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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
93.667: Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: The 50 States, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. (EZ/EC SSBG: DHHS allocated the EZ/EC SSBG funds to States that include areas designated in FY 1995 as federal EZs and ECs.)
Beneficiary Eligibility: Under Title XX, each eligible jurisdiction determines the services that will be provided and the individuals that will be eligible to receive services. (EZ/EC SSBG: The designated localities, in partnership with their States, developed strategic plans for comprehensive revitalization. Those plans guide the use of EZ/EC SSBG funds.)
Credentials/Documentation: Prior to expenditure of funds, the State must report on the intended use of the payments the State is to receive, including information on the types of activities to be supported and the categories or characteristics of individuals to be served. (EZ/EC SSBG: The designated localities, in partnership with their States, developed strategic plans for comprehensive revitalization. Those plans guide the use of EZ/EC SSBG funds.)
Preapplication Coordination: None. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Submission of a pre-expenditure report application is required. (EZ/EC SSBG: None. There are no new funds available at this time.)
Award Procedure: States are awarded funds quarterly. (EZ/EC SSBG: The federal government designated the EZs and ECs in fiscal year 1995. DHHS allocated the special EZ/EC SSBG funds in fiscal year 1995 and fiscal year 1996 in accordance with those designations. There are no new funds available at this time.)
Deadlines: None.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable.
Appeals: See 45 CFR, Part 16, Procedures of the Departmental Appeals Board.
Renewals: Not applicable.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: All States, the District of Columbia, and the five other jurisdictions will receive their share of funds if they submit a pre-expenditure report that meets the requirements. (EZ/EC SSBG: The federal government designated the EZs and ECs in FY 1995. DHHS allocated the special EZ/EC SSBG funds to States in fiscal year 1995 and FY 1996 in accordance with those designations.)
Examples of Funded Projects: States and other eligible jurisdictions determine their own social services programs. Examples of funded services include child day care, protective and emergency services for children and adults, homemaker and chore services, information and referral, adoption, foster care, counseling, and transportation.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: The range is from $57,962 to $212,812,810. (EZ/EC SSBG: Specific States received the following amounts of EZ/EC SSBG funds in fiscal year 1995 and 1996 the later available data): States containing one or more urban EZ received $100,000,000 for each. States containing one or more rural EZ received $40,000,000 for each. States containing one or more urban or rural EC received $2,947,368 for each. Where an individual EZ or EC includes areas in more than one State, each of those States received an amount in proportion to its percentage of residents in that EZ or EC.)
Federal Agency: ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Type of Assistance: Formula Grants.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 99 $1,909,000,000; FY 00 est $1,775,000,000 and FY 01 est $1,775,000,000.
Budget Account Number: 75-1534-0-1-506.
Authorization: Social Security Act, Title XX, as amended; Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, as amended, Public Law 97-35; Jobs Training Bill, Public Law 98-8; Public Law 98-473; Medicaid and Medicare Patient and Program Act of 1987; Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, Public Law 100-203; Family Support Act of 1988, Public Law 100-485; Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Public Law 103-66; 42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: 45 CFR 96. (EZ/EC SSBG: The following ten specific subsections of 45 CFR 96 apply: subsections .11, .12, .15, .30, .31, .32, .33, .50, .51, and .52. Also, 7 CFR Part 25 for rural EZs and ECs, and 24 CFR Part 597 for urban EZs and ECs.
Regional or Local Office: Local Office: Not applicable. Regional Office: (For EZ/EC SSBG only: Office of Community Services Regional Liaisons in the Office of the Regional Administrator.) (See Appendix IV of the Catalog for Regional Offices.)
