LBD15985-03-2
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live or are employed in Manhattan, the
Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Queens
with income up to [275] 300 percent of the
federal poverty level as provided to the
Consortium for Worker Education to admin-
ister and to implement a plan approved by
the office of children and family
services. The administrative cost, includ-
ing the cost of the development of the
evaluation of the pilot program shall not
exceed ten percent of the funds available
for the purpose. The remaining portion of
the funds shall be allocated to the office
of children and family services to the
local social services district where the
recipient families reside as determined by
the project administrator based on
projected need and cost of providing child
care subsidies payment to working families
enrolled through the pilot initiative,
provided however the local social services
district shall not reimburse subsidy
payment in excess of the amount the subsi-
dy funding appropriated herein can support
and the applicable local social services
district shall not be required to approve
or pay for subsidies not funded herein.
Child care subsidies paid on behalf of
eligible families shall be reimbursed at
the actual cost of care up to the applica-
ble market rate for the district in which
the child care is provided and in accord-
ance with the fee schedule of the local
social services district making the subsi-
dy payment. Up to ten percent of funds
available for this purpose shall be made
available to the Consortium for Worker
Education, or other designated administra-
tor, to administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services for this pilot program.
This administrator shall prepare and
submit to the office of children and fami-
ly services, the chairs of the senate
committee on social services, the senate
committee on children and families, the
senate committee on labor, the chairs of
the assembly committee on children and
families, the assembly committee on social
services, and the assembly committee on
labor a report on the pilot program with
recommendations. Such report shall include
available information regarding the pilot
program or participants in the pilot
program, including but not limited to: the
number of income eligible children of
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working parents with income greater than
200 percent but at or less than [275] 300
percent of the federal poverty level, the
ages of the children served by the
program, the number of families served by
the program who are in receipt of family
assistance, the factors that parents
considered when searching for child care,
the factors that barred the families'
access to child care assistance prior to
their enrollment in the facilitated
enrollment program, the number of families
who receive a child care subsidy pursuant
to this program who choose to use such
subsidy for regulated child care, and the
number of families who receive a child
care subsidy pursuant to this program who
choose to use such subsidy to receive
child care services provided by a legally
exempt provider. Such report shall be
submitted by the program administrator, on
or before November 1, 2022, provided that
if such report is not received by November
30, 2022, reimbursement for administrative
costs shall be either reduced or withheld,
and failure of an administrator to submit
a timely report may jeopardize such admin-
istrator's program from receiving funding
in future years. The administrator for
this pilot program shall submit bimonthly
reports to the office of children and
family services, the local social services
district, the administration for chil-
dren's services, and the legislature. Each
bi-monthly report shall provide without
benefit of personal identifying informa-
tion, the pilot program's current enroll-
ment level, amount of the child's subsidy,
co-payment levels, and any other informa-
tion as needed or required by the office
of children and family services. Further,
the office of children and family services
shall provide technical assistance to the
pilot program to assist with program
administration and timely coordination of
the bi-monthly claiming process. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, this
pilot program maintained herein may be
terminated if the administrator for such
program mismanages such program, by engag-
ing in actions including but not limited
to, improper use of funds, providing for
child care subsidies in excess of the
amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support, and failing to submit
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claims for reimbursement in a timely fash-
ion ............................................ 500,000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the funds appropriated herein
shall be available for transfer to the
federal health and human services fund,
local assistance account, federal day care
account to operate and support enrollment
in the child care facilitated enrollment
pilot program which expand access to child
care subsidies for working families who
live or are employed in Onondaga County
with income up to [275] 300 percent of the
federal poverty level as provided to the
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute to
administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services. The administrative cost,
including the cost of the development of
the evaluation of the pilot program shall
not exceed ten percent of the funds avail-
able for the purpose. The remaining
portion of the funds shall be allocated to
the office of children and family services
to the local social services district
where the recipient families reside as
determined by the project administrator
based on projected need and cost of
providing child care subsidies payment to
working families enrolled through the
pilot initiative, provided however the
local social service district shall not
reimburse subsidy payment in excess of the
amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support and the applicable
local social services district shall not
be required to approve or pay for subsi-
dies not funded herein. Child care subsi-
dies paid on behalf of eligible families
shall be reimbursed at the actual cost of
care up to the applicable market rate for
the district in which the child care is
provided and in accordance with the fee
schedule of the local social services
district making the subsidy payment. Up to
ten percent of funds available for this
purpose shall be made available to the
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute,
or other designated administrator, to
administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services for this pilot program.
