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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 38 - Iowa Jobs Ii Program › Rule 265-38.5 - General Grant Conditions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
As a condition of receipt of Iowa jobs II funds, recipients
				shall agree, at a minimum, to all of the following:
(1)
Documentation of jobs created or
			 retained.
Following the receipt of grant funds pursuant to this
			 chapter and for two years following the completion of the project, each
			 recipient shall report to the authority quarterly the actual number of jobs
			 created as a result of the project along with other information relating to the
			 quality of such jobs, including hours and wages, as requested by the
			 authority.
(2)
Recipient
			 obligations.
In the event a recipient fails to comply with the
			 requirements of this program or the recipient's grant agreement, the board may
			 cancel the recipient's grant and require the return of any grant funds
			 previously disbursed pursuant to this program. Recipients shall agree to hold
			 harmless and to indemnify the Iowa jobs board, the authority, the state of
			 Iowa, and their officers, employees and agents from any claims, costs or
			 liabilities arising out of the development or operation of the
			 project.
(3)
Grant
			 acknowledgment.
Each project shall recognize in a prominent location
			 and manner the fact that the project was made possible, in part, through a
			 grant from the Iowa jobs program. During the construction period the
			 recognition (including a display of the Iowa jobs logo) may be located on
			 temporary signage. The completed project shall feature a permanent
			 acknowledgment, such as a plaque or a similar commemoration. Other benefactors
			 of the project may be similarly acknowledged as well.
(4)
Use of Iowa jobs Web
			 site.
All positions that need to be filled for a project shall be
			 posted on Iowa workforce development's Iowa jobs Web site:
www.iowaiobs.org/.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 38 - Iowa Jobs Ii Program › Rule 265-38.6 - Calculation of Jobs Created

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, new employment positions created
				and filled (or to be created and filled) as a result of the project and
				existing positions that would not have been continued were it not for Iowa jobs
				funding shall be counted when estimating the number of jobs to be created
				during the application process and when counting the number of actual jobs
				created in post-grant reporting. Both permanent and temporary positions filled
				by the grantee, a contractor, or a subcontractor (or sub-subcontractor, etc.),
				including construction work, shall be counted. To be counted, a position must
				be compensated. Indirect jobs and induced jobs shall not be
				counted.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 38 - Iowa Jobs Ii Program › Rule 265-38.7 - Grant Awards

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The lowajobs board may fund a component of a proposed project
				if the entire project does not qualify for funding. The board shall review
				awards made to ensure geographic diversity. In order to promote geographic
				diversity, the board may defer grant decisions on applications from areas which
				have received previous grant awards to allow applications from other parts of
				the state to be considered. In the event that a competitive grant recipient,
				prior to execution of an lowajobs II grant agreement, is awarded a federal
				grant for its project, in whole or in part, which federal grant, or the
				possibility thereof, was not disclosed as part of the recipient's application,
				the board may withdraw all or part of the lowajobs II program
				grant.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 38 - Iowa Jobs Ii Program › Rule 265-38.8 - Administration of Awards

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(1) A
			 grant agreement shall be executed between successful applicants and the Iowa
			 jobs board. These rules and applicable state laws and regulations shall be part
			 of the contract. The board reserves the right to negotiate wage rates as well
			 as other terms and conditions of the contract.
(2) Grant agreement.
a. Following the board's determination that a
			 competitive grant application should be approved, authority staff shall propose
			 a draft grant agreement to the recipient. Within 30 days of either transmission
			 of the proposed grant agreement to the recipient or transmission of notice of
			 how the proposed grant agreement may be accessed by the recipient via the
			 Internet, the recipient shall notify the authority as to whether the recipient
			 will execute the proposed agreement or whether the recipient would prefer to
			 negotiate a different agreement. If the recipient elects to execute the
			 proposed agreement, or if the recipient fails to make a timely election, the
			 authority shall prepare and transmit to the recipient on behalf of the board a
			 final contract for execution.
b. If
			 the recipient elects to negotiate a different agreement, the recipient shall,
			 at the time it makes such election, notify the authority of the requested
			 changes to the proposed grant agreement. The authority shall consider the
			 requested changes and may make such revisions to the proposed agreement as the
			 authority determines to be prudent and in the best interests of the Iowa jobs
			 II program and the state of Iowa under the circumstances.
c. Once the authority and the recipient have
			 reached an agreement, the authority shall prepare and transmit to the recipient
			 on behalf of the board a final contract, subject to approval by the
			 board.
d. If the authority and the
			 recipient are unable to reach an agreement, the authority shall, with the
			 board's approval, draft and transmit to the recipient on behalf of the board a
			 final contract consisting of the Iowa jobs board's best and final
			 offer
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 39 - Home Investment Partnerships Program › Rule 265-39.1 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The primary purpose of the HOME investment partnerships program
				is to fund a wide range of activities that build, buy or rehabilitate (or both
				buy and rehabilitate) affordable housing for rent or homeownership or to
				provide direct rental assistance to low-income people.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 39 - Home Investment Partnerships Program › Rule 265-39.3 - Eligible Applicants

