Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 003 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › Division 19 - Arkansas Economic Development Commission › Rule 003.19.21-002 - Spay and Neuter Pet Grant Program

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
I.
Introduction
Pursuant to authority granted by A.C.A. §
									15-4-209(a)(1)
				and §
									15-4-209(b)(5),
				the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) shall administer the Spay
				and Neuter Pet Grant Program (SNP). Act 494 of 2019 appropriated funds to
				AEDC's Division of Rural Services to provide grants to organizations that
				provide spay and neuter services for cats and dogs.
The objective of the program is to provide matching grant funds
				to cities of the first class, cities of the second class, incorporated towns,
				unincorporated towns, or counties of the State of Arkansas to assist
				organizations that provide spay and neuter services for cats and dogs that are
				in animal shelters or municipal shelters. The goal of the grant is to reduce
				the over population of cats and dogs as well as reduce the number of animals
				euthanized in shelters. All project expenditures shall be completed within 12
				months after the date of the grant award, unless such date has been extended by
				AEDC at the request of the grantee.
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Arkansas Economic Development Commission
Director, Division of Rural Services
1 Commerce Way, Suite 601
Little Rock, AR 72202
(501) 682-1121
II.
Definitions
1. "AEDC" means the Arkansas Economic
			 Development Commission;
2.
			 "Eligible applicant" means a city of the first class, city of the second class,
			 incorporated town, unincorporated community, or county of the State of
			 Arkansas;
3. "Executive Director"
			 means the Executive Director of AEDC;
4. "Ineligible costs" means:
A. Costs incurred prior to the eligibility
			 date for incurring project costs as specified in the signed grant
			 agreement;
B. Expenditures that are
			 unsupported by documentation;
C.
			 Travel not directly related to the project;
D. Purchases of material and services that
			 result in benefits accruing to areas outside the State of Arkansas.
5. "Matching funds" means funds
			 that shall be leveraged by the grantee, in an amount of no less than 50% of the
			 amount of the total project costs. Matching funds may be comprised of local
			 county or municipal funds, private funds, or in-kind goods and/or services,
			 including goods and services donated by private individuals and
			 organizations;
6. "Review
			 committee" means an ad hoc committee comprised of at least three (3) AEDC staff
			 members, with grant review and administration experience, selected by the
			 Executive Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, or his or
			 her designee, to review and recommend for funding applications submitted by
			 eligible applicants under the SNP;
7. "Rural communities or cities" means a city
			 of the first class, city of the second class, incorporated town, unincorporated
			 community having a population of 3,000 or less as determined by the most recent
			 census data provided by the United States Census Bureau;
8. "Rural county" means any county in the
			 State of Arkansas having a population of 55,000 or less as determined by the
			 most recent census data provided by the United States Census Bureau.