES. (a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department for that purpose, the department shall make grants to entities, including local governmental entities, nonprofit community organizations, and faith-based community organizations, to establish or expand community collaboratives that bring the public and private sectors together to provide services to persons experiencing homelessness and mental illness. The department may make a maximum of five grants, which must be made in the most populous municipalities in this state that are located in counties with a population of more than one million. In awarding grants, the department shall give special consideration to entities establishing a new collaborative.
(b) The department shall require each entity awarded a grant under this section to:
(1) leverage additional funding from private sources in an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the grant awarded under this section; and
(2) provide evidence of significant coordination and collaboration between the entity, local mental health authorities, municipalities, and other community stakeholders in establishing or expanding a community collaborative funded by a grant awarded under this section.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (S.B. 58), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
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