Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. The provisions of these regulations apply
to applicants for grants under the Act.
B. Alternative Public Building. State funds
may be used to acquire an existing building or part of a building for use as an
adult day care center, or to plan, design, and construct an adult day care
center, only if the local government and the Department certify to the Board of
Public Works that a surplus school building or other public building
appropriate for use as an adult day care center does not exist in the area
where it is desired to locate a center.
C. Use of Federal Grants. Any federal grants
available for a project shall be applied first to the cost of the project,
before a State grant is expended.
D. Community Development Block Grants.
Community development block grants are considered as local matching funds and
are not considered as federal grant funds.
E. Limits on State Grant.
(1) For a project without federal
participation, a State grant may not be more than:
(a) 50 percent of eligible costs, unless the
project is approved for poverty funding; or
(b) 75 percent of eligible costs, if a
project is approved for poverty funding.
(2) For a project with federal participation,
a State grant may not be more than:
(a) 50
percent of the eligible costs remaining after the federal grant has been
applied, unless the project is approved for poverty funding; or
(b) 75 percent of eligible costs remaining
after the federal grant has been applied, if a project is approved for poverty
funding.
(3) An
applicant is not eligible for retroactive participation in the cost of
acquisition, construction, renovation, or purchase of equipment.
(4) The grant shall include only those
expenditures incurred or contracted for after the grant award is approved by
the Board of Public Works, except as provided in §G of this
regulation.
F. Poverty
Fundings. An applicant is eligible for poverty funding for a facility if the
majority of individuals served by the facility:
(1) Are certified by a local department of
social services as eligible for General Public Assistance or Medical
Assistance;
(2) Are eligible for
Supplemental Security Income benefits; or
(3) Have income levels which do not exceed
150 percent of the federal poverty level.
G. Application Costs.
(1) An applicant shall pay the costs
necessary to file the application, such as the costs for appraisals,
architects' fees, surveys, and test borings.
(2) If the project is recommended for funding
by the Department, the Department shall review the costs expended under
§G(1) of this regulation and may recommend those costs to the Board of
Public Works for inclusion in the grant award.
H. Matching Funds.
(1) The applicant shall provide from other
sources matching funds equal to the total eligible cost of the project less the
State grant award.
(2) An applicant
may not expend matching funds before the State grant award, unless the Board of
Public Works approves otherwise.
(3) The Department may not consider real or
personal property, in-kind contributions, or, unless approved by the Board of
Public Works under §H(2) of this regulation, funds expended before the
date a grant award is approved by the Board of Public Works as matching
funds.
I. Prohibition
Against Use of Funds for Religious Purposes.
(1) A grantee may not use any portion of the
proceeds of a State grant:
(a) For the
furtherance of sectarian religious instruction; or
(b) In connection with the design,
acquisition, or construction of any building used, or to be used, as a place of
sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in connection with any program
or department of divinity for any religious denomination.
(2) Upon the request of the Board of Public
Works, the grantee shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of
the proceeds of the grant has been, or is being, used for a purpose prohibited
by the Act.
