Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 421 - Human Rights Department › Chapter 31 - Juvenile Justice Youth Development Program › Rule 421-31.5 - Formula-based Allocations

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(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.