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Eligible applicants for HOME assistance include all
				incorporated cities and all counties within the state of Iowa, nonprofit 501(c)
				organizations, CHDOs, and for-profit corporations or partnerships. Any eligible
				applicant may apply directly to IFA.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 39 - Home Investment Partnerships Program › Rule 265-39.4 - Eligible Activities and Forms of Assistance

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(1) Eligible activities may include
			 tenant-based rental assistance, rental housing rehabilitation, rental housing
			 new construction and adaptive reuse, homebuyer assistance that includes some
			 form of direct subsidy to the homebuyer, and other housing-related activities
			 as may be deemed appropriate by IFA.
(2) Eligible forms of assistance include
			 grants, interest-bearing loans, non-interest-bearing loans, interest subsidies,
			 deferred payment loans, forgivable loans or other forms of assistance as may be
			 approved by IFA.
(3) Program income
			 must be returned to IFA.
(4) A site
			 including any building located thereon or project acquired or used for rental
			 activities must be held in fee simple title by the recipient upon the
			 disbursement of HOME funds and throughout the contract term with IFA. An
			 installment contract or leasehold interest is not an acceptable recipient
			 interest.
(5) A site including any
			 building located thereon or project acquired or used for homebuyer activities
			 must be held in fee simple title by the recipient or homebuyer upon the
			 disbursement of HOME funds and throughout the contract term with IFA. An
			 installment contract or leasehold interest is not an acceptable recipient or
			 homebuyer interest.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 39 - Home Investment Partnerships Program › Rule 265-39.5 - Application Procedure

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HOME applications will be received from eligible applicants as
				often as the state expects funding from HUD. The applications must be submitted
				on the forms or online system prescribed by IFA and must, at a minimum, include
				the amount of funds requested, a description of the need for the funds,
				documentation of other available funding sources, the source of required local
				match, and the estimated number of persons to be served by the applicant.
				Maximum and minimum grant awards will be established by IFA for each
				competition.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 39 - Home Investment Partnerships Program › Rule 265-39.6 - Application Requirements

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To be considered for HOME assistance, an application shall meet
				the following threshold criteria.
(1)
			 The application shall propose a housing activity consistent with the HOME fund
			 purpose and eligibility requirements and the state consolidated plan.
(2) The application shall document the
			 applicant's capacity to administer the proposed activity. Such documentation
			 may include evidence of successful administration of prior housing activities.
			 IFA reserves sole discretion to deny funding to an applicant that has failed to
			 comply with federal or state requirements in the administration of a previous
			 project funded by the state of Iowa or that failed to comply with federal
			 requirements in the administration of a previous project funded in any other
			 state. Documentation of the ability of the applicant to provide technical
			 services and the availability of certified lead professionals and contractors
			 either trained in safe work practices or certified as abatement contractors may
			 also be required as applicable to the HOME fund activity.
(3) Recipients of a homebuyer assistance
			 activity must require the beneficiaries of the homebuyer assistance activity to
			 use a principal mortgage loan product that meets the following criteria:
a. With the exception of Habitat for Humanity
			 principal mortgage loan products, the principal mortgage loan must be the only
			 repayable loan in all individual homebuyer assistance projects.
b. The HOME assistance must be recorded in
			 second lien position to the principal mortgage loan, if one exists. Recipients
			 of HOME homebuyer assistance must maintain their assistance security agreements
			 in the above-stated recording position throughout the applicable period of
			 affordability and will not be allowed to subordinate the required recording
			 position to any other form of assistance, such as home equity loans. A
			 homebuyer search is required, and any collection/unpaid obligation that would
			 become a judgment or any judgments must be paid in full prior to
			 closing.
c. Any mortgage lending
			 entity's principal mortgage loan products may be used provided they meet all of
			 the following minimum requirements:
(1) The
			 loan must be a fully amortizing, fixed-rate loan with rate not to exceed Fannie
			 Mae 90-day yield+ 0.125%;
(2) No
			 less than a 15-year, fully amortized, fixed-rate mortgage shall be used;
			 and
(3) No adjustable rate
			 mortgages or balloon payment types of mortgages will be allowed.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 39 - Home Investment Partnerships Program › Rule 265-39.7 - Application Review Criteria

