The department of human services shall administer the emergency housing assistance program in accordance with the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance corporation rules and regulations and contracts with community action program agencies, as those rules and regulations may be currently in force and effect. In so far as the board of directors may authorize funds for the support of this program, the receipt of those funds shall be deposited as general revenues and appropriated to the department of human services for the support of the program.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-55-22.3