(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 26-16-71

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) ASSOCIATE MEMBER CENTER. A child advocacy center that is working towards full membership status and has been approved by the network for associate membership status.
(2) FULL MEMBER CENTER. A child advocacy center that meets the standards of Section 26-16-70, and is certified by the network as a full member.
(3) PILOT PROJECT. A program initiated by the board of directors of the network to serve children in underserved areas of the state.
(b) A full member center shall be eligible to receive funds that are appropriated from the State of Alabama to the Alabama Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, Incorporated. Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 10 percent of the total annual appropriation to the network shall be allocated for use by the network in funding associate member centers, pilot projects, and administrative and training projects of the network. Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 90 percent of the total annual appropriation to the network shall be allocated as follows:

(1) Each full member center shall receive a base amount allocation as follows:

a. A base amount sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be allocated and distributed to each full member center during the first fiscal year following certification, provided sufficient additional funds are appropriated to the network for each new full member center added to the network.
b. A base amount sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) shall be allocated and distributed to each full member center during the second fiscal year following certification, provided sufficient additional funds are appropriated to the network for each new full member center added to the network.
c. A base amount sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be allocated and distributed to each full member center during the third and subsequent years following certification, provided sufficient additional funds are appropriated to the network for each new full member center added to the network.
(2) Each associate member center shall receive a base amount allocation of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) during the first and second fiscal years following approval by the network for associate membership status. If the associate member is not certified as a full member at the conclusion of the second fiscal year, the board of directors may on an annual basis authorize continued payment as an associate member center.
(3) Any appropriated funds remaining after the allocations in subdivisions (1) and (2) have been satisfied shall be allocated proportionately by the network to each full member center based upon the number of forensic interviews/forensic evaluations conducted and number of children receiving counseling at each full member center during the preceding fiscal year as compared to the total number of forensic interviews/forensic evaluations conducted and number of children receiving counseling at full member centers throughout the state during the same preceding fiscal year. Forensic interview/forensic evaluation and counseling data used for determining proportional allocation amounts shall be obtained from the annual services report summary compiled by the Alabama Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, Incorporated.
(c) If the annual amount of state appropriated funds is less than the sum of the total allocations provided in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b), a lesser base amount that is equivalent to each full member and associate member center’s pro rata share of the total appropriation, shall be allocated and distributed to each center.
(d) If a full member center fails to meet the standards established in Section 26-16-70 for a period of one year or longer, or otherwise ceases to be certified or exist, the base amount allocation designated for that center shall be calculated by the network as part of the total annual appropriation amount and allocated and distributed to the remaining centers according to this section. Any full member center which fails to meet the standards established in Section 26-16-70 for a period of one year or longer, or otherwise ceases to be certified or exist, shall not be eligible to receive state funding until recertified by the network.
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