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| OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE |
Adjusted Executive
Appropriation Request Percent
2001-02 2002-03 Change Change
AGENCY SUMMARY
General Fund 1,455,030,000 1,127,612,400 (327,417,600) -22.50%
Special Rev.-Fed. 2,735,370,000 2,874,742,000 139,372,000 5.10%
Special Rev.-Other 215,394,000 188,054,000 (27,340,000) -12.69%
Fiduciary 10,000,000 10,000,000 0 0.00%
Internal Service Fund 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 0.00%
Housing Program Fund 30,000,000 30,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for Agency: 4,446,794,000 4,231,408,400 (215,385,600) -4.84%
Total Contingency: 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for AGENCY SUMMARY: 4,448,794,000 4,233,408,400 (215,385,600) -4.84%
STATE OPERATIONS
General Fund 34,330,000 74,209,400 39,879,400 116.16%
Special Rev.-Fed. 257,170,000 245,242,000 (11,928,000) -4.64%
Special Rev.-Other 128,994,000 138,304,000 9,310,000 7.22%
Internal Service Fund 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for STATE OPERATIONS: 421,494,000 458,755,400 37,261,400 8.84%
Executive Direction
General Fund 1,802,000 1,760,000 (42,000) -2.33%
Total for Program: 1,802,000 1,760,000 (42,000) -2.33%
Administration
General Fund 19,340,000 20,123,000 783,000 4.05%
Special Rev.-Fed. 7,000,000 7,000,000 0 0.00%
Special Rev.-Other 11,350,000 16,795,000 5,445,000 47.97%
Internal Service Fund 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 38,690,000 44,918,000 6,228,000 16.10%
Temporary and Disability Assistance Programs
General Fund 4,569,000 4,191,000 (378,000) -8.27%
Special Rev.-Fed. 6,000,000 6,000,000 0 0.00%
Special Rev.-Other 2,500,000 3,500,000 1,000,000 40.00%
Total for Program: 13,069,000 13,691,000 622,000 4.76%
System Support and Information Services
General Fund 61,414,000 105,163,000 43,749,000 71.24%
Special Rev.-Fed. 75,000,000 75,000,000 0 0.00%
Special Rev.-Other 6,800,000 6,800,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 143,214,000 186,963,000 43,749,000 30.55%
Legal Affairs
General Fund 12,811,000 12,147,000 (664,000) -5.18%
Total for Program: 12,811,000 12,147,000 (664,000) -5.18%
Transitional Suports and Policy
General Fund 1,751,000 1,382,400 (368,600) -21.05%
Special Rev.-Fed. 2,770,000 4,142,000 1,372,000 49.53%
Special Rev.-Other 1,088,000 1,275,000 187,000 17.19%
Total for Program: 5,609,000 6,799,400 1,190,400 21.22%
Child Support Enforcement
Special Rev.-Fed. 3,100,000 3,100,000 0 0.00%
Special Rev.-Other 25,930,000 26,908,000 978,000 3.77%
Total for Program: 29,030,000 30,008,000 978,000 3.37%
Departmental Administrative Reimbursement
General Fund (67,357,000) (70,557,000) (3,200,000) 4.75%
Special Rev.-Other 70,926,000 74,126,000 3,200,000 4.51%
Total for Program: 3,569,000 3,569,000 0 0.00%
Disability Determinations
Special Rev.-Fed. 163,300,000 150,000,000 (13,300,000) -8.14%
Special Rev.-Other 10,400,000 8,900,000 (1,500,000) -14.42%
Total for Program: 173,700,000 158,900,000 (14,800,000) -8.52%
AID TO LOCALITIES
General Fund 1,420,700,000 1,053,403,000 (367,297,000) -25.85%
Special Rev.-Fed. 2,478,200,000 2,629,500,000 151,300,000 6.11%
Special Rev.-Other 86,400,000 49,750,000 (36,650,000) -42.42%
Fiduciary 10,000,000 10,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for AID TO LOCALITIES:3,995,300,0003,742,653,000 (252,647,000) -6.32%
Administration
Special Rev.-Other 65,000,000 30,000,000 (35,000,000) -53.85%
Total for Program: 65,000,000 30,000,000 (35,000,000) -53.85%
Temporary and Disability Assistance Programs
General Fund 909,653,000 540,309,000 (369,344,000) -40.60%
Special Rev.-Fed. 2,121,700,000 2,230,000,000 108,300,000 5.10%
Special Rev.-Other 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 0.00%
Fiduciary 10,000,000 10,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 3,042,353,000 2,781,309,000 (261,044,000) -8.58%
Temporary and Disability Assistance Administration
General Fund 194,598,000 186,823,000 (7,775,000) -4.00%
Total for Program: 194,598,000 186,823,000 (7,775,000) -4.00%
Local Administration
General Fund 113,911,000 106,681,000 (7,230,000) -6.35%
Special Rev.-Fed. 219,000,000 246,000,000 27,000,000 12.33%
Special Rev.-Other 6,000,000 7,500,000 1,500,000 25.00%
Total for Program: 338,911,000 360,181,000 21,270,000 6.28%
Transitional Suports and Policy
General Fund 124,150,000 123,750,000 (400,000) -0.32%
Special Rev.-Fed. 53,500,000 53,500,000 0 0.00%
Special Rev.-Other 10,000,000 10,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 187,650,000 187,250,000 (400,000) -0.21%
Child Support Enforcement
General Fund 27,010,000 27,700,000 690,000 2.55%