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(1)
			 IFA shall evaluate applications and make funding decisions based on general
			 activity criteria, need, impact, feasibility, and activity administration based
			 upon the specific type of activity to be undertaken. The activity criteria
			 shall be a part of the application. Training will be offered prior to the
			 application deadline to provide information and technical assistance to
			 potential applicants.
(2) Notice of
			 the availability of funding and the funding round requirements will be placed
			 on IFA's Web site at
www.iowafinanceauthority.gov
.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 39 - Home Investment Partnerships Program › Rule 265-39.8 - Allocation of Funds

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(1) IFA
			 may retain up to 10 percent of the state's annual HOME allocation from HUD for
			 administrative costs associated with program implementation and
			 operation.
(2) Not less than 15
			 percent of the state's annual HOME allocation shall be reserved for eligible
			 housing activities developed, sponsored or owned by CHDOs.
(3) Subrecipients shall identify general
			 administrative costs in the HOME application. IFA reserves the right to
			 negotiate the amount of funds provided for general administration, but in no
			 case shall the amount for general administration exceed 10 percent of a total
			 HOME award. Only local government and nonprofit recipients are eligible for
			 general administrative funds. Subrecipients must certify that all general
			 administrative costs reimbursed by HOME funds are separate from and not
			 reimbursed by HOME as technical services costs.
(4) IFA reserves the right to negotiate the
			 amount and terms of a HOME award.
(5) IFA reserves the right to make award
			 decisions such that the state maintains the required level of local match to
			 HOME funds.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 39 - Home Investment Partnerships Program › Rule 265-39.9 - Administration of Awards

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Applicants selected to receive HOME awards shall be notified by
				letter from the IFA executive director or designee. A contract shall be
				executed between the recipient and IFA. These rules, the approved application,
				the IFA HOME Program Guide for the specified activity and all applicable
				federal and state laws and regulations shall be part of the contract.
(1)
Requests for funds.
Recipients shall submit requests for funds in the manner and on forms
			 prescribed by IFA. Adequate and itemized documentation supporting the amount of
			 funds requested shall be provided to and approved by IFA prior to release of
			 funds. For rental projects, IFA may retain up to 10 percent of the total HOME
			 award for up to 30 days after the recipient satisfactorily completes the work,
			 all HOME-assisted units have been initially occupied, and a final draw and
			 completion form has been submitted to and approved by IFA.
(2)
Construction sign.
IFA
			 may require a construction sign meeting specifications outlined by IFA to be
			 erected on the property at the initiation of construction or rehabilitation of
			 rental projects.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 40 - Iowans Helping Iowans Housing Assistance Program › Rule 265-40.1 - Purpose

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This chapter defines and structures the lowans helping lowans
				housing assistance program to aid individuals whose homes, located in parts of
				Iowa declared by the President of the United States to be disaster areas
				eligible for individual assistance, were destroyed or damaged by the natural
				disasters of 2010. Under the program, the authority may grant funds in
				accordance with this chapter to local government participants, including
				certain Iowa councils of governments, cities, and counties. The local
				government participants shall, in turn, loan funds to eligible residents under
				the conditions specified in this chapter to assist those eligible residents in
				purchasing homes generally comparable to those they lived in prior to the
				occurrence of the natural disasters of 2010 and in repairing or rehabilitating
				disaster-affected homes.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 40 - Iowans Helping Iowans Housing Assistance Program › Rule 265-40.3 - Grants to Local Government Participants

