(2) To apply for, contract for, receive, allocate,
disburse and account for funds, grants-in-aid, grants of
services and property, real and personal, particularly those
funds made available under the Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-415, 88
Stat. 1109).
(3) To receive applications for financial assistance
from State agencies, units of general local government and
combinations thereof, private nonprofit organizations and
other proper applicants, and to disburse available Federal
and State funds to applicants in accordance with the
provisions of applicable statutes and regulations and in
conformity with the comprehensive plan.
(4) To establish fund accounting, auditing, monitoring
and evaluation procedures as necessary to assure fiscal
control, proper management and disbursement of grant funds,
including the requirements of supporting records being
submitted to the disbursing agency by persons requiring
reimbursement, and to establish procedures as may be
necessary to assure compliance with nondiscrimination
requirements.
(5) To audit the records of recipients of financial
assistance and of their contractors and, for the purpose of
the audits, to have access to all pertinent records required
to be kept by recipients of financial assistance and by their
contractors. The commission shall have the power to subpoena
witnesses and records in the execution of its auditing
responsibilities and, upon certification to it of failure to
obey any such subpoena, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is
empowered after hearing to enter, when proper, an
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