The Department's financial participation in the Program shall be subject to available funding. Grant funds shall be allocated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these regulations, and the Department may give priority to applications on behalf of existing circuits. The Department shall request, in writing, applications from existing circuits each fiscal year in accordance with the procedures set forth in Regulation .07 of this chapter. The written request from the Department may contain a deadline for submission of applications by existing circuits as well as a proposed grant amount for all existing circuits. The procedures for grants to proposed circuits shall be made in accordance with the provisions in Regulation .07 of this chapter.