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(1)
Allocation; grant
			 agreement.
a.
Initial
			 allocation.
The authority shall make an initial allocation of the
			 funds made available for the program to the local government participants pro
			 rata based on the funds awarded by FEMA under its housing assistance program,
			 preliminary damage assessments completed by the Iowa homeland security and
			 emergency management division, or other factors as may be determined reasonable
			 by the authority to each local government participant's jurisdiction as a
			 percentage of the total amount of funds awarded as a result of the natural
			 disasters of 2010.
b.
Grant agreement.
The authority shall enter into a grant agreement with
			 each local government participant, pursuant to which the authority may disburse
			 funds to the local government participant for the purposes described in this
			 chapter The grant agreement shall be prepared by the authority and may contain
			 such terms and conditions, in addition to those specified in this chapter, as
			 the executive director may deem to be necessary and convenient to the
			 administration of the program and to the efficient and responsible use of the
			 granted funds.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 40 - Iowans Helping Iowans Housing Assistance Program › Rule 265-40.5 - Eligible Uses

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(1)
Forgivable loans.
Local government participants may make
			 forgivable loans, pursuant to the conditions set forth in rule
			 265-40.7
			 (16), to eligible residents for the following eligible uses:
a.
Down payment assistance.
An eligible resident whose disaster-affected home was destroyed or damaged
			 beyond reasonable repair may be provided down payment assistance for the
			 purchase of replacement housing located within the local government
			 participant's jurisdiction, but outside the 100-year flood plain, and, if
			 necessary, for the cost of making reasonable repairs to the home being
			 purchased to make it safe, decent, and habitable. The amount of down payment
			 assistance available to an eligible resident (including any amount allowed for
			 making reasonable repairs to the home being purchased) shall not exceed 25
			 percent of the purchase price of the home being purchased and, in no event,
			 shall the down payment assistance and any amount allowed for repairs
			 collectively exceed $25,000.
(1) For purposes
			 of calculating the amount of down payment assistance available to the eligible
			 resident, the amount of the down payment assistance shall be reduced by the
			 amount of any disaster compensation received by the eligible resident in excess
			 of any amount necessary to pay off a mortgage or real estate purchase contract
			 on the disaster-affected home.
(2)
			 As a condition of receiving down payment assistance, the eligible resident
			 shall agree that any disaster compensation received subsequent to the closing
			 of the forgivable loan, if not applied toward repayment of a mortgage on the
			 disaster-affected home, shall be used by the eligible resident to pay down the
			 balance of the forgivable loan outstanding at the time the eligible resident
			 receives such disaster compensation.
(3) Down payment assistance shall be allowed
			 only for the purchase of a primary residence by means of a fully amortized
			 mortgage loan from a regulated lender featuring a rate of interest that is
			 fixed for at least 5 years and that has a term not to exceed 30
			 years.
(4) Eligible residents who
			 receive down payment assistance under paragraph 40.5(1)
"a "
may not receive the assistance available under paragraph 40.5(1)
"b.
			 "
(5) An eligible
			 resident shall not use the assistance allowed under 40.5(1)
"a"
for the purchase of more than one home.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 40 - Iowans Helping Iowans Housing Assistance Program › Rule 265-40.6 - Loan Terms

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Loans made under the program shall, at a minimum, contain the
				following terms:
(1)
Forgivability.
Forgivable loans made pursuant to the program
			 shall be forgivable over a five-year period. One-fifth of the total principal
			 amount loaned shall be forgiven following each full year the eligible resident
			 owns the home for which the loan was made, beginning on the date of the final
			 disbursement of forgivable loan proceeds.
(2)
Zero percent interest.
Loans made pursuant to the program shall bear no interest.
(3)
Five-year term.
All
			 loans made pursuant to the program shall be for a term of five years.
(4)
Repayment due upon sale of
			 home.
Any principal of a forgivable loan that has not yet been
			 forgiven at the time the home for which the forgivable loan was made is sold by
			 the eligible resident (including property acquisitions) shall be due and
			 payable upon such sale.
(5)
Retention agreement.
Each loan made pursuant to this program
			 shall be secured by a retention agreement which shall constitute a lien on the
			 title of the real property for which the forgivable loan is made until such
			 time as the forgivable loan has either been fully forgiven or paid in full;
			 provided, however, that in the case of a property acquisition under the hazard
			 mitigation grant program set forth in Iowa Code chapter 29C (or under any other
			 comparable program implemented in whole or in part to assist in recovery from
			 the natural disasters of 2010), payment of the following shall be waived:
a. That portion of the repayment due for a
			 down payment assistance loan made under paragraph 40.5(1) "a"; and
b. That portion of the repayment due for a
			 housing repair or rehabilitation assistance loan made under paragraph
			 40.5(1)
"b "
for which the eligible resident provides
			 documentation that the assistance was expended for the purpose for which it was
			 awarded.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 40 - Iowans Helping Iowans Housing Assistance Program › Rule 265-40.7 - Financial Assistance Subject to Availability of Funding