This administrator shall prepare and
submit to the office of children and fami-
ly services, the chairs of the senate
committee on social services, the senate
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committee on children and families, the
senate committee on labor, the chairs of
the assembly committee on children and
families, the assembly committee on social
services, and the assembly committee on
labor a report on the pilot program with
recommendations. Such report shall include
available information regarding the pilot
program or participants in the pilot
program, including but not limited to: the
number of income eligible children of
working parents with income greater than
200 percent but at or less than [275] 300
percent of the federal poverty level, the
ages of the children served by the
program, the number of families served by
the program who are in receipt of family
assistance, the factors that parents
considered when searching for child care,
the factors that barred the families'
access to child care assistance prior to
their enrollment in the facilitated
enrollment program, the number of families
who receive a child care subsidy pursuant
to this program who choose to use such
subsidy for regulated child care, and the
number of families who receive a child
care subsidy pursuant to this program who
choose to use such subsidy to receive
child care services provided by a legally
exempt provider. Such report shall be
submitted by the program administrator, on
or before November 1, 2022, provided that
if such report is not received by November
30, 2022, reimbursement for administrative
costs shall be either reduced or withheld,
and failure of an administrator to submit
a timely report may jeopardize such admin-
istrator's program from receiving funding
in future years. The administrator for
this pilot program shall submit bimonthly
reports to the office of children and
family services, the local social services
district, the administration for chil-
dren's services, and the legislature.
Each bi-monthly report shall provide with-
out benefit of personal identifying infor-
mation, the pilot program's current
enrollment level, amount of the child's
subsidy, co-payment levels, and any other
information as needed or required by the
office of children and family services.
Further, the office of children and family
services shall provide technical assist-
ance to the pilot program to assist with
program administration and timely coordi-
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nation of the bi-monthly claiming process.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, this pilot program maintained herein
may be terminated if the administrator for
such program mismanages such program, by
engaging in actions including but not
limited to, improper use of funds, provid-
ing for child care subsidies in excess of
the amount the subsidy funding appropri-
ated herein can support, and failing to
submit claims for reimbursement in a time-
ly fashion ..................................... 500,000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the funds appropriated herein
shall be available for transfer to the
federal health and human services fund,
local assistance account, federal day care
account to operate and support enrollment
in the child care facilitated enrollment
pilot program which expand access to child
care subsidies for working families who
live or are employed in Erie County with
income up to [275] 300 percent of the
federal poverty level as provided to the
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute to
administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services. The administrative cost,
including the cost of the development of
the evaluation of the pilot program shall
not exceed ten percent of the funds avail-
able for the purpose. The remaining
portion of the funds shall be allocated to
the office of children and family services
to the local social services district
where the recipient families reside as
determined by the project administrator
based on projected need and cost of
providing child care subsidies payment to
working families enrolled through the
pilot initiative, provided however the
local social services district shall not
reimburse subsidy payment in excess of the
amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support and the applicable
local social services district shall not
be required to approve or pay for subsi-
dies not funded herein. Child care subsi-
dies paid on behalf of eligible families
shall be reimbursed at the actual cost of
care up to the applicable market rate for
the district in which the child care is
provided and in accordance with the fee
schedule of the local social services
district making the subsidy payment. Up to
ten percent of funds available for this
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purpose shall be made available to the
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute,
or other designated administrator, to
administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services for this pilot program.
