10A NCAC 71R .0201. FISCAL MANAGEMENT

The fiscal requirements for the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) are as follows:

(1)           Allocation of Funds.  Any allocation of SSBG Funds made directly to Department of Health and Human Services divisions or public or private agencies by the Department of Health and Human Services is based on the following criteria:

(a)           identified need for the service program as specified in Rule .0101 of this Subchapter;

(b)           established priorities of the department as specified in Rules .0101 and .0103 of this Subchapter;

(c)           allowability of the program under federal and state rules and regulations as specified in Rule .0102 of this Subchapter and as established by the General Assembly;

(d)           assessed or potential performance of the service program as specified in Rule .0102 of this Subchapter;

(e)           resource utilization as specified in this Rule and as established by the General Assembly; and

(f)            availability of funds necessary to secure federal financial participation as specified in this Rule and as established in federal regulations and by the General Assembly.

(2)           The amount of SSBG funds allocated by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Division of Social Services to each county department of social services is based on the average of the following two factors applied to the total amount of SSBG funds available for county departments of social services:

(a)           the percentage of the statewide population residing within each county; and

(b)           the percentage of the statewide unduplicated count of SSI recipients, food stamp recipients, TANF recipients and medicaid eligible individuals residing in each county.

Once allocations to county departments of social services are calculated as described in this Item, they remain at that level each subsequent year.

(3)           Matching Rates for Financial Participation.  The following matching rates apply to financial participation in services funded by the SSBG:

(a)           75 percent financial participation ‑ financial participation for provision of any service listed in this Subchapter unless otherwise provided in this Item is available at a rate of 75 percent of the cost of providing the service;

(b)           87-1/2 percent financial participation ‑ financial participation for provision of in‑home services - day care services for adults, preparation and delivery of meals, housing and home improvement services, and in‑home aide services (levels I through IV) ‑‑ is available at a rate of 87-1/2 percent of the cost of providing the service;

(c)           90 percent financial participation ‑ financial participation for provision of family planning services and the family planning component of health support services is available at a rate of 90 percent of the cost of providing the service;

(d)           100 percent financial participation ‑ financial participation for provision of child care services is available at a rate of 100 percent of the cost of services for those child care services reimbursed from an agency's designated 100 percent day care allocation.

(4)           Transferred Funds.  If funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant are transferred to the SSBG for services previously funded by SSBG, the matching rates outlined in Item (3) of this Rule shall apply.  If funds from TANF are transferred to SSBG for services not previously funded by SSBG, the matching rates as outlined in Item (3) of this Rule shall not apply.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143B‑153;

Eff. July 1, 1983;

Amended Eff. December 1, 1991; July 1, 1990; December 1, 1983;

Temporary Amendment Eff. November 10, 1999;

Amended Eff. November 1, 2007; September 1, 2007; July 17, 2000.