10A NCAC 97E .0106. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

(a)  Ninety‑five percent of the funds allocated under the Emergency Community Services Homeless Grant Program will be used to make grants to those community action agencies as defined in (1) of Rule .0104 of this Subchapter.  The amount of funds allocated to each eligible agency shall be based on the following method of distribution:  Funds shall be allocated based on the ratio (percentage) of persons in poverty in the county (counties) served by the eligible agency compared to the total area (counties) served by all eligible agencies.  Persons in poverty is defined as the number of persons who fall below the poverty threshold established by the Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.  The number of persons in poverty will be based on the most recent available census data.

(b)  Five percent of the funds allocated under the Emergency Community Services Homeless Grant Program will be used to make a grant to the statewide organization serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers as defined in (2) of Rule .0104 of this Subchapter.

 

History Note:        Authority P.L. 100‑77; G.S. 143B‑10; 143B‑276; 143B‑277;

Temporary Rule Eff. December 14, 1987 for a Period of 180 Days to Expire on June 11, 1988;

Eff. June 1, 1988.