Texas Administrative Code › Title 4 - AGRICULTURE › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 30 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter A - TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM › Division 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 30.6 - Application Threshold Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No.
					 28; July 12, 2024
To be eligible to receive funding under the TxCDBG
						Program, an applicant must meet the following criteria:
(1) Grant administration. Demonstrate the
					 ability to manage and administer the proposed project. The Department may
					 consider the applicant's past performance and completion of previously awarded
					 TxCDBG contracts, outstanding compliance and/or audit findings, and history of
					 actively working with the Department to resolve any outstanding audit,
					 monitoring, and/or reporting issues identified by the Department.
(2) Financial capacity. Demonstrate the
					 financial management capacity to sustain operation and maintenance of any
					 improvements made in conjunction with the proposed project. Applications for
					 TxCDBG funding must demonstrate financial capacity through compliance with the
					 audit requirements in the Texas Local Government Code, as described in the
					 RFA.
(3) Proposed benefits.
					 Demonstrate the ability to meet all proposed benefits identified in the
					 application, including job creation if applicable.
(4) Levy and collect tax. Levy and collect a
					 local property tax or local sales tax option.
(5) Open TxCDBG grants. If applicable, an
					 applicant that has an open or pending TxCDBG grant must meet progress threshold
					 requirements specified by the Department in the RFA and/or current TxCDBG
					 action plan, including thresholds to obligate at least 50% of grant funding and
					 to complete closeout reporting, as applicable.
(6) Single Audits. Communities are required
					 to comply with all federal single audit requirements, as described in the
					 TxCDBG Project Implementation Manual, regardless of whether the required
					 compliance is based on received funds other than TxCDBG awards. If applicable,
					 an applicant must submit any past due audits to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse
					 within the timeframes prescribed by the Department.
(A) One delinquent audit. If the applicant
					 meets threshold requirements for funding and has only one federal single audit
					 delinquency, the Department will withhold the issuance of a grant award or
					 grant agreement until it receives a satisfactory audit from the applicant. If
					 the Department does not receive the applicant's delinquent audit within ninety
					 (90) days after the application deadline, the application will be considered
					 withdrawn by the applicant.
(B)
					 Multiple delinquent audits. An applicant with more than one delinquent federal
					 single audit is ineligible to participate in the TxCDBG Program.
(C) Delinquency of five years or more. An
					 applicant that has been delinquent in meeting federal single audit requirements
					 or that has failed to submit a required single audit for five years or more is
					 ineligible to participate in the TxCDBG Program for a period of five years.
					 After the five-year ineligibility period, the applicant may re-establish
					 eligibility by following the program eligibility process described in Policy
					 Issuance 12-01 or the TxCDBG Project Implementation Manual.