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11D-9.002 Funds Availability for JAG -Countywide and JAG -Direct. (1) JAG -Countywide. The amount of funds available shall be that amount allocated each federal fiscal year to the State of Florida by the federal government under the Act and appropriated by the legislature. (2) The Department shall attempt to obligate all of the funds available in the current federal fiscal year, but may obligate part or all of the funds in a later federal fiscal year, when permitted by Federal law and applicable Florida Statutes. (3) The Department shall establish a Substance Abuse and Violent Crime Identification Matrix which shall be used, in conjunction with population, to determine the amount of funds allocated to each county in accordance with paragraph 11D - 9.002(4)(c), F.A.C., of this subsection. Through analysis of statewide databases, the Department shall determine the rate, trend and magnitude of the following group indices and their identified variables for the most recent five years of available data in each of Florida's counties: (a) Violent Crime Index. 1. Number of Burglary Offenses. 2. Number of Larceny Offenses. 3. Number of Robbery Offenses. 4. Number of Murder Offenses. (b) Juvenile Involvement in Drugs Index. 1. Number of juveniles arrested for sale and possession of marijuana. 2. Number of juveniles arrested for sale and possession of cocaine. 3. Drug Arrest Index. Number of arrests for sale and possession of any drug. (c) Cocaine Factor Index. Number of arrests for sale and possession of cocaine. (4) Based on the rate, trend and magnitude of these indices in each county relative to every other county, the Department shall generate a listing of the counties. Such listing shall be generated every two years. (5) Each county shall be allocated a percentage of local share federal funds equal to one-half of the sum of that county's -centage of statewide need as determined by the Substance Abuse and Violent Crime Identification Matrix plus that county's ,, W . centage of the total state population. (6) Each application for local share JAG -Countywide Program funds shall represent agreement on expenditure of grant funds among at least 51 percent of the local units of government which also represent at least 51 percent of the population within the geographic boundaries of the applicant's county. (7) In the event that at least 51 percent of the units of government which also represent at least 51 percent of the population in any county are unable to agree upon the expenditure of funds by the application deadline established by the program announcement or are unable to expend all of their allocated funds by the end of the grant period, said funds shall be distributed at the discretion of the Department. (8) JAG -Direct. BJA determines eligibility of JAG -Direct funds. Distribution of JAG -Direct funds will be determined by using the latest available UCR data and distributed to local units of government. Specific Authority 943.03(4), 943.403 FS. Law Implemented 943.25(1), 943.402 FS. History -New 2-6-90, Amended 4-2-92, 2-7-95, Formerly 9G- 16.003, Amended 3-8-99, Formerly 9B-61.003, Amended 11-5-02, 3-27-06. 33