N.Y. Social Services Law § 410-v: Allocation of block grant funds

§ 410-v. Allocation of block grant funds. 1. The part of the block

that is determined to be available to social services districts for

child care assistance shall be apportioned among the social services

districts by the department according to an allocation plan developed by

the department and approved by the director of the budget. The

allocation plan shall be based, at least in part, on historical costs

and on the availability and cost of, and the need for, child care

assistance in each social services district. Annual allocations shall

be made on a federal fiscal year basis.

2. Reimbursement under the block grant to a social services district

for its expenditures for child care assistance shall be available for

seventy-five percent of the district's expenditures for child care

assistance provided to those families in receipt of public assistance

which are eligible for child care assistance under this title and for

one hundred percent of the social services district's expenditures for

other eligible families; provided, however, that such reimbursement

shall be limited to the social services district's annual state block

grant allocation.

3. Any portion of a social services district's block grant allocation

for a particular federal fiscal year that is not claimed by such

district during that federal fiscal year shall be added to that social

services district's block grant allocation for the next federal fiscal

year.

4. Any claims for child care assistance made by a social services

district for services that occurred from October first, nineteen hundred

ninety-six through September thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-seven,

other than claims made under title XX of the federal social security

act, shall be counted against the social services district's first block

grant allocation.