441—47.8 (239B) Funding and method of payment. The division administrator may immediately discontinue the FIP diversion program if funding is reduced, exhausted, eliminated, or otherwise encumbered.
	 47.8(1) Priority of assistance. To ensure equitable treatment, applications for FIP diversion assistance shall be approved on a first-come, first-served basis until all funds have been depleted. “First-come, first-served” is determined by the date the application is approved for payment and entered into the diversion computer system.
	 47.8(2) Partial payment. Because funds are limited, applications may be approved for less than the amount requested. Payment cannot be approved beyond the amount of funds available.
	 47.8(3) Reserved funds. A portion of yearly FIP diversion funds not to exceed 10.6 percent of the total FIP diversion allocation shall be reserved for:
	  a.   	 Administrative costs; and
	  b.   	 Final appeal decisions reversing the department’s denial that are received after funds for the program have been exhausted.
	 47.8(4) Untimely applications. FIP diversion applications received after the program is discontinued for the year and more than five working days before the program begins again the next fiscal year shall be denied.