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Budget Summary FY2009

30004050 - TANF Related Child Care
Data Current as of:  6/22/2009



Account Description FY2009
GAA		 FY2009  
Total  
Spending  
3000-4050 TANF Related Child Care
For financial assistance for families currently involved with or transitioning from transitional aid to families with dependent children (TAFDC) to enroll in an early education and care program; provided, that the department shall issue monthly reports detailing the number and average cost of voucher and contracted slots funded from this item and item 3000-3050 by category of eligibility; provided further, that the report shall include the number of recipients subject to subsection (f) of section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995 funded from this item; provided further, that recipients of benefits under the employment services program or any successor program, participants of any component activity under the program of transitional aid to families with dependent children, former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are employed during the year after termination of benefits, former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children participating in education or training programs authorized by department of transitional assistance regulations, parents under the age of 18 currently enrolled in an education or job training program who would qualify for transitional aid for families with dependent children, but for the deeming of grandparents' income, and former recipients of transitional aid to families with dependent children who are employed or in an authorized period of job search as of the expiration of the transitional year, and require post-transitional early education and care vouchers, shall be paid for from this item; provided further, that all early education and care providers that are part of a public school system shall accept vouchers from recipients funded through this item; provided further, that early education and care for the children of teen parents receiving transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits, teen parents receiving supplemental security income payments and whose dependent children receive the aid, and teen parents at risk of becoming eligible for transitional aid to families with dependent children benefits shall be paid from this item; provided further, that all teens eligible for year-round full-time early education and care services shall be participating in school, education, work and training-related activities or a combination thereof for at least the minimum number of hours required by regulations; provided further, that recipients of transitional aid shall not be charged fees for care provided under this item; provided further, that early education and care slots funded from this item shall be distributed geographically in a manner that provides fair and adequate access to early education and care for all eligible individuals; provided further, that informal early education and care benefits shall be funded from this item; provided further, that not more than $2 per child per hour shall be paid for the services; provided further, that all children eligible for services under this item shall receive the services; provided further, that the department of early education and care and the department of transitional assistance shall collaborate to study and present findings on the fiscal and policy impact of child care assistance to families currently receiving services in this item are not entitled to these services under DTA regulations or section 110 of chapter 5 of the acts of 1995, as amended by section 155 of chapter 43 of the acts of 1997; provided further, that the department shall issue a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance no later than March 15, 2009, detailing: (a) the number of families receiving child care who are transitioning from cash assistance in each of the past 3 fiscal years, (b) of these families, the number of years each family has been receiving child care since their cash assistance benefits have been terminated, (c) the correlative fiscal and policy impact on item 3000-4060 should former TAFDC recipients be added as a priority population, (d) the correlative fiscal and policy impact on this item should former TAFDC recipients' child care remain within this entitlement account, (e) the breakdown of the entire caseload of this item by TAFDC status and employment and training status, which shall be provided by the department of transitional assistance, and (f) the number of former TAFDC recipients who transition off child care benefits due to exceeding income-eligibility requirements; provided further, that if the department determines that available appropriations for this program will be insufficient to meet projected expenses, the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and with the secretary of administration and finance, a report detailing the amount of appropriation needed to address such a deficiency; provided further, that the commissioner of early education and care may transfer funds to this item from items 3000-1000 and 3000-4060, as necessary, pursuant to an allocation plan, which shall detail by object class the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means at least 30 days before the transfer; and provided further, that not more than 3 per cent of any item may be transferred in fiscal year 2009
 197,745,274 195,331,339  

 
 
HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)
column definitions
SPENDING CATEGORY
FY2005
Expended
FY2006
Expended
FY2007
Expended
FY2008
Expended
FY2009
GAA 		FY2009
Budget
Reductions
Operating Expenses 0 3 0 0 0 0
Public Assistance 0 286,614 161,057 181,650 197,745 -2,414
TOTAL 0 286,617 161,057 181,650 197,745 -2,414

 

FY2009 Spending Category Chart

Pie Chart: Public Assistance=100%