3. The Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education and the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-14) and the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families, shall establish criteria for assessing the suitability of grant applicants. Each applicant for a grant under this act shall:
a. Describe the need for and type of child care services to be furnished;
b. Provide assurances that the applicant has knowledge of and experience in the special nature of child care services for school-age children;
c. Provide assurances that each person to be employed by the applicant for child care has appropriate experience and character including a criminal history records check of the files of the State Bureau of Identification and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division;
d. Provide evidence that the applicant will be afforded use of an appropriate school facility or another appropriate location as approved by the commissioner, which may be a child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.);
e. Provide assurances that the program will be in conformity with all appropriate statutes, regulations, ordinances, and such programs as shall be developed for the program created by P.L.1987, c.215 (C.30:5B-26 et seq.);
f. Provide a tentative budget for the program, including a proposed sliding-fee schedule which should reflect a family's capacity to pay;
g. Provide assurances that the parents of school-age children will be involved in the development and implementation of the child care program; and
h. Provide such other assurances and information as the commissioner shall reasonably require to carry out the provisions of P.L.1987, c.215.