NAC432.110. Determination of amount of quarterly disbursements for programs during fiscal year; requirements for receipt of disbursement.

     1. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall determine the amount of money received from the Federal Government pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 677 to be disbursed quarterly that year to each agency which provides child welfare services that wishes to provide a program. To receive such a disbursement, the agency must submit to the Division:

     (a) A written request for such a disbursement; and

     (b) A satisfactory plan for the program which is:

          (1) Developed with the input and participation from young persons and representatives of public and private organizations and other federal and state programs; and

          (2) Consistent with the state plan submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 677.

     2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Administrator shall base the determination made pursuant to subsection 1 upon the proportion of children in foster care who are in the custody of the agency which provides child welfare services and who are at least 15 years of age but are not more than 17 years of age in the year preceding the determination relative to the number of children in foster care in this State who are at least 15 years of age but are not more than 17 years of age in the year preceding the determination. Each agency which provides child welfare services that receives a disbursement of money pursuant to this section must receive not less than 5 percent of the total amount of money available for disbursement pursuant to this section.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R045-02, eff. 7-23-2002)