13 CSR 40-24.080 - Formula for the Distribution of Community Service Block Grant Funds to Community Action Agencies
PURPOSE: This rule outlines how the Family Support Division (division) will distribute Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) mandatory funds to Community Action Agencies (CAA).
(1) Definitions.
(A) "Community Action Agency" or "CAA" means
a private, not-for-profit agency within the state of Missouri designated by the
governor of the state of Missouri as an eligible entity as defined by
42 U.S.C. section
9909.
(B) "CSBG" means Community Service Block
Grant program established by 42 U.S.C. section 9901 et. seq.
and section 660.370 et.seq., RSMo.
(C) "Mandatory funds" means at least ninety
percent (90%) of the total amount of CSBG funds required to be allocated to
CAAs from the CSBG grant annually awarded to the state of Missouri by the
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community
Support, for the administration of the CSBG program.
(2) The division shall allocate the mandatory
funds on the basis of federal fiscal years beginning October 1 as follows:
(A) A portion of the mandatory funds shall be
distributed such that each CAA shall receive a base amount of two hundred
thousand dollars ($200,000);
(B)
The portion of mandatory funds remaining after deducting the sum of the base
amount awarded to CAAs shall be distributed based on the CAA's poverty
population relative to the state's total poverty population utilizing the
following formula:
((Total mandatory funds) - ($200,000 x # of CAAs)) x (poverty
population of the CAA/total state poverty population) = CAA poverty population
1. Total state poverty
population shall be the total poverty population according to the most recent
data published annually by the American Community Survey of the United States
Census Bureau.
2. The poverty
population of the designated geographic area served by a CAA shall be the total
poverty population within the area as determined by the most recent data
published by the American Community Survey of the United States Census
Bureau.
(3)
Allocations of mandatory funds to CAAs shall be based on the most recent
information on availability and amounts of CSBG funding to be awarded to
Missouri by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of
Community Services as of the date that the Family Support Division issues the
award. Any and all distributions to CAAs are contingent on the availability of
CSBG funds for that fiscal year. The division may increase or decrease the
funds awarded to a CAA during the grant term depending on the availability of
CSBG funds awarded to the state of Missouri by the United States Department of
Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services, for the administration
of the CSBG program. Any increase or decrease in the amount awarded to a CAA
shall be based upon the formula set forth in subsection (2)(B) of this
rule.
(4) The division shall issue
a Notice of Award to the CAA. The Notice of Award shall specify the amount of
the grant and the basis for the Family Support Division's Calculation. The
Notice of Award shall be issued electronically.
(5) If a CAA has its CSBG funding terminated
or reduced below the proportional share of funding the entity received in the
previous fiscal year then that CAA may request a hearing on the record to the
director of the Family Support Division pursuant to
42 U.S.C. section
9908(b)(8). The request for
hearing shall be in writing and served on the director of the Family Support
Division no later than thirty (30) days from the date of the Notice of Award.
The request for hearing shall specify in detail the legal and factual basis for
the CAA's request for hearing and shall include any factual documentation in
support of the CAA's position . The hearing shall be held before the director of
the Family Support Division or his/her designee. The final decision of the
director shall be subject to review by the secretary of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services as provided in
42 U.S.C. section
9915(b).
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