Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 151 - Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Community Partnership Initiative › Rule 641-151.7 - Distribution of Funding

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
			 Applications submitted in accordance with these rules will be evaluated by the
			 administrator of the division of tobacco use prevention and control, or the
			 administrator's designee, to determine whether the application meets the
			 requirements for funding as designated in these rules. The administrator or
			 designee may request additional information from any applicant regarding the
			 content of the application and may condition funding based on an applicant's
			 submission of additional information or based on an applicant's willingness to
			 change any term of the application, including geographic boundaries of the
			 community partnership area.
(2) The
			 department in consultation with the commission shall allocate funding to the
			 community partnerships from the total moneys appropriated to the tobacco use
			 prevention and control initiative. If sufficient funds are available, the
			 department shall distribute the funding allocated to the community partnerships
			 in accordance with this rule.
(3)
			 The department shall fund one community partnership per community partnership
			 area. Funds shall be distributed equitably among the state's community
			 partnership areas based on general population, school-age population, and
			 designation of county or counties which comprise the community partnership area
			 as a rural county or an urban county as defined by the Office of Management and
			 Budget. Available funds will be distributed under the following formulas, using
			 United States Census Bureau annual population estimates:
Rural counties:
$.84 per school-age youth plus an additional $.84 per
				non-school-age county resident
Urban counties:
$.52 per school-age youth plus an additional $.52 per
				non-school-age county resident; provided that application of the funding
				formula results in distribution to a community partnership of a minimum amount
				per county included in each community partnership area as determined annually
				by the department in consultation with the commission.
If application of the funding formula would result in
				distribution of less than the minimum established amount, the department shall
				distribute to such community partnership no less than the minimum established
				amount per county included in the community partnership area.
As sufficient funds become available, the department in
				consultation with the commission may also distribute to community partnerships
				funds for special or pilot projects within a community partnership area.
(4) Funding received by a
			 community partnership shall be matched on a one-to-four basis. The match may
			 include in-kind services, office support, or other tangible support or offset
			 of costs.
Any offers to assist the applicant in reaching the match must
				be disclosed to the department in writing. In regard to any cash offers that
				are declined, the applicant must disclose reasons and rationale as to why these
				offers were declined.
(5)
			 Prior to receiving funding, a community partnership shall be required to
			 execute a contract with the department.
(6) Funding may be denied on grounds
			 including, but not limited to:
a. Applications
			 from more than one entity have been received covering the same, or portions of
			 the same, geographic area and another application more closely satisfies
			 application criteria.
b. The
			 application is incomplete, untimely, or includes misleading or inaccurate
			 information.
c. Program funds are
			 no longer available.
d. Local
			 matching funds, services, or support is not available.
e. The applicant refuses to execute a
			 contract with the department.
f.
			 The applicant fails to comply with the statute or administrative rules
			 governing this program.