New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services › Subchapter F - Finance; Claims for Reimbursement by Social Services Districts › Article 3 - Maintenance Assistance Reimbursement Claiming › Part 626 - Federally Reimbursed Aid To Dependent Children Reimbursement Claiming › Section 626.1 - Reimbursement for federally reimbursed aid to dependent children (AFDC)

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 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.