Section 641.72.3. Level of funding.

       72.3(1) The department shall develop a formula to allocate funding to approved programs. In the development of the formula, the department shall consider factors that affect the burden of childhood lead poisoning in a geographic area including, but not limited to, the number of children under the age of six years, the percentage of housing built before 1950, the percentage of children in poverty, and the demonstrated prevalence of childhood lead poisoning in the geographic area to be served.

       72.3(2) The department shall allocate state funds appropriated to the department for this program according to this formula. Federal funds available to the department for local childhood lead poisoning prevention programs shall be allocated to approved programs according to this formula unless a different method is mandated by the federal agency providing the funding.

       72.3(3) The approved program shall provide one dollar for every three dollars of state funding awarded for each of the first two years of funding and then one dollar for each dollar of state funding awarded for the third and subsequent years of funding. Local contributions may be in the form of in-kind matching.

       72.3(4) Matching requirements for federal funding allocated to approved programs shall be as mandated by the federal agency providing the funding.

       72.3(5) On January 1, April 1, and June 1 of each year, the department shall ask each approved program to estimate the amount of funds that the approved program will not use. The department may allocate these funds to approved programs with demonstrated special needs for childhood lead poisoning prevention services.