Section 427.24.2. Definitions.

For the purpose of these rules, unless otherwise defined, the following shall govern:

“CAA” means community action agency.

“Community action agency” shall mean any organization which was officially recognized as a community action agency or a community action program under the provision of Public Law 97-35, Subtitle B, Section 673(l), and Iowa Code section 216A.91.

“CSBG” shall mean the community services block grant program.

“DCAA” means the division of community action agencies of the state department of human rights.

“Directly affected by the flood disaster” means there is a primary relationship between the flood and the problem being addressed with program funds. For example, persons whose homes, automobiles, jobs, or businesses were directly and negatively impacted could be assisted if otherwise eligible.

“FEMA” shall mean the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“Poverty level” means the official poverty line established by the director of the federal Office of Management and Budget. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services revises the poverty line annually and this poverty line multiplied by 125 percent shall be used as a criterion of eligibility in the community services block grant flood relief program.

“Suspension” means temporary withdrawal of the CAA’s authority to obligate funds pending corrective action by the CAA.

“Termination” means permanent withdrawal of the CAA’s authority to obligate funds before that authority would otherwise expire. If a CAA’s authority to obligate funds is terminated, no funds may be obligated by the CAA after the effective date of the termination. It may also mean the voluntary relinquishment of this authority by the CAA.