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OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Adjusted
Appropriation
2002-03 		Executive
Request
2003-04 		Legislative
Appropriation
2003-04 		Change

STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 68,839,400 59,539,500 45,956,500 (13,583,000)
Special Revenue-Other 139,017,000 149,471,000 149,471,000 0
Special Revenue-Federal 255,242,000 245,342,000 240,342,000 (5,000,000)
Internal Service Fund 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 0
Total for STATE OPERATIONS 464,098,400 455,352,500 436,769,500 (18,583,000)

AID TO LOCALITIES
General Fund 955,088,000 1,414,633,900 1,388,098,900 (26,535,000)
Special Revenue-Other 49,750,000 18,375,000 18,375,000 0
Special Revenue-Federal 2,596,747,000 2,898,126,600 2,898,126,600 0
Fiduciary 10,000,000 11,500,000 11,500,000 0
Total for Agency 3,611,585,000 4,342,635,500 4,316,100,500 (26,535,000)
Total Contingency 2,000,000 0 0 0
Total for AID TO LOCALITIES 3,613,585,000 4,342,635,500 4,316,100,500 (26,535,000)

CAPITAL PROJECTS
Capital 30,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 0
Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS 30,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 0
LEGISLATIVE ACTION

The Legislature programs the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) surplus funds to provide additional funding in the areas of children and family services, employment and transitional initiatives, and services and health programs. Through caseload re-estimates and transferring of funds, the Legislature allocates an additional $113.5 million above the Executive’s proposal to the TANF surplus. The Legislature allocates the State Fiscal Year 2003-04 TANF surplus as follows:

Child Care (Includes CAP and EAF)
Earned Income Tax Credit
Tuition Assistance Program
Title XX
Child Welfare EAF
Child and Dependent Care Credit
Local JD/PINS
Pre-Kindergarten programs
NY Foster Care Tuition
Employment and Transitional Block Grant
Summer Youth Employment
Preventive Services
Home Visiting
Food Pantries
OCFS Juvenile Delinquent Programs
Child Care Demos
Advantage Schools
Pregnancy Prevention
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (APPS)
Prior Year CDCC
PINS and Preventive Services
Technology Training
Domestic Violence Screening
Transportation
Wage Subsidy
YEETP
Alternatives to Incarceration
Homeless Assistance
School Based Health Centers
Child Care SUNY/CUNY
Basic Education
VESID
Title XX – WIC
Drug Screening / Treatment
Child Welfare Quality
Satellite Child Care
Supportive Housing for Families
WIC
Displaced Homemakers
Language Emerging and ESL training
Green Teams
Adults and Family Literacy
Child Care for Migrant Workers
Disability Advocacy Program (DAP)
DAP Savings
OCFS Community Based JD Services
ACCESS – Welfare to Careers
Emergency Homeless Programs
Parents Count Demo
Kinship/PINS/Caretaker
 $390,600,000
$382,000,000
$316,300,000
$241,000,000
$140,000,000
$107,700,000
$105,000,000
$ 50,000,000
$ 41,000,000
$ 38,625,000
$ 25,000,000
$ 18,000,000
$ 16,000,000
$ 12,000,000
$ 12,000,000
$ 11,000,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 10,000,000
$ 7,700,000
$ 7,300,000
$ 7,000,000
$ 7,000,000
$ 6,000,000
$ 5,000,000
$ 5,000,000
$ 4,300,000
$ 4,000,000
$ 4,000,000
$ 3,500,000
$ 3,400,000
$ 3,000,000
$ 3,000,000
$ 3,000,000
$ 2,500,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 2,000,000
$ 1,600,000
$ 1,250,000
$ 1,010,000
$ 1,000,000
$ 1,000,000
$ 1,000,000
($500,000)
$ 1,000,000
$ 1,000,000
$ 500,000
$ 175,000
$ 150,000
Total TANF Surplus Allocations $2,017,010,000

Legislative Reductions

The Legislature provides for the following reductions:

Systems Support and Information Services
Systems Support and Information Services 		($12,500,000) General Fund
($5,000,000) TANF

Article VII

  • The Legislature denies the Executive’s proposal to merge the Office of the Welfare Inspector General (OWIG) with the Audit and Quality Control Until within the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA). The Legislature returns OWIG to its original status and restores funding for the Office at SFY 2002-03 levels.
  • The Legislature denies the Executive’s proposal to withhold the State supplement of the Supplemental Security Income cost of living adjustment (COLA). The Legislature restores the $25.7 million needed to provide the pass through for SFY 2003-04.
  • The Legislature denies the Executive’s proposal to codify the existing regulatory shelter allowance schedule and awaits for OTDA to finalize their proposed regulations.
Legislative Additions

The Legislature provides funding for the following:




PROGRAM APPROPRIATION VETO #

RESTORATION OF STATE SUPPLEMENT OF THE SSI COLA $25,700,000
LOCAL INNOVATIONS FOR NON-TANF ELIGIBLE POPULATION $765,000 51

*All program appropriations vetoed by the Executive, as indicated by a veto message number, were subsequently overridden by the Legislature.


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