Special Rev.-Fed. 84,000,000 100,000,000 16,000,000 19.05%
Special Rev.-Other 300,000 150,000 (150,000) -50.00%
Total for Program: 111,310,000 127,850,000 16,540,000 14.86%
Employment Services Administration
General Fund 47,278,000 67,040,000 19,762,000 41.80%
Total for Program: 47,278,000 67,040,000 19,762,000 41.80%
Food Assistance Program
General Fund 4,100,000 1,100,000 (3,000,000) -73.17%
Special Rev.-Other 4,100,000 1,100,000 (3,000,000) -73.17%
Total for Program: 8,200,000 2,200,000 (6,000,000) -73.17%
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Housing Program Fund 30,000,000 30,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for CAPITAL PROJECTS: 30,000,000 30,000,000 0 0.00%
Supported Housing
Housing Program Fund 30,000,000 30,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 30,000,000 30,000,000 0 0.00%
CONTINGENCY
General Fund 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for CONTINGENCY: 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 0.00%
Transitional Suports and Policy
General Fund 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 0.00%
Total for Program: 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 0.00%
ALL FUNDS PERSONNEL
BUDGETED FILL LEVELS
Current Requested
Program 2001-02 2002-03 Change
Executive Direction 19 18 (1)
Administration 335 333 (2)
Temporary and Disability
Assistance Programs 215 213 (2)
System Support and Information
Services 188 186 (2)
Legal Affairs 160 158 (2)
Transitional Suports and Policy 62 61 (1)
Child Support Enforcement 61 70 9
Disability Determinations 1,471 1,471 0
Total General Fund : 534 524 (10)
Total All Other Funds : 1,977 1,986 9
TOTAL: 2,511 2,510 (1)
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
(Executive Budget: pp. 212-402)
The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) was created
pursuant to Chapter 436 of the Laws of 1997. OTDA, along with the
Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), are the successor
agencies to the Department of Social Services (DSS). OTDA is
responsible for the administration of public assistance programs
including: Family Assistance, Safety Net Assistance, and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI); the Federal Food Stamp Program; the State Food
Assistance Program; the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP); child
support services; refugee assistance programs; and homeless shelter
and services programs. Through its Division of Disability
Determinations, OTDA evaluates the medical eligibility claimants for
Federal SSI and Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. OTDA
works closely with OCFS and the Department of Labor, which administers
employment training programs to enable participants to transition from
public assistance to unsubsidized employment.
The Executive requests All Funds appropriations totaling
$4,233,408,400 in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2002-03. This represents a
decrease of $215,385,600 or 4.8 percent from the SFY 2001-02 level to
support both State Operations and Aid to Localities.
This agency is included in the Education, Labor and Family Assistance
appropriation bill.
State Operations
The Executive recommends an All Funds State Operations appropriation
totaling $458,755,400, which represents an increase of $37,261,400 or
8.8 percent above SFY 2001-02.
The Executive proposes a $186,963,000 appropriation for system support
and information services to support the cost of the Welfare Management
System (WMS) and the development of the Welfare-to-Work Caseload
Management System.
This appropriation represents an increase of $43,749,000 over SFY
2001-02.
Aid to Localities
The Executive proposes an All Funds Aid to Localities appropriation
totaling $3,742,653,000 in SFY 2002-03
which reflects a decrease of $252,647,000 or 6.3 percent from than the
previous year. This decrease is primarily associated with a decrease
in the General Fund appropriation for Temporary and Disability
Assistance Programs which has declined by $369,344,000 from SFY 2001-
02.
This dramatic decrease in the Aid to Localities appropriation is due
to the utilization of savings associate with the TANF Block Grant for
prior Federal Fiscal Years (FFY), Maintenance of Effort (MOE)
Reconciliation, Audit, Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC), Child and
Dependent Care Credit (CDCC), and recipient over-payment recoveries
to offset traditional General Fund expenditures in the Governor's
proposal.
Capital Projects
The Executive proposes a Capital Projects appropriation totaling
$30,000,000 for the Homeless Housing and Assistance Program (HHAP)
which is the same as the appropriation for State Fiscal Year 2001-02.
