Iowa Admin. Code r. 421-31.5 - Formula-based allocations
(1)
Funding recipients. Only
units of local government, local public planning entities, and judicial
districts may be considered eligible applicants to receive funding through this
distribution method. The determination of which units of local government,
local public planning entities, and judicial districts are eligible applicants
shall be made according to the state or federal law or regulation that makes
funding available to the division for this distribution method. When such a
determination is not established in law or regulation, the administrator shall
make the determination with the advice of the appropriate council or the
JJAC.
(2)
Formula to
determine individual allocation amounts. Allocation amounts to
individual units of local government or local public planning entities shall be
calculated according to the state or federal law or regulation that makes
funding available to the division for this distribution method. When an
allocation formula for funding to be distributed by the division is not
established in this chapter or other law or regulation, the division shall
calculate allocations based on a formula determined by the administrator. The
formula shall be based on the number of children residing in the respective
areas and may also be based on poverty rates, delinquency rates and other data
relevant to child and family well-being. Application materials provided to the
eligible units of local government, local public planning entities, or judicial
districts shall specify the formula used to calculate the allocation.
(3)
Application procedures and
requirements.
a. Each unit of local
government, local public planning entity, or judicial district that is eligible
to be an applicant for funds pursuant to subrule 31.5(1) shall be contacted by
the division and provided an application that must be completed by the
applicant prior to the applicant's receipt of the allocation.
b. The application may require the submission
of a comprehensive plan to prevent and reduce juvenile crime that reflects the
purposes and goals in rule 421-31.2 (216A,232) and that structures the
coordination and collaboration of other relevant community programs and
activities. Evidence of such coordination and collaboration may be required to
include assurances and documentation that the plan for this program was
developed to include, or be an integral part of, other areawide plans related
to, for example, child welfare, substance abuse, health, or
education.
c. The application may
require documentation that the application was completed with the participation
of representatives from, for example, law enforcement, county attorneys, county
and city governments, and health, human services, education, and community
service agencies.
d. The
application may also require the applicant to certify and make assurances
regarding policies and practices related to, but not limited to, funding
eligibility, program purposes, service delivery and planning and administration
capacities.
e. Each notified
applicant shall submit the required information by the deadline established and
announced by the division. The division reserves the right to extend the
deadline.
f. Following its receipt
and approval of a completed application, the division shall offer the applicant
a contract authorizing the obligation of funds. These rules and all applicable
state and federal laws and regulations shall become part of the contract by
reference.
(4)
Allocations declined, waived or combined.
a. As allowed by federal or state law, when
an eligible local public planning entity, judicial district, or unit of local
government declines to submit an application for funds, such funds shall be
retained by the division to be reallocated among all participating units of
local government, judicial districts, or local public planning entities or to
be otherwise distributed for the development of services that have a statewide
impact.
b. As allowed by federal or
state law, the division may permit an eligible unit of local government to
waive its right to a direct allocation and request that its allocation be
awarded to and expended for its benefit by a larger or contiguous unit of local
government or local public planning entity. A written waiver shall be required
from the unit of local government that waives its right to a direct allocation
and names a requested unit of local government or local public planning entity
to receive and expend the funds. The unit of local government, judicial
district, or local public planning entity receiving the funds must agree, in
writing, to accept the redirected funds, to carry out all planning and
application requirements and to serve as the fiscal agent for receiving the
waived allocation. The division's instructions to eligible applicants shall
describe the procedures required to implement this paragraph.
c. As allowed by federal or state law, the
division may permit applicants to enter into regional coalitions by planning
for and utilizing combined allocations from the participating units of local
government or local public planning entities. A unit of local government,
judicial district, or local public planning entity shall serve as the applicant
and fiscal agent for purposes of carrying out planning and application
requirements, and for receiving the allocation and obligating and expending
funds for the benefit of the combined units. The division's instructions to
eligible applicants shall describe the process to implement this
paragraph.
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