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All financial assistance authorized pursuant to this chapter
				shall be subject to funds being made available to the authority for the
				purposes set forth herein.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.1 - Purpose

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The shelter assistance fund is created to support the costs of
				operations of shelters for the homeless and domestic violence shelters,
				essential services for the homeless, and evaluation and reporting of services
				for the homeless.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.2 - Definitions

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When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
				requires:
"Applicant"
means an eligible provider of
				homeless services which is applying for program funds.
"Domestic violence shelter"
means a homeless
				shelter primarily or exclusively serving clients who are homeless due to
				domestic violence.
"ESG"
means the Emergency Solutions Grant
				Program created pursuant to Title 42 of the U.S. Code (
				42 U.S.C. Section
				11375)  as well as parts of Title 24 of the
				Code of Federal Regulations (24 CFR Part 576).
"HMIS"
means the Homeless Management
				Information System, which is a client-level data collection and management
				system implemented at the community level that allows for better coordination
				among agencies providing services to clients.
"Homeless"
or
"homeless
				individual"
shall have the meaning set forth in 24 CFR Part 91.
"Homeless shelter"
means a facility which
				provides temporary shelter with overnight sleeping accommodations for homeless
				persons and which does not require occupants to sign leases or occupancy
				agreements.
"HUD"
means the U.S. Department of Housing and
				Urban Development.
"IFA"
means the Iowa finance authority.
"Nonprofit organization"
means an
				organization:
1. No part of the net
			 earnings of which inure to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or
			 individual;
2. That has a voluntary
			 board;
3. That has a functioning
			 accounting system or has designated a fiscal agent that will maintain a
			 functioning accounting system for the organization;
4. That practices nondiscrimination in the
			 provision of assistance; and
5.
			 That has registered with the state of Iowa as a nonprofit corporation.
"Program participant"
means any person or
				family who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who seeks assistance
				from a recipient and is provided assistance utilizing SAF funds.
"Recipient"
means any organization to which
				IFA distributes program funds.
"SAF"
means shelter assistance fund according
				to Iowa Code section
				16.41.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.4 - Eligible Activities

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Eligible activities may include the following, where the
				activities are necessary to assist program participants:
1. Normal operating expenses for homeless and
			 domestic violence shelters, including staff salaries, maintenance (including
			 minor or routine repairs), rent, security, fuel, equipment, insurance,
			 utilities, food, furnishings, and supplies necessary for the operation of the
			 shelter. Where no appropriate shelter is available for a homeless family or
			 individual, eligible costs may also include a hotel or motel voucher for that
			 family or individual. Eligible costs may also include the costs of third-party
			 agencies' providing food either to one or more shelters or directly to program
			 participants.
2. Essential services
			 for individuals and families in homeless and domestic violence shelters,
			 including case management, child care, education services, employment
			 assistance and job training, outpatient health services (to the extent that
			 such health services are otherwise unavailable), legal services, life skills
			 training, mental health services (to the extent that such mental health
			 services are otherwise unavailable), substance abuse treatment services (to the
			 extent that such substance abuse treatment is otherwise unavailable), and
			 transportation (transportation that is necessary to provide
			 services).
3. Evaluation of
			 services for the homeless, including the implementation of the HMIS.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.6 - Application Procedures

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IFA shall issue requests for applications periodically, as long
				as funds are available. Requests for applications may combine the ESG program
				with the SAF program. The applications shall be submitted on the forms or
				online system prescribed by IFA. Application requirements, priorities, and
				maximum and minimum grant awards will be established by IFA for each
				competition.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.7 - Application Review Process

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The following procedures will be used in the review of
				applications for most purposes.
(1)
			 Review; threshold criteria; eligible activities.
a. Review of applications. Applications will
			 be reviewed by a panel appointed by IFA. Applications will be reviewed based on
			 priorities established during each competition round. Review criteria include,
			 but are not limited to, program design, applicant experience and capacity,
			 community partnerships and need, performance, and budget and grant
			 management.
b. Threshold criteria.
			 IFA will identify threshold criteria that all programs are required to meet in
			 order to be eligible.
c. Activities
			 eligible during funding cycle. Each competition round will specify which of the
			 total eligible program activities will be supported.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.8 - Matching Contributions

