La. Admin. Code tit. 67 § VII-1709

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VII-1709 - Establishment of Community Rehabilitation Program Facilities

A. Federal financial participation is available in expenditures for the establishment, development, or improvement of a public or nonprofit community rehabilitation program for the following types of expenditures.

1. The establishment, development, or improvement of a public or nonprofit community rehabilitation program.

2. Staffing, if necessary to establish, develop, or improve a community rehabilitation program for a maximum period of four years, with federal financial participation available at the applicable matching rate for the following levels of staffing costs:

a. 100 percent of staffing costs for the first year;

b. 75 percent of staffing costs the second year;

c. 60 percent of staffing costs the third year; and

d. 45 percent of staffing costs the fourth year.

3. Other start-up expenditures related to the establishment, development, or improvement of a community rehabilitation program that are necessary to make the program functional or increase its effectiveness not including operating expenditures of the program.

B. Federal financial participation is available in expenditures for the establishment of a facility for community rehabilitation program purposes for the following types of expenditures:

1. the acquisition of an existing building, and if necessary the land in connection with the acquisition, if the building has been completed in all respects for at least one year prior to the date of acquisition and the federal share of the cost of the acquisition is not more than $300,000;

2. the remodeling or alteration of an existing building, provided the estimated cost of remodeling or alteration does not exceed the appraised value of the existing building;

3. the expansion of an existing building, provided that:

a. the existing building is complete in all respects;

b. the total size in square footage of the expanded building, notwithstanding the number of expansions, is not greater than twice the size of the existing building;

c. the expansion is joined structurally to the existing building and does not constitute a separate building; and

d. the costs of the expansion do not exceed the appraised value of the existing building;

4. architect's fees, site survey, and soil investigation, if necessary in connection with the acquisition, remodeling, alteration, or expansion of an existing building; or

5. the acquisition of fixed or movable equipment, including the costs of installation of the equipment, if necessary to establish, develop, or improve a community rehabilitation program.

C. Funds made available to a private nonprofit agency for the establishment of a rehabilitation facility must be expended by that agency in accordance with procedures and standards equivalent to those of the state unit in making direct expenditures for similar purposes.

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § VII-1709

Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of Rehabilitation Services, LR 21:584 (June 1995).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:664.6 and R.S. 36.477.