Section 30.5 - Application Process(a) Subject to available funding, the Department will issue a RFA for current TxCDBG programs. The RFA shall be publicly available through the Department's website.(b) The RFA, at a minimum, will provide the following information:(1) eligibility requirements for the particular grant program;(2) the maximum and minimum amount of individual grants;(3) any limitations on the type of eligible applicants;(4) limits, if any, on the number of grant applications that may be submitted by an applicant for a particular grant program;(5) filing instructions and the deadline for the submission of applications;(6) any match requirements;(7) program objectives and guidelines for proposed projects;(8) evaluation and award criteria, including guidance regarding the range of possible scores or points to be awarded to each of the selection criteria and any special factors to be evaluated in assigning points under the selection criteria;(9) any prohibitions on the use of grant funds; and(10) Department contact information.(c) The application submitted to the Department must be:(2) received by the deadline in the manner stated in the RFA; and(3) certified by an authorized individual.(d) Once the application is filed, it will be initially screened for completeness and eligibility, and if complete and eligible it will be evaluated and reviewed, and a grant decision will be made.(e) Providing false information, knowingly or unknowingly, on a grant application may cause an application to be denied or cause the grant agreement, once awarded, to be terminated.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 30.5
The provisions of this §30.5 adopted to be effective December 23, 1991, 16 TexReg 7008; amended to be effective September 11, 1992, 17 TexReg 5951; amended to be effective October 13, 1993, 18 TexReg 6641; amended to be effective October 31, 1994, 19 TexReg 8107; amended to be effective July 30, 1996, 21 TexReg 6779; amended to be effective August 5, 1997, 22 TexReg 6937; transferred effective October 31, 2001, as published in the Texas Register August 2, 2002, 27 TexReg 6835; amended to be effective January 26, 2003, 28 TexReg 537; amended to be effective May 4, 2003, 28 TexReg 3712; amended to be effective May 4, 2004, 29TexReg4144;amended to be effective March 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 829; amended to be effective September 11, 2011, 36 TexReg 5676; transferred effective October 1, 2011, as published in the Texas Register December 23, 2011, 36 TexReg 9011; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 52, December 26, 2014, TexReg 10401, eff. 1/1/2015; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 34, August 26, 2022, TexReg 5099, eff. 8/28/2022