Section 441.153.4. Service availability.

       153.4(1) A client shall apply for services in the appropriate office of the Iowa department of human services.

        a.           The department shall determine eligibility according to 441—130.3(234).

        b.           The department shall develop a case plan to monitor the client’s progress toward achieving goals as identified in 441—130.7(234).

       153.4(2) An eligible client shall receive a service for which the client is eligible, subject to the provisions of 441—Chapter 130, when the service is listed in the geographic area in which the client resides. The geographic area for direct and state purchase is the state.

       153.4(3) To the extent federal law prohibits use of federal funds for provision of social service block grant services to persons the department has defined as eligible, state funds shall be used to pay for these services.