Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 265 - Iowa Finance Authority
Chapter 42 - Emergency Solutions Grant Program
Rule 265-42.4 - Eligible Activities
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
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.
