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003.03 MINI GRANT AWARDS. Maximum grant awards are $1,000 for a child care program with a provisional license and $2,000 for a program with an operating license. 003.04 MAXIMUM AWARDS. Applicants requesting funds in excess of the maximum amounts will not be considered. 003.05 SELECTED PROPOSALS. Applicants who are selected for funding have 60 days from the award date to accept the grant and sign and submit all necessary paperwork. Grants not accepted within 60 days of the award date are considered abandoned. 003.05(A) FUNDING LIMITATION. Child care grants are funded in accordance with the limitations in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2624. 003.06 PROPOSALS NOT SELECTED. If not selected, a provider may reapply during a future funding cycle. 003.07 GRANT AWARDS. A proposal may be fully or partially funded. Funding decisions are not subject to appeal. 003.07(A) USE OF GRANT FUNDS. Grant funds must not be used for reimbursement of any item purchased before the grant has been awarded. 003.08 TIME LIMIT FOR EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. All grant funds must be spent within one year of the date of award. 003.09 AUDIT OF EXPENDITURES. The child care facility must submit a report of expenditures along with receipts for purchases made with the entire grant. 003.10 CONTRACT BREACH AND COLLECTION. If a child care facility does not comply with the terms of the grant contract, all or a prorated amount of the original grant award must be refunded to the Department. If a grant recipient’s license is revoked or subsidy enrollment cancelled within three years from the date of the award, the full amount of the grant award must be refunded to the Department. 003.11 CHANGE IN DIRECTOR OR LICENSEE. If there is a change in the director or licensee of the program of a grant recipient, the grant obligation terms must be assumed by the new director or licensee. If the grant terms are not assumed, the grant amount must be refunded to the Department. 004. APPLICATION. Each applicant must submit all of the following: (A) Applications must be completed and signed. Failure to abide by application requirements and subaward terms, may result in revoking of the grant and refunding of subaward. Unsigned or incomplete application forms will be denied; and Page 39 of 41