This administrator shall prepare and
submit to the office of children and fami-
ly services, the chairs of the senate
committee on social services, the senate
committee on children and families, the
senate committee on labor, the chairs of
the assembly committee on children and
families, the assembly committee on social
services, and the assembly committee on
labor a report on the pilot program with
recommendations. Such report shall include
available information regarding the pilot
program or participants in the pilot
program, including but not limited to: the
number of income eligible children of
working parents with income greater than
200 percent but at or less than [275] 300
percent of the federal poverty level, the
ages of the children served by the
program, the number of families served by
the program who are in receipt of family
assistance, the factors that parents
considered when searching for child care,
the factors that barred the families'
access to child care assistance prior to
their enrollment in the facilitated
enrollment program, the number of families
who receive a child care subsidy pursuant
to this program who choose to use such
subsidy for regulated child care, and the
number of families who receive a child
care subsidy pursuant to this program who
choose to use such subsidy to receive
child care services provided by a legally
exempt provider. Such report shall be
submitted by the program administrator, on
or before November 1, 2022, provided that
if such report is not received by November
30, 2022, reimbursement for administrative
costs shall be either reduced or withheld,
and failure of an administrator to submit
a timely report may jeopardize such admin-
istrator's program from receiving funding
in future years. The administrator for
this pilot program shall submit bimonthly
reports to the office of children and
family services, the local social services
district, the administration for chil-
dren's services, and the legislature. Each
bi-monthly report shall provide without
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benefit of personal identifying informa-
tion, the pilot program's current enroll-
ment level, amount of the child's subsidy,
co-payment levels, and any other informa-
tion as needed or required by the office
of children and family services. Further,
the office of children and family services
shall provide technical assistance to the
pilot program to assist with program
administration and timely coordination of
the bi-monthly claiming process. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, this
pilot program maintained herein may be
terminated if the administrator for such
program mismanages such program, by engag-
ing in actions including but not limited
to, improper use of funds, providing for
child care subsidies in excess of the
amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support, and failing to submit
claims for reimbursement in a timely fash-
ion ............................................ 500,000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the funds appropriated herein
shall be available for transfer to the
federal health and human services fund,
local assistance account, federal day care
account to operate and support enrollment
in the child care facilitated enrollment
pilot program which expand access to child
care subsidies for working families who
live or are employed in Nassau County with
income up to [275] 300 percent of the
federal poverty level as provided to the
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute to
administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services. The administrative cost,
including the cost of the development of
the evaluation of the pilot program shall
not exceed ten percent of the funds avail-
able for the purpose. The remaining
portion of the funds shall be allocated to
the office of children and family services
to the local social services district
where the recipient families reside as
determined by the project administrator
based on projected need and cost of
providing child care subsidies payment to
working families enrolled through the
pilot initiative, provided however the
local social services district shall not
reimburse subsidy payment in excess of the
amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support and the applicable
local social services district shall not
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be required to approve or pay for subsi-
dies not funded herein. Child care subsi-
dies paid on behalf of eligible families
shall be reimbursed at the actual cost of
care up to the applicable market rate for
the district in which the child care is
provided and in accordance with the fee
schedule of the local social services
district making the subsidy payment. Up to
ten percent of funds available for this
purpose shall be made available to the
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute,
or other designated administrator, to
administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services for this pilot program.
This administrator shall prepare and
submit to the office of children and fami-
ly services, the chairs of the senate
committee on social services, the senate
committee on children and families, the
senate committee on labor, the chairs of
the assembly committee on children and
families, the assembly committee on social
services, and the assembly committee on
labor a report on the pilot program with
recommendations. Such report shall include
available information regarding the pilot
program or participants in the pilot
program, including but not limited to: the
number of income eligible children of
working parents with income greater than
200 percent but at or less than [275] 300
percent of the federal poverty level, the
ages of the children served by the
program, the number of families served by
the program who are in receipt of family
assistance, the factors that parents
considered when searching for child care,
the factors that barred the families'
access to child care assistance prior to
their enrollment in the facilitated
enrollment program, the number of families
