Section Cdfa 306.01 - Administrative Requirements(a) Each application shall be submitted under either the housing or the public facilities subcategory.(b) Where 2 or more types of activities are proposed, the application shall be submitted and scored in the subcategory which reflects the principal activity and for which at least a majority of the funds have been requested. Supporting activities shall support and be incidental to the principal activity.(c) If an application contains more than one activity the low and moderate income benefit shall be calculated on the project as a whole. Total activities shall equal at least a 51 percent low and moderate benefit, but individual activities shall at least meet one of the national objectives listed in 42 U.S.C. 5304(b) of the federal act.(d) Municipalities may apply for and receive one or more community development and emergency grants for each federal fiscal year in which funding is available.(e) A single municipality may apply or municipalities may apply for CDBG grants jointly, subject to the following annual funding limits and requirements:(1) CDBG funds awarded to a municipality shall not exceed $500,000 for one year grant(s);(2) Any combination of municipalities, facing a common or regional problem which either requires their cooperation or where cooperation shall be more efficient, may jointly apply for a community development grant; and(3) The funding amounts for which municipalities apply in a regular funding competition shall not exceed the municipalities' available annual funding limit.(f) In order for municipalities to jointly apply for CDBG grants each municipality shall: (1) Hold at least one public hearing on the proposed project in accordance with RSA 162-L:14;(2) Obtain local government authority to apply and to undertake the proposed activities pursuant to: a.RSA 23 if a municipality;c.RSA 53 if an unincorporated area;(3) Determine which one of the entities shall accept complete financial and administrative responsibility;(4) Clearly state in the application the rights and responsibilities of each entity;(5) Execute an intergovernmental agreement(s) pursuant to RSA 53-A with all of the entities; and(6) If applicable, undertake anything else which is necessary or desirable depending on the entities and the location, nature and circumstances of each activity or project.(g) The maximum funding available for a joint application shall be the same as for an individual applicant.(h) Grant funds requested shall be sufficient, either alone or in combination with funds from other sources, to complete the project within the grant period. The applicant shall identify the sources and amounts of other funds.(i) Grants shall be designed and implemented in an 18-month period.(j) Grantee administrative costs shall not exceed 15 percent of the grant funds awarded with the following restrictions:(1) Eligibility of such costs shall be determined using the administrative cost principles and standards established by OMB and published in OMB Circular A-87;(2) The salary for a housing rehabilitation specialist shall not be considered an administrative cost;(3) Consultant fees for writing grant applications shall be allowable for up to $4,000 per application;(4) Municipalities that write their own applications shall be eligible to receive up to $4,000 per application based on actual documented costs; and(5) Subrecipients shall not be eligible to receive any grant funds for application writing.(k) Municipalities shall submit 3 copies of their community development application(s) no later than the last Monday in January or the last Monday in July of each year.(l) Only information received before the close of business on the application deadline dates of (k) shall be considered in the scoring process with the exception that if the authority staff requests specific data to verify the information in the application, such information shall be considered.(m) Municipalities shall include letter(s) of commitment, surveys and all other documentation supporting or verifying information in the application.N.H. Admin. Code § Cdfa 306.01
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Cdfa 300) #8387, eff 6-29-05