Federal TANF Block Grant
State Fiscal Year 2002-03 will be the sixth year in which New York has
received its federal public assistance funding through the temporary
Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant. Federal
Authorization of the TANF Block Grant expires on September 30, 2002,
but Congressional reauthorization is expected. The Executive's
proposed SFY 2002-03 budget is predicated on Congressional
reauthorization of the TANF Block Grant at the current funding level,
with no change in the allocations to the states. For New York, that
allocation would continue to be $2,443,000,000.
Due to the fact that New York's caseload and resultant expenditures
were higher in 1995, which is the base year used by the Federal
Government to calculate the State's TANF allocation, than are
projected for the upcoming fiscal year, the State will receive Federal
TANF funding above that which is needed to support the Federal share
of the Family Assistance program. This Federal funding overage is
referred to as the "TANF surplus". In SFY 2002-03 the Executive has
estimates that the TANF surplus will be $1.5 billion.
In the last five years, a portion of each year's TANF surplus funds
have been reserved. To date, the TANF reserves total approximately
$780 million. In addition, approximately $100 million of TANF funds
remains unallocated for spending or reserve purposes in the current
year. The Executive proposes utilizing nearly $1.7 billion in TANF
reserves and surplus to offset General Fund expenditures in SFY 2002-
03. This action would deplete the TANF reserves, thereby leaving no
TANF funds for unanticipated increases in caseload or initiatives
aimed at promoting self-sufficiency. Block Grant Reauthorization
looms.
In New York State, the Family Assistance caseload has declined since
1995. In December 2001, approximately 30,000 recipients reached the
60-month TANF time limit prescribed in the Federal Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Caseloads were
at an all time low prior to the September 11th World Trade Center
disaster, and additional caseload decline had been anticipated in
2002-03. However, because of the difficulties resulting from the
September 11 attacks and the subsequent declining national economy,
the Executive is now projecting a 1.9 percent increase in the total
public assistance caseload during SFY 2002-03.
The Executive proposes to allocate the TANF surplus in the following
manner in SFY 2002-03:
Earned Income and Child and Dependent Care Tax Credits $685,000,000
Child Welfare Investments $546,600,000
Tuition Assistance Program $345,000,000
Child Care Investments $304,000,000
Employment and Transitional Service Programs $125,000,000
Pre-K Programs $ 50,000,000
Advantage Schools $ 25,000,000
Summer Youth Employment Program $ 15,000,000
Home Visiting $ 14,800,000
Food Pantries $ 12,000,000
Extended Day Program $ 11,300,000
Pregnancy Prevention $ 10,000,000
APPS $ 7,700,000
YEETP $ 4,300,000
Alternative to Incarceration $ 4,000,000
School Based Health Centers $ 3,500,000
Title XX WIC $ 3,000,000
Displaced Homemakers $ 2,800,000
Blueprint $ 2,500,000
WIC $ 2,000,000
Green Teams $ 860,000
Welfare Evaluation $ 500,000
The Executive proposal does not continue TANF funding for employment
and transitional services such wage subsidy, preventive services,
technology training, English as a Second Language programs, adult
literacy, domestic violence screening, or the Youth Enterprise
Program.
The Executive proposes an appropriation increase of $10,000,000 for
SFY 2001-02 in General Fund Local Assistance in the Transitional
Supports and Policy Program relating to the funding of adult shelters.
The Executive proposes an appropriation increase of $1,880,000 for SFY
2001-02 to establish a Special Revenue Other/State Operations
appropriation in the Transitional Support and Policy Program through
a new Homeless Housing Assistance Program (HHAP) revenue account. The
Executive contends that this appropriation is necessary to cover
services and expenses related to the administration of HHAP.
The Executive also proposes changes in the budget bill that would:
-- Provide New York City with the authority to utilize certain
appropriated and reappropriated Federal TANF funds for persons
whose incomes exceed the TANF-funded services eligibility limit
200 percent of the Federal poverty level to address needs
resulting from the World Trade Center attacks without the
required local match.
-- Increases from 50 percent to 80 percent of the reappropriated
funding under the New York Works Block Grant that may be
utilized to provide services to eligible persons whose income
does not exceed 200 percent of the Federal poverty level.
-- Expand the income eligibility limits for certain wage subsidy
programs and for case management services, which are continued
through reappropriations, to include persons with income up to
200 percent of the Federal poverty.
Article VII Proposals
The Executive proposes Article VII legislation that would amend the
statutorily prescribed adequacy requirements wit respect to public
assistance shelter allowances, thereby essentially rendering the
ongoing Jiggetts v. Grinker litigation moot. The Executive also
proposes the establishment of a supplemental rental assistance program
to provide rent supplements are in addition to the existing public
assistance shelter allowances for certain families that are homeless
or facing eviction. Broad discretion would be given to the Office of
Temporary and Disability Assistance and local social services
districts in determining which families would be provided with rent
supplement payments.
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