17—5.6 (231) State appropriations and case management allotments.
	 5.6(1) Elderly services. All state elderly services funds appropriated to the department, excluding those otherwise specifically identified in the appropriation, shall be allocated to AAA on the basis of persons aged 60 and older and minority persons aged 60 and older and double-weighted for persons aged 60 and older at or below the poverty level of income in the AAA planning and service area. Elderly services funds set aside for the case management program for the frail elderly shall be allocated on the basis of a $45,000 block grant per AAA with the balance of funds allocated on the AAA’s proportion of persons aged 60 and older.
	 5.6(2) Senior living program. The department shall allocate funds received from the senior living trust established in Iowa Code section 249H.4 to each AAA by utilizing, at a minimum, a formula that:
	  a.   	 Shall triple-weight all of the following:
	 (1) 	 Individuals aged 75 and older.
	 (2) 	 Individuals aged 60 and older who are members of a racial minority.
	 (3) 	 Individuals aged 60 and older who reside in rural areas.
	 (4) 	 Individuals aged 60 and older who have incomes at or below the official poverty guideline as defined each year by the federal Office of Management and Budget and adjusted by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
	  b.   	 Shall single-weight for individuals aged 60 and older.
The department shall use the best available population data based on United States census reports to calculate allotments under this subrule.
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