The purpose of this memorandum is to implement a provision of the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2004-2005 enacted State Budget that authorizes the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), as part of the Foster Care Block Grant (FCBG) appropriation, to allocate “up to $9 million” to local departments of social services (LDSSs) for State reimbursement, net of available Federal funds, to support the costs of continuing the Worker Recruitment and Retention Add-On Rates. As specified in 04-OCFS-LCM-14, the SFY 2004-2005 FCBG appropriation of $373.5 million included an allocation of $364.5 million for State reimbursement of foster care services, as defined in that memorandum, as well as an allocation of $9 million for State reimbursement of the costs of continuing the Worker
Recruitment and Retention Add-On Rates.
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