However, states report that because of their need to use most of their block grant funds for direct services, they are limiting their spending on quality to the minimum 4 percent. Administrative Costs . States are again expecting more from the people who run programs in order to provide as much funding as possible to serve families. Non-Direct Services . Unobligated Balances .
States can carry over from a year unspent funds for a limited time period.
An Excel 5.0 version of Tables 1-6.