who receive a child care subsidy pursuant
to this program who choose to use such
subsidy for regulated child care, and the
number of families who receive a child
care subsidy pursuant to this program who
choose to use such subsidy to receive
child care services provided by a legally
exempt provider. Such report shall be
submitted by the program administrator, on
or before November 1, 2022, provided that
if such report is not received by November
30, 2022, reimbursement for administrative
costs shall be either reduced or withheld,
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and failure of an administrator to submit
a timely report may jeopardize such admin-
istrator's program from receiving funding
in future years. The administrator for
this pilot program shall submit bimonthly
reports to the office of children and
family services, the local social services
district, the administration for chil-
dren's services, and the legislature. Each
bi-monthly report shall provide without
benefit of personal identifying informa-
tion, the pilot program's current enroll-
ment level, amount of the child's subsidy,
co-payment levels, and any other informa-
tion as needed or required by the office
of children and family services. Further,
the office of children and family services
shall provide technical assistance to the
pilot program to assist with program
administration and timely coordination of
the bi-monthly claiming process. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, this
pilot program maintained herein may be
terminated if the administrator for such
program mismanages such program, by engag-
ing in actions including but not limited
to, improper use of funds, providing for
child care subsidies in excess of the
amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support, and failing to submit
claims for reimbursement in a timely fash-
ion .......................................... 1,500,000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the funds appropriated herein
shall be available for transfer to the
federal health and human services fund,
local assistance account, federal day care
account to operate and support enrollment
in the child care facilitated enrollment
pilot program which expand access to child
care subsidies for working families who
live or are employed in Suffolk County
with income up to [275] 300 percent of the
federal poverty level as provided to the
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute to
administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services. The administrative cost,
including the cost of the development of
the evaluation of the pilot program shall
not exceed ten percent of the funds avail-
able for the purpose. The remaining
portion of the funds shall be allocated to
the office of children and family services
to the local social services district
where the recipient families reside as
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determined by the project administrator
based on projected need and cost of
providing child care subsidies payment to
working families enrolled through the
pilot initiative, provided however the
local social services district shall not
reimburse subsidy payment in excess of the
amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support and the applicable
local social services district shall not
be required to approve or pay for subsi-
dies not funded herein. Child care subsi-
dies paid on behalf of eligible families
shall be reimbursed at the actual cost of
care up to the applicable market rate for
the district in which the child care is
provided and in accordance with the fee
schedule of the local social services
district making the subsidy payment. Up to
ten percent of funds available for this
purpose shall be made available to the
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute,
or other designated administrator, to
administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services for this pilot program.
This administrator shall prepare and
submit to the office of children and fami-
ly services, the chairs of the senate
committee on social services, the senate
committee on children and families, the
senate committee on labor, the chairs of
the assembly committee on children and
families, the assembly committee on social
services, and the assembly committee on
labor a report on the pilot program with
recommendations. Such report shall include
available information regarding the pilot
program or participants in the pilot
program, including but not limited to: the
number of income eligible children of
working parents with income greater than
200 percent but at or less than [275] 300
percent of the federal poverty level, the
ages of the children served by the
program, the number of families served by
the program who are in receipt of family
assistance, the factors that parents
considered when searching for child care,
the factors that barred the families'
access to child care assistance prior to
their enrollment in the facilitated
enrollment program, the number of families
who receive a child care subsidy pursuant
to this program who choose to use such
subsidy for regulated child care, and the
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number of families who receive a child
care subsidy pursuant to this program who
choose to use such subsidy to receive
child care services provided by a legally
exempt provider. Such report shall be
submitted by the program administrator, on
or before November 1, 2022, provided that
if such report is not received by November
30, 2022, reimbursement for administrative
costs shall be either reduced or withheld,
and failure of an administrator to submit
a timely report may jeopardize such admin-
istrator's program from receiving funding
in future years. The administrator for
this pilot program shall submit bimonthly
reports to the office of children and
family services, the local social services
district, the administration for chil-
dren's services, and the legislature. Each
bi-monthly report shall provide without
benefit of personal identifying informa-
tion, the pilot program's current enroll-
ment level, amount of the child's subsidy,
