N.Y. Soc. Serv. Law § 410-u

§ 410-u. Establishment of block grant for child care. 1. The\ndepartment shall establish a state block grant for child care comprised\nof all of the federal funds appropriated for child care under title IV-A\nof the federal social security act and under the federal child care and\ndevelopment block grant act and any additional federal funds that the\nstate chooses to transfer from the federal family assistance to needy\nfamilies block grant to the child care and development block grant plus\nany state funds appropriated for the provision by social services\ndistricts of child care assistance to families in receipt of family\nassistance and other low income families and for activities to increase\nthe availability and/or quality of child care programs.\n 2. The state block grant for child care shall be divided into two\nparts pursuant to a plan developed by the department and approved by the\ndirector of the budget. One part shall be retained by the state to\nprovide child care on a statewide basis to special groups and for\nactivities to increase the availability and/or quality of child care\nprograms, including, but not limited to, the start-up of child care\nprograms, the operation of child care resource and referral programs,\ntraining activities, the regulation and monitoring of child care\nprograms, the development of computerized data systems, and consumer\neducation, provided however, that child care resource and referral\nprograms funded under title five-B of article six of this chapter shall\nmeet additional performance standards developed by the department of\nsocial services including but not limited to: increasing the number of\nchild care placements for persons who are at or below two hundred\npercent of the state income standard, or three hundred percent of the\nstate income standard effective August first, two thousand twenty-two,\nprovided such persons are at or below eighty-five percent of the state\nmedian income, with emphasis on placements supporting local efforts in\nmeeting federal and state work participation requirements, increasing\ntechnical assistance to all modalities of legal child care to persons\nwho are at or below two hundred percent of the state income standard, or\nthree hundred percent of the state income standard effective August\nfirst, two thousand twenty-two, provided such persons are at or below\neighty-five percent of the state median income, including the provision\nof training to assist providers in meeting child care standards or\nregulatory requirements, and creating new child care opportunities, and\nassisting social services districts in assessing and responding to child\ncare needs for persons at or below two hundred percent of the state\nincome standard, or three hundred percent of the state income standard\neffective August first, two thousand twenty-two, provided such persons\nare at or below eighty-five percent of the state median income. The\ndepartment shall have the authority to withhold funds from those\nagencies which do not meet performance standards. Agencies whose funds\nare withheld may have funds restored upon achieving performance\nstandards. The other part shall be allocated to social services\ndistricts to provide child care assistance to families receiving family\nassistance and to other low income families.\n 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, expenditures of funds\nfrom the block grant shall be governed by this title.\n