Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Reimbursement
for federally reimbursed aid to dependent children shall be claimed on
schedules and formats prescribed by the department and in accordance with
instructions of the department. Any amounts for reimbursement which may be
claimed as federally reimbursed aid to dependent children must be claimed in a
manner that results in the greatest proportion of Federal participation or
alternatively must be claimed in a manner that does not increase the amount of
State reimbursement which would be available if Federal participation were also
available.
(b) Expenditures made by
social services districts for federally reimbursed aid to dependent children
shall be subject to reimbursement by the State in accordance with provisions of
sections 153 and
358 of the Social Services Law, provided
that amounts claimed as Federal participation are claimed in a manner that
results in the greatest proportion of Federal participation, or is claimed in
accordance with department instructions or directions, including but not
limited to the following claiming principles:
(1) Sums expended for federally reimbursed
AFDC which are attributable to the planning, design, development or
installation of a statewide mechanized claims processing and information
retrieval system which meets Federal reimbursement shall be claimed at the rate
authorized by the State and Federal government for such expenditures.
(2) Sums expended in meeting the cost of
State, county or other local child welfare services shall be claimed at the
rate authorized by the State and Federal governments for such
expenditures.
(3) Costs related to
the work incentive program for recipients of federally reimbursed AFDC shall be
claimed at the rate authorized by the State and Federal governments for such
expenditures.
(4) Amounts expended
for the purpose of enforcing the support obligations owed by absent parents to
their children and the spouse or former spouse with whom such children are
living, locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining child and
spousal support, and assuring that assistance in obtaining support will be
available to all children for whom federally reimbursed AFDC may be requested
shall be claimed at the rate authorized by the State and Federal governments
for such expenditures.
(5) Amounts
expended for the training of personnel employed or preparing for employment by
the agency administering foster care and adoption assistance shall be claimed
at the rate authorized by the State and Federal governments for such
expenditures.
(6) Amounts expended
as foster care maintenance payments for children in certified, licensed or
approved foster homes or child-care institutions or as adoption assistance
payments shall be claimed at the rate authorized by the State and Federal
governments for such expenditures.
(7) Incentive payments claimed or reclaimed
under the child support enforcement program shall be claimed or reported in a
manner that will reduce support collected which would otherwise represent the
Federal share.
(8) Amounts expended
in excess of any federally established limit or ceiling shall be charged to
other programs or activities for which Federal participation is available if
such amounts may appropriately be claimed from such other programs or
activities.
(9) Amounts expended in
excess of any limit or ceiling established by State law or regulation shall not
be claimed for State reimbursement except in accordance with the provisions of
such State law or regulation.
(10)
Amounts claimed as reimbursement shall be reduced in accordance with
instructions and directions of the department to reflect any penalty or other
charges accruing to the district.
(11) Any other expenditures designated as
federally reimbursed AFDC by the department shall be claimed as federally
reimbursed AFDC in accordance with instructions and directions of the
department.
