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(a) The commissioner will waive the requirements of 7 AAC 53.901 and 7 AAC 53.911 if the commissioner finds in writing that

(1) there is a single source of the expertise or knowledge required to provide a special residential child care service;

(2) one nonprofit corporation or municipality can clearly perform a required special service more satisfactorily than any other, because of the corporation’s or municipality’s prior work; or

(3) public necessity will not permit delay incident to the procedures otherwise required by those sections. (b) The department will request a grant proposal, described in 7 AAC 53.905, from a nonprofit corporation or municipality selected to provide services under this section. (Eff. 1/13/85, Register 93) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.40.011 AS 47.40.041 7 AAC 53.920. Determination of rates for services. Repealed 1/13/85. Publisher’s note: When repealed, this section was numbered 7 AAC 50.920. 7 AAC 53.921. Duration of grants. (a) In a request for proposals to provide services for children for whom the state has assumed responsibility under AS 47.10, the department will specify the grant period, which will be for no more than three years. A proponent must propose to provide services throughout the period that the department specifies. (b) The department will not commit money for a period beyond the first state fiscal year during which the proponent would provide services under the grant. However, if the department awards a grant for a period that includes more than one state fiscal year, it will continue the grant