New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 1 - NATURAL RESOURCES GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 10 - COMMUNITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY DEVELOPMENT (CEED) PROGRAM › Section 19.1.10.12 - TYPE ONE PROJECTS: APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INDIAN NATION, TRIBE, OR PUEBLO; COUNTY; MUNICIPALITY; OR THE NEW MEXICO MORTGAGE FINANCE AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Applications for CEED Program type one project grant funding
				  shall include the following sections:
A.
Applicant contact
				information.
This section identifies the full legal name and address of
				the applicant entity, and the name, title, telephone number, and e-mail address
				for the person(s) authorized to negotiate a contract on behalf of the entity.
				Identify names, titles, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of person(s) to
				be contacted for clarification.
B.
Project description.
This section of the application shall clearly
				describe the community energy efficiency project that is being proposed, the
				selected geographic areas or property addresses where the project will take
				place, data detailing the justification for selection, how the project would
				support infrastructure improvements for affordable housing, and how the project
				would provide energy efficiency improvements to residential buildings in an
				underserved community.
C.
Community description.
This section of the application shall
				clearly identify the targeted underserved community and describe the
				energy-related needs of the community and the benefits this community would
				receive if the proposed project was implemented.
D.
Participant eligibility
				requirements.
Applicants shall demonstrate the ability to determine
				which participant households within the proposed community meet the eligibility
				criteria. Applicants are responsible for determining if and certifying that a
				household is eligible for this program. Applicants must certify that the
				households receiving services have been verified for eligibility prior to the
				commencement of project work. The division reserves the right to audit project
				eligibility at the discretion of the division. Eligible households include:
(1) residential housing units occupied by
				low-income individuals, couples, or families whose annual household adjusted
				gross income, as defined in section 62 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of
				1986, as amended or renumbered, does not exceed two hundred percent of the
				federal poverty level, within an underserved community; or
(2) residential housing units within an
				underserved community that otherwise meet the criteria for housing that is
				affordable to low-income persons,
(3) low income verified by the applicant by
				any of the following methods:
(a) Direct
				income verification by the most recent tax returns of the household.
(b) Eligibility is assumed if, within five
				years of household application:
(i) person(s)
				within the household receives federal or state disability assistance;
(ii) person(s) within the household receives
				SNAP food benefits;
(iii) person(s)
				within the household receives TANF temporary assistance benefits;
(iv) person(s) within the household receives
				medicaid or children's health insurance program benefits;
(v) person(s) within the household
				participates in a utility low-to-moderate income program.
(c) Affordable housing verification can be
				evidenced by the fact that the resident receives low-income housing benefits or
				by mortgage or rental agreement.
(d) Other methods of eligibility must be
				approved by the division prior to application submission.