To be eligible to receive funding under the TxCDBG Program,
an applicant must meet the following criteria:
(1) Grant administration. Demonstrate the ability to
manage and administer the proposed project. The Department may consider
the applicant's past performance and completion of previously awarded
TxCDBG contracts, outstanding compliance and/or audit findings, and
history of actively working with the Department to resolve any outstanding
audit, monitoring, and/or reporting issues identified by the Department.
(2) Financial capacity. Demonstrate the financial management
capacity to sustain operation and maintenance of any improvements
made in conjunction with the proposed project. Applications for TxCDBG
funding must demonstrate financial capacity through compliance with
the audit requirements in the Texas Local Government Code, as described
in the RFA.
(3) Proposed benefits. Demonstrate the ability to meet
all proposed benefits identified in the application, including job
creation if applicable.
(4) Levy and collect tax. Levy and collect a local
property tax or local sales tax option.
(5) Open TxCDBG grants. If applicable, an applicant
that has an open or pending TxCDBG grant must meet progress threshold
requirements specified by the Department in the RFA and/or current
TxCDBG action plan, including thresholds to obligate at least 50%
of grant funding and to complete closeout reporting, as applicable.
(6) Single Audits. Communities are required to comply
with all federal single audit requirements, as described in the TxCDBG
Project Implementation Manual, regardless of whether the required
compliance is based on received funds other than TxCDBG awards. If
applicable, an applicant must submit any past due audits to the Federal
Audit Clearinghouse within the timeframes prescribed by the Department.
(A) One delinquent audit. If the applicant meets threshold
requirements for funding and has only one federal single audit delinquency,
the Department will withhold the issuance of a grant award or grant
agreement until it receives a satisfactory audit from the applicant.
If the Department does not receive the applicant's delinquent audit
within ninety (90) days after the application deadline, the application
will be considered withdrawn by the applicant.
(B) Multiple delinquent audits. An applicant with more
than one delinquent federal single audit is ineligible to participate
in the TxCDBG Program.
(C) Delinquency of five years or more. An applicant
that has been delinquent in meeting federal single audit requirements
or that has failed to submit a required single audit for five years
or more is ineligible to participate in the TxCDBG Program for a period
of five years. After the five-year ineligibility period, the applicant
may re-establish eligibility by following the program eligibility
process described in Policy Issuance 12-01 or the TxCDBG Project Implementation
Manual.
(7) Other application requirements. Other threshold
requirements relevant to a particular grant program may be included
in the RFA.
|
