CHAPTER 4. DAWN PROJECT
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Chapter 4. Dawn Project
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"Dawn project" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "dawn project" refers to a localprogram that is responsible for developing a coordinated, familycentered, and community based system of services for children withserious emotional disturbances and their families.
As added by P.L.282-2001, SEC.2.
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Award of grants
Sec. 2. (a) The division may award grants to local units ofgovernment that meet the qualifications of this chapter forestablishing dawn projects. A dawn project may include more thanone (1) county.
(b) The division may award five (5) grants.
(c) The division shall provide technical assistance for all dawnprojects funded by grants awarded by the division under this chapter.
As added by P.L.282-2001, SEC.2.
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Qualifications of applicants
Sec. 3. An applicant for a grant under this chapter must meet thefollowing qualifications:
(1) Develop and demonstrate a plan to blend county and statefunds that support services for children with serious emotionaldisturbances who meet the qualifications under section 5 of thischapter.
(2) Demonstrate that the plan to blend funds under subdivision(1) is able to blend funds from the following sources:
(A) Child welfare.
(B) Juvenile justice.
(C) State or local educational systems.
(D) Division of mental health.
(E) Other governmental agencies.
(3) Demonstrate that the plan to blend funds under subdivision(1) includes the following components:
(A) Risk sharing with mental health organizations thatmanage the care of eligible children.
(B) Additional direct services for eligible children.
(C) Flexibility in providing services.
(D) Individualized case coordination plans that encouragecreativity when providing services to eligible children andfamilies.
(E) Access to consultation with appropriate expertise.
(F) Evaluation.
(4) Create a coordinating committee that includesrepresentatives of the following: (A) The county office of family and children.
(B) Mental health service providers.
(C) A mental health advocacy organization.
(D) The juvenile court.
(E) The largest school district in the county.
(F) At least two (2) family members of eligible children.
(G) An organization that provides advocacy for children andfamilies.
The committee may include other representatives, includingrepresentatives of law enforcement, county government,medical care, and nonprofit health and human service agencies.
As added by P.L.282-2001, SEC.2.
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Duties of coordinating committees
Sec. 4. A coordinating committee created under section 3(4) ofthis chapter is responsible for the following:
(1) Administering the plan to blend funds to providecomprehensive services for children who are:
(A) eligible under the dawn project; and
(B) described in section 5 of this chapter.
(2) Ensuring that any funds saved as a result of reduced use ofinstitutional services under the plan to blend funds will be usedto provide additional services to eligible children.
(3) Establishing a process to identify children to be servedunder the dawn project.
As added by P.L.282-2001, SEC.2.
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Selection criteria
Sec. 5. (a) A coordinating committee created under section 3(4)of this chapter must select children to be served based on thefollowing criteria:
(1) The child has a mental illness diagnosed under the mostcurrent edition of the American Psychiatric Association'sDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, asamended.
(2) The child experiences significant functional impairment inat least one (1) of the following areas:
(A) Activities of daily living.
(B) Interpersonal functioning.
(C) Concentration, persistence, and pace.
(D) Adaptation to change.
(3) The child has:
(A) a mental illness that has continued, or is expected tocontinue, for at least twelve (12) months; or
(B) experienced a situational trauma and is receivingservices from at least two (2) of the following:
(i) A special education agency.
(ii) A mental health agency. (iii) A child welfare agency.
(iv) A law enforcement agency.
(4) The child is not more than eighteen (18) years of age.
(5) The child is at risk of separation from the child's family oris separated from the family.
(b) The coordinating committee may add additional eligibilitycriteria or other target groups in the plan approved by the division.
As added by P.L.282-2001, SEC.2.