Rule 70.201 - Appropriation and allocation of fundsPursuant to the authority granted in Iowa Code chapters 232 and 602 and the annual appropriations acts, the judicial branch, represented by the state court administrator, the director of juvenile court services, and the chief juvenile court officers, are each charged with specific responsibilities for funding, administering, and ensuring the provision of juvenile court services directed programs.
70.201(1) The funds shall be appropriated to the judicial branch for allocation by the state court administrator and the director of juvenile court services for the payment of the expenses of juvenile court services directed programs, including administration of these services.a. The state court administrator and director of juvenile court services shall base the allocation of each district's respective portion of funds on the statewide population of children as reported in current census data.b. The source of the census data shall be determined and agreed upon by the state court administrator and the director of juvenile court services.70.201(2) State court administration shall allocate a set-aside amount up to, but not to exceed, 20 percent of the total appropriation for early intervention and follow-up programs/graduated sanctions services for state court administration to pay the administrative costs related to administering these allocated funds.70.201(3) The annual budget tracking form, with estimated or actual transfers outside the judicial branch, shall be updated a minimum of twice annually.70.201(4) The ongoing budget tracking form shall be updated monthly for all obligated costs and expenditures by the end of the succeeding month.Iowa. R. Juv. Ct. Serv. Direct. Prog. 70.201
Court Order December 2, 2022, effective 7/1/2023.