co-payment levels, and any other informa-
tion as needed or required by the office
of children and family services. Further,
the office of children and family services
shall provide technical assistance to the
pilot program to assist with program
administration and timely coordination of
the bi-monthly claiming process. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, this
pilot program maintained herein may be
terminated if the administrator for such
program mismanages such program, by engag-
ing in actions including but not limited
to, improper use of funds, providing for
child care subsidies in excess of the
amount the subsidy funding appropriated
herein can support, and failing to submit
claims for reimbursement in a timely fash-
ion .......................................... 1,500,000
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE
OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
AID TO LOCALITIES 2022-23
EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAM .................... 5,186,541,000
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Special Revenue Funds - Federal
Federal Health and Human Services Fund
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Account - 25178
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Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the funds appropriated herein
shall be available for transfer to the
federal health and human services fund,
local assistance account, federal day care
account to continue operation of the
facilitated enrollment pilot program in
Capital Region-Oneida (consisting of Rens-
selaer, Schenectady, Saratoga, Albany and
Oneida counties) as provided to the NYS
AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute to
act or continue to act as the administra-
tor to implement the program proposed by
the union child care coalition of the NYS
AFL-CIO and approved by the office of
children and family services. The adminis-
trative cost, including the cost of the
development of the evaluation of the pilot
program shall not exceed ten percent of
the funds available for this purpose. The
remaining portion of the funds shall be
allocated by the office of children and
family services to the local social
services districts where the recipient
families reside as determined by the
project administrator based on projected
need and cost of providing child care
subsidies payment to working families
enrolled through the pilot initiative, a
local social services district shall not
reimburse subsidy payments in excess of
the amount the subsidy funding appropri-
ated herein can support. Child care subsi-
dies paid on behalf of eligible families
shall be reimbursed at the actual cost of
care up to the applicable market rate for
the district in which child care is
provided and in accordance with the fee
schedule of the local social services
district making the subsidy payment. Up to
$254,900 shall be made available to the
NYS AFL-CIO Workforce Development Insti-
tute, or other designated administrator,
to administer and to implement a plan
approved by the office of children and
family services for this pilot program in
consultation with the advisory council.
This administrator shall prepare and submit
to the office of children and family
services, the chairs of the senate commit-
tee on social services, the senate commit-
tee on children and families, the senate
committee on labor, the chairs of the
assembly committee on children and fami-
lies, and the assembly committee on social
services, an evaluation of the pilot with
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recommendations. Such evaluation shall
include available information regarding
the pilot programs or participants in the
pilot programs, including but not limited
to: the number of income eligible children
of working parents with income greater
than 200 percent but at or less than [275]
300 percent of the federal poverty level,
the ages of the children served by the
project, the number of families served by
the project who are in receipt of family
assistance, the factors that parents
considered when searching for child care,
the factors that barred the families'
access to child care assistance prior to
their enrollment in the facilitated
enrollment program, the number of families
who receive a child care subsidy pursuant
to this program who choose to use such
subsidy for regulated child care, and the
number of families who receive a child
care subsidy pursuant to this program who
choose to use such subsidy to receive
child care services provided by a legally
exempt provider. Such report shall be
submitted by the applicable project admin-
istrator, on or before November 1, 2022,
provided that if such report is not
received by November 30, 2022, reimburse-
ment for administrative costs shall be
either reduced or withheld, and failure of
an administrator to submit a timely report
may jeopardize such administrator's
program from receiving funding in future
years. Child care subsidies paid on behalf
of eligible families shall be reimbursed
at the actual cost of care up to the
applicable market rate for the district in
which the child care is provided, in
accordance with the fee schedule of the
local social services district making the
subsidy payments. The administrator for
this pilot project is required to submit
bi-monthly reports on the fifteenth day of
every other month beginning on May 15,
2022 and bi-monthly thereafter that
provide current enrollment and information
including, but not limited to, the amount
of the approved subsidy level, the level
of co-payment by the local social services
district required for the participants in
the program, the program's adopted budget
reflecting all expenses including salaries
and other information as needed, to the
office of children and family services,
the chairs of the senate committee on
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social services, the senate committee on
children and families, the senate commit-
tee on labor, the chairs of the assembly
committee on children and families and the
assembly committee on social services, and
the local social services districts.