Headquarters Office: Director, Office of Community Services, Division of State Assistance, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Phone: (202) 401-2333. Contact: Margaret Washnitzer. FTS is not available.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: Section 2003 of Title XX of the Social Security Act specifies how the allotments for each State and jurisdiction will be determined. Each State is entitled to payments in an amount equal to its allotment for that fiscal year. There is no matching requirement. Allotments for Title XX are subject to a limitation of $2,800,000,000 (estimate). The allotment for the jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount authorized for Title XX as the fiscal year 1981 allocation bore to $2,900,000,000. The allotment for American Samoa shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount allotted to the Northern Mariana Islands for that fiscal year as the population of American Samoa bears to the population of the Northern Mariana Islands. Each State's and DC's allotment are proportional to its portion of the national population of the amount authorized for Title XX minus the amount authorized to the other jurisdictions. The statistical factors used for fund allocation are the State population and total U.S. population (ratio of population of all States and the District of Columbia to total population); source, "Current Population Reports," P-25, Bureau of the Census. (EZ/EC SSBG: Section 2007 of Title XX of the Social Security Act specifies the formula DHHS used to allocate the special EZ/EC SSBG funds to States for projects and programs in the EZs and ECs.)
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants are awarded quarterly on a fiscal year basis. The Electronic Transfer System will be used based on quarterly grant awards for monthly cash draws from Federal Reserve Banks. (EZ/EC SSBG: DHHS awarded the EZ/EC SSBG funds to States in FY 1995 and FY 1996. The States were required to obligate or otherwise make the funds available to the designated EZ or EC localities or local "lead entities" within two years of the date DHHS awarded them to the States. The funds will remain available for projects and programs in the designated localities until December 21, 2004.)
Uses and Use Restrictions: Federal funds may be used by States for the proper and efficient operation of social service programs. Except for items (1) and (4) below, for which a waiver from the Secretary may be requested, Federal funds cannot be used for the following: (1) The purchase or improvement of land, or the purchase, construction, or permanent improvement of any building or other facility; (2) the provision of cash payments for costs of subsistence or the provision of room and board (other than costs of subsistence during rehabilitation, room and board provided for a short term as an integral but subordinate part of a social service, or temporary shelter provided as a protective service); (3) the payment of wages to any individual as a social service (other than payment of wages to welfare recipients employed in the provision of child day care services); (4) the provision of medical care (other than family planning services, rehabilitation services or initial detoxification of an alcoholic or drug dependent individual) unless it is an integral but subordinate part of a social service for which grants may be used; (5) social services (except services to an alcoholic or drug dependent individual or rehabilitation services) provided in and by employees of any hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or prison, to any individual living in such institution; (6) the provision of any educational service which the State makes generally available to its residents without cost and without regard to their income; (7) any child day care service unless such service meets applicable standards of State and local law; (8) the provision of cash payments as a service; or (9) for payment for any item or service (other than an emergency item or service) furnished by an individual or entity during the period when such individual or entity is excluded pursuant to Section 1128 or Section 1128(A) of the Social Security Act from participation in this program; or at the medical direction or on the prescription of a physician during the period when the physician is excluded based on Section 1128 or 1128(A) from participation in the program and when the person furnishing such item or service knew or had reason to know of the exclusion (after a reasonable time period after reasonable notice has been furnished to the person). A State may transfer up to 10 percent of its allotment for any fiscal year to the preventive health and health services, alcohol and drug abuse, mental health services, maternal and child health services, and low-income home energy assistance block grants. (EZ/EC SSBG: States must allow the designated EZs and ECs to use the funds for projects included in their strategic plans. To the extent that a designated locality uses the funds for a project in support of a "Program Option" described in Section 2007 of the Social Security Act, the above listed prohibitions do not apply.)
Reports: An annual report is required. The report shall be in such form and contain such information as the State finds necessary to provide an accurate description of such activities, to secure a complete record of the purposes for which funds were spent, and to determine the extent to which funds were spent in a manner consistent with the pre-expenditure reports required under Section 2004 of the Act. The report must include the services provided in whole or in part with block grant funds; the number of children and the number of adults receiving each service; expenditure data for both children and adults for each service; the criteria applied in determining eligibility for each service, including fees; and the method(s) by which each service was provided. (EZ/EC SSBG: States must provide DHHS with an annual report (Standard Form 269). They are also required to provide a final report at the end of the grant period. The grant period ends on December 21, 2004.)
Audits: Audits are conducted in accordance with the regulations in 45 CFR 74 and 92.
Records: States are required to maintain records documenting the purposes for which expenditures were made.
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