1. (a) No area agency on aging may use more than ten percent (10%) of its award to provide Title III-E services to grandparents and older individuals who are relative caregivers of minors.

2. (b)

   1. (1) No area agency on aging may budget and/or expend more than twenty percent (20%) of its federal award to provide supplemental services.
   2. (2) Supplemental services are flexible enhancements to caregiver support programs designed for the benefits of caregivers.
3. (c) No area agency on aging may use more than ten percent (10%) of its award for administrative costs.
4. (d) Area agencies on aging are not allowed to transfer funds between Title III-E and any other titles in the Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq.
5. (e) The current Intrastate Funding Formula will be used to distribute Title III-E funds.

6. (f)

   1. (1) The intent of the Title III-E maintenance of effort provision in Section 374 of the Older Americans Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3030s-2, is that states and area agencies on aging do not use the funds available under Title III-E to supplement existing services.
   2. (2) Title III-E funds must be spent in addition to, and shall not supplant, any federal, state, or local funds expended by an area agency on aging to fund services described in this subpart provided prior to the date of enactment of Part E, effective November 12, 2000.
7. (g) State Aging Services may be used to match the Title III-E funds.
8. (h) All Older Americans Act requirements, regarding program income, apply to Part E services.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “1-1-17”