265—14.1 (16) General. The homeless shelter assistance program provides grants for the construction, rehabilitation or expansion of group shelter facilities serving the homeless. Grant requests will be submitted by eligible applicants, and funding decisions will be made by the authority board of directors after application review and recommendations by authority staff. Upon board approval of a grant request, the authority and the applicant will enter into a contract for the grant to ensure program compliance. The authority shall coordinate funding under the program with related funding programs administered by the department of economic development.