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IFA reserves the right to designate a portion or all of SAF
				funds to be used toward the matching contributions requirement imposed by HUD
				for ESG funds received by the state of Iowa. If SAF funds are designated as ESG
				matching contributions, they may not also be available to meet matching
				requirements of other grant moneys received by recipients. Recipients will be
				informed if SAF funds have been used toward the ESG matching requirement and
				will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the matching requirements of
				other grant programs. The designation of any portion of SAF funds as ESG
				matching contributions does not change the amount, type, or recipient of any
				award; rather, it solely impacts a SAF grantee's potential to use SAF grant
				funds to meet the matching requirements of certain other grant
				programs.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.9 - Funding Awards

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(1)
			 Authorization. The IFA board of directors authorizes funding awards during each
			 application cycle.
(2) Right to
			 negotiate. IFA reserves the right to negotiate the amount of the funding award,
			 the scale of the project, and alternative methods for completing the
			 project.
(3) Special purpose
			 awards. IFA may, at its discretion, make funding awards for evaluation of
			 services for the homeless, including the implementation of the HMIS, apart from
			 the application procedures and application review process for other
			 activities.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.11 - Compliance With Applicable Federal and State Laws and Regulations

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All recipients shall comply with the Iowa Code with respect to
				activities performed under this program. Use of SAF program funds shall comply
				with the following additional requirements.
(1) Nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.
			 All recipients shall comply with the following:
a. The requirements of Title VIII of the
			 Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3601-19 and implementing
			 regulations; Executive Order 11063 and implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part
			 107 (June 1,1999); and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C.
			 Section 2002d) and implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 1 (June 1,
			 1999).
b. Affirmative action
			 requirements as implemented with Executive Orders 11625, 12432, and 12138 which
			 require that every effort be made to solicit the participation of minority and
			 women business enterprises (MBE/WBE) in governmental projects.
c. The prohibitions against discrimination on
			 the basis of age under the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 ( 42 U.S.C. Sections
			 6101-07).
d. The prohibitions
			 against discrimination against disabled individuals under Section 504 of the
			 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 41 - Shelter Assistance Fund › Rule 265-41.12 - Administration

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(1) Contracts. Upon
			 selection of an application for funding, IFA will initiate a contract.
			 Recipients shall remain responsible for adherence to the requirements of the
			 SAF program rules. These rules and applicable federal and state laws and
			 regulations shall be deemed to be part of the contract. Certain activities may
			 require that permits or clearances be obtained from other state agencies before
			 the start of the project. Funding awards may be conditioned upon the timely
			 completion of these requirements.
(2) Record keeping and retention. Financial
			 records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records
			 pertinent to the funded program shall be retained by the recipient and made
			 available to IFA upon request. Proper record retention shall be in accordance
			 with the following:
a. Records for any
			 assisted activity shall be retained for five years after the end of the grant
			 period and, if applicable, until audit procedures are completed and accepted by
			 IFA.
b. Representatives of the
			 state auditor's office and IFA shall have access to all books, accounts,
			 documents, records, and other property belonging to or in use by a recipient
			 pertaining to the receipt of assistance under these rules.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.1 - Purpose

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The Emergency Solutions Grant Program is a federal program of
				the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, designed to assist
				individuals and families to quickly regain stability in permanent housing after
				experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. The Iowa finance authority is
				the recipient and administrator of ESG program funds allocated to the state of
				Iowa.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.2 - Definitions

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When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
				requires:
"Applicant"
means an eligible provider of
				eligible homeless services which is applying for funds through the ESG
				program.
"ESG program"
means the Emergency Solutions
				Grant Program created pursuant to Title 42 of the U.S. Code (
				42 U.S.C. Section
				11375)  as well as parts of Title 24 of the
				Code of Federal Regulations (24 CFR Part 576).
"HMIS"
means the Homeless Management
				Information System, which is a client-level data collection and management
				system implemented at the community level that allows for better coordination
				among agencies providing services to clients.
"Homeless"
or
"homeless
				individual"
shall have the meaning set forth in 24 CFR Part 91.
"HUD"
means the U.S. Department of Housing and
				Urban Development.
"IFA"
means the Iowa finance authority.
"Private, nonprofit organization"
means an
				organization described in Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
				which:
1. Is exempt from taxation
			 under Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code,
2. Has an accounting system and a voluntary
			 board,
3. Practices
			 nondiscrimination in the provision of services to clients, and
4. Has registered with the state of Iowa as a
			 nonprofit corporation.
"SAF"
means the shelter assistance fund, as
				set forth in 265-Chapter 41.
"Subrecipient"
means any private, nonprofit
				organization or city or county government to which IFA distributes ESG program
				funds.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.3 - Eligible Applicants

