GRANT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

(a) In this section, "grant program" means a grant program administered by the division through which the division awards grants to departments through an application process. (b) The division shall: (1) establish goals for each grant program that are consistent with the purposes described by Section 509.002 and the mission of the division; (2) establish grant application, review, award, and evaluation processes; (3) establish the process by which and grounds on which an applicant may appeal a decision of the division regarding a grant application; (4) establish and maintain a system to routinely monitor grant performance; (5) establish and make available to the public: (A) all criteria used in evaluating grant applications; and (B) all factors used to measure grant program performance; (6) publish on the division's Internet website for each grant awarded: (A) the amount awarded; (B) the method used in scoring the grant applications and the results of that scoring; and (C) additional information describing the methods used to make the funding determination; and (7) require each department to submit program-specific outcome data for the division's use in making grant awards and funding decisions.