1. (a) Funds available to the Commission to provide Choices services will be allocated to the workforce areas using a need-based formula, in order to meet state and federal requirements, as set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

2. (b) At least 80% of the Choices funds, excluding Investment in Long-Term Success for TANF recipients components, will be allocated to the workforce areas on the basis of:

   1. (1) the relative proportion of the total number of two-parent families with Choices work requirements residing within the workforce area to the statewide total number of two-parent families with Choices work requirements, and
   2. (2) the relative proportion of the total number of single-parent families with Choices work requirements residing within the workforce area to the statewide total of single-parent families with Choices work requirements.
   3. (3) Funding will be divided between paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection based on the need to meet federal participation rates for both the two-parent families and all families, as required by federal law.
3. (c) No more than 10% of Choices funds expended as part of a workforce area's allocation shall be used for administrative costs, as defined by the appropriate federal regulations and Commission policy.

Source Note:The provisions of this §800.53 adopted to be effective August 27, 1997, 22 TexReg 8057; amended to be effective January 3, 2001, 25 TexReg 13005.