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City governments, county governments, and private, nonprofit
				organizations are eligible applicants under the ESG program. City or county
				governments may apply on behalf of a nonprofit service provider within their
				jurisdictions when the nonprofit service provider serves homeless and
				near-homeless clients by providing overnight shelter and other services
				eligible under the ESG program as determined by HUD.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.4 - Eligible Activities

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Eligible activities may include only the following:
(1)
Street outreach.
Provision of essential services necessary to reach out to unsheltered homeless
			 people; to connect them with shelter, housing, or critical services; and to
			 provide urgent, non-facility-based care to unsheltered homeless people who are
			 unwilling or unable to access shelter, housing, or an appropriate health
			 facility.
(2)
Shelter.
Provision of essential services to homeless families
			 and individuals in shelters and the operation of shelters.
(3)
Prevention
			 ofhomelessness.
The provision of housing relocation and stabilization
			 services, short- or medium-term rental assistance, or other financial
			 assistance as necessary to prevent an individual or family from experiencing
			 homelessness.
(4)
Rapid
			 re-housing.
The provision of housing relocation and stabilization
			 services, short- or medium-term rental assistance, or other financial
			 assistance as necessary to help an individual or family experiencing
			 homelessness to move as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieve
			 stability in that housing.
(5)
Administrative costs.
A subrecipient may use a portion of a
			 grant received for administrative purposes as determined by IFA. IFA reserves
			 the authority for distribution of administrative funds.
(6)
Homeless Management Information
			 System (HMIS) projects.
IFA may award grants for HMIS implementation
			 to support data collection, reporting, and analysis as long as the total amount
			 of such grants does not exceed 10 percent of the total Emergency Solutions
			 Grant Program allocation. Eligible costs may include equipment, software,
			 services, personnel, space, and operations for HMIS activities. IFA may in its
			 discretion award such a grant, subject to the terms of this subrule, without
			 regard to the application and review provisions of rules
			 265-42.6
			 (16) and
			 265-42.7
			 (16). Subrecipients of grants in support of other eligible activities listed in
			 subrules 42.4(1) to 42.4(4) may also use a portion of such grants to support
			 data collection and reporting using the HMIS or comparable database.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.5 - Ineligible Activities

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As a general rule, any activity that is not authorized under
				the provisions of P.L. 100-628 is ineligible to be carried out with ESG program
				funds.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.6 - Application Procedures

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IFA will issue requests for applications periodically, as long
				as the state expects funding from HUD. Requests for applications may combine
				the ESG program with the SAF program. The application shall be submitted as
				prescribed by IFA. Application requirements, priorities, and maximum and
				minimum grant awards will be established by IFA for each
				competition.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.7 - Application Review Process

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The following procedures will be used in the review of
				applications.
(1) Review; threshold
			 criteria; eligible activities.
a.
Review of applications.
Applications will be reviewed based on
			 priorities established during each competition round, in accordance with the
			 state of Iowa consolidated plan for housing and community development. IFA may
			 utilize a panel to review the applications. Review criteria include, but are
			 not limited to, program design, applicant experience and capacity, community
			 partnerships and need, performance, budget and grant management, program
			 accessibility, program partnerships, the number of persons or households
			 served, and how well the program leverages other resources.
b.
Threshold criteria.
IFA
			 will identify threshold criteria that all programs must meet in order to be
			 eligible.
c.
Activities
			 eligible during funding cycle.
Each competition round will also
			 specify which of the total eligible program activities will be supported during
			 that competition round.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.8 - Matching Requirement