Provided however that if such bi-monthly
reports are not received from this Capital
Region-Oneida administrator, reimbursement
for administrative costs shall be either
reduced or withheld and failure of an
administrator to submit a timely report
may jeopardize such administrator's
program from receiving funding in future
years. The office of children and family
services shall provide technical assist-
ance to the pilot program to assist in
timely coordination with the monthly
claiming process. Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, this pilot program
maintained herein may be terminated if the
administrator for such program mismanages
such program, by engaging in actions
including but not limited to, improper use
of funds, providing for child care subsi-
dies in excess of the amount the subsidy
funding appropriated herein can support,
and failing to submit claims for
reimbursement in a timely fashion (52211) .... 2,549,000
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of law, the funds appropriated herein,
shall be available for transfer to the
federal health and human services fund,
local assistance account, federal day care
account to operate and support enrollment
in the child care facilitated enrollment
pilot programs which expand access to
child care subsidies for working families
living or employed in the Liberty Zone,
the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and
Bronx, and in the county of Monroe, with
income up to [275] 300 percent of the
federal poverty level. Of the amount
appropriated herein, $2,185,000 shall be
made available for Monroe county, and
$3,754,000 shall be made available for all
other projects. Up to $218,500 shall be
made available to the NYS AFL-CIO Work-
force Development Institute to administer
Monroe county's program and to implement a
plan approved by the office of children
and family services; and up to $375,400
shall be made available to the Consortium
for Worker Education, Inc., to administer
and to implement a plan approved by the
office of children and family services for
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the programs in the Liberty Zone, and the
boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx.
Each pilot program administrator shall
prepare and submit to the office of chil-
dren and family services, the chairs of
the senate committee on children and fami-
lies and the senate committee on social
services, the chair of the assembly
committee on children and families, the
chair of the assembly committee on social
services, the chair of the senate commit-
tee on labor, and the chair of the assem-
bly committee on labor, a report on the
pilot with recommendations for continua-
tion or dissolution of the program
supported by appropriate documentation.
Such report shall include available,
information regarding the pilot programs
or participants in the pilot programs,
absent identifying information, including
but not limited to: the number of income-
eligible children of working parents with
income greater than 200 percent but at or
less than [275] 300 percent of the federal
poverty level; the ages of the children
served by the project, the number of fami-
lies who receive a child care subsidy
pursuant to this program who choose to use
such subsidy for regulated child care, and
the number of families who receive a child
care subsidy pursuant to this program who
choose to use such subsidy to receive
child care services provided by a legally
exempt provider. Such report shall be
submitted by the applicable project admin-
istrator, on or before November 1, 2022,
provided that if such report is not
received by November 1, 2022, reimburse-
ment for administrative costs shall be
either reduced or withheld, and failure of
an administrator to submit a timely report
may jeopardize such program's funding in
future years. Expenses related to the
development of the evaluation of the pilot
programs shall be paid from the pilot
program's administrative set-aside or
non-state funds. The remaining portion of
the project's funds shall be allocated by
the office of children and family services
to the local social services districts
where the recipient families reside as
determined by the project administrator
based on projected needs and cost of
providing child care subsidy payments to
working families enrolled in the child
care subsidy program through the pilot
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initiative, provided however that the
office of children and family services
shall not reimburse subsidy payments in
excess of the amount the subsidy funding
appropriated herein can support and the
applicable local social services district
shall not be required to approve or pay
for subsidies not funded herein. Child
care subsidies paid on behalf of eligible
families shall be reimbursed at the actual
cost of care up to the applicable market
rate for the district in which the child
care is provided, for subsidy payments in
accordance with the fee schedule of the
local social services district making the
subsidy payments. Pilot programs are
required to submit bi-monthly reports to
the office of children and family
services, the local social services
district, and for programs located in the
city of New York, the administration for
children's services, and the legislature.
Each bi-monthly report must provide with-
out benefit of personal identifying infor-
mation, the pilot program's current
enrollment level, amount of the child's
subsidy, co-payment levels and other
information as needed or required by the
office of children and family services.
Further, the office of children and family
services shall provide technical assist-
ance to the pilot program to assist with
project administration and timely coordi-
nation of the bi-monthly claiming process.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any pilot programs maintained herein
may be terminated if the administrator for
such programs mismanages such programs, by
engaging in actions including but not
limited to, improper use of funds, provid-
ing for child care subsidies in excess of
the amount the subsidy funding appropri-
ated herein can support, and failing to
submit claims for reimbursement in a time-
ly fashion (52212) ........................... 5,939,000
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022.