(a) Funds available to the Commission to provide Project Reintegration of Offenders (Project RIO) services shall be allocated to workforce areas using a need-based formula, as set forth in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) At least 80 percent of the Project RIO funds will be allocated to workforce areas on the basis of:
  (1) the relative proportion of the total unduplicated number of parolees residing within the workforce area during the most recent calendar year to the statewide total unduplicated number of parolees;
  (2) an equal base amount; and
  (3) the application of a hold harmless/stop gain procedure.
(c) No more than 10 percent of the funds expended as part of a workforce area's allocation shall be used for administrative costs, as defined by federal regulations and Commission policy.

Source Note: The provisions of this §800.65 adopted to be effective August 23, 2004, 29 TexReg 8148; amended to be effective February 7, 2011, 36 TexReg 592