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Each subrecipient of ESG program funds must provide matching
				contributions, according to the requirements of each competition. In
				calculating the amount of matching funds, the following may be included: cash
				contributions expended for allowable costs of the subrecipient for the ESG
				program or noncash contributions, including the value of any real property,
				equipment, goods, or services contributed to the subrecipient's ESG program
				provided that, if the subrecipient had to pay for them with grant funds, the
				costs would have been allowable. IFA may allow an exemption of matching funds
				up to a maximum of $100,000 of the state allocation received from HUD for the
				subrecipients least capable of providing such matching amounts. The
				subrecipient must document its need to participate in this exemption from
				matching requirements and must receive prior approval from IFA before the
				exemption will be effective.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.9 - Funding Awards

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(1)
Awards on behalf of multiple applicants. A
city or county
			 government or nonprofit organization may be designated, at the discretion of
			 IFA, to administer a contract for multiple applicants within a prescribed
			 geographic area.
(2)
Right
			 to negotiate.
IFA reserves the right to negotiate the amount of the
			 funding award, the scale of the project, and alternative methods for completing
			 the project.
(3)
Special
			 purpose awards.
IFA may, at its discretion, award any remaining funds
			 as it sees fit within the ESG program regulations.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.10 - Compliance With Applicable Federal and State Laws and Regulations

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All subrecipients shall comply with the Iowa Code governing
				activities performed under this program and with all applicable provisions of
				the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 and its implementing
				regulations, as well as the revising regulations of the Homeless Emergency
				Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), as defined
				by 24 CFR Part 576. All subrecipients shall also comply with all applicable
				provisions of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and
				Audit Requirements in 2 CFR Part 200.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.11 - Administration

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(1)
Contracts.
Upon selection of an application for funding, IFA
			 will initiate a contract. These rules and applicable federal and state laws and
			 regulations become part of the contract. Certain activities may require that
			 permits or clearances be obtained from other state or federal agencies before
			 the start of the project. Funding awards may be conditioned upon the timely
			 completion of these requirements.
(2)
Record keeping and
			 retention.
Financial records, supporting documents, statistical
			 records, and all other records pertinent to the funded program shall be
			 retained by the subrecipient. Private, nonprofit subrecipients covered through
			 an ESG program contract from a local city or county government or nonprofit
			 organization are responsible for ensuring that pertinent records of their ESG
			 program funds be made available to the administering city or county or
			 nonprofit organization and to IFA upon request. Proper record retention must be
			 in accordance with the following:
a. Records
			 for any assisted activity shall be retained for five years after the end of the
			 grant period and, if applicable, until audit procedures are completed and
			 accepted by IFA.
b. Representatives
			 of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the
			 Inspector General, the General Accounting Office, the state auditor's office,
			 and IFA shall have access to all books, accounts, documents, records, and other
			 property belonging to or in use by a subrecipient pertaining to the receipt of
			 assistance under these rules.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority › Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program › Rule 265-42.12 - Administration

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(1)
Contracts.
Upon selection of an application for funding, IFA
			 will either initiate a contract or authorize another entity to initiate a
			 contract on IFA's behalf If a local city or county government or a nonprofit
			 organization is designated as the recipient, the subrecipients covered through
			 the contract shall remain responsible for adherence to the requirements of the
			 ESG program, including the federal ESG program rules and the state program
			 rules as set forth herein. These rules and applicable federal and state laws
			 and regulations become part of the contract. Certain activities may require
			 that permits or clearances be obtained from other state or federal agencies
			 before the start of the project. Funding awards may be conditioned upon the
			 timely completion of these requirements.
(2)
Record keeping and
			 retention.
Financial records, supporting documents, statistical
			 records, and all other records pertinent to the funded program shall be
			 retained by the recipient and the subrecipient. Private, nonprofit recipients
			 and subrecipients covered through an ESG program contract from a local city or
			 coimty government or nonprofit organization are responsible for ensuring that
			 pertinent records of their ESG program funds be made available to the
			 administering city or county or nonprofit organization and to IFA upon request.
			 Proper record retention must be in accordance with the following:
a. Records for any assisted activity shall be
			 retained for five years after the end of the grant period and, if applicable,
			 until audit procedures are completed and accepted by IFA.
b. Representatives of the Secretary of the
			 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Inspector General, the
			 General Accounting Office, the state auditor's office, and IFA shall have
			 access to all books, accounts, documents, records, and other property belonging
			 to or in use by a recipient or subrecipient pertaining to the receipt of
			 assistance under these rules.