§ 97-YYY — Children and family services quality enhancement fund

* § 97-yyy. Children and family services quality enhancement fund. 1.\nThere is hereby established in the joint custody of the state\ncomptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a special\nrevenue fund to be known as the children and family services quality\nenhancement fund.\n 2. The children and family services quality enhancement fund shall\nconsist of moneys received by the state pursuant to subdivision ten of\nsection one hundred fifty-three-k of the social services law and\nsubdivision six of section three hundred eighty-seven of the social\nservices law, moneys donated or given to the state, and all other moneys\nappropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or\nsource.\n 3. Moneys of the children and family services quality enhancement\nfund, following appropriation by the legislature and allocation by the\ndirector of the budget, shall be made available to the commissioner of\nthe office of children and family services for activities to increase\nthe availability and/or quality of children and family services programs\nwhich may include, but not be limited to, staff recruitment, retention\nand training activities, research projects and targeted services\nexpansion and/or demonstration projects to test innovative models for\nservice delivery including such areas as health, mental health and\nsubstance abuse services.\n 4. The office of children and family services shall submit a report to\nthe governor and the legislature by January thirty-first, two thousand\nthree and annually thereafter detailing all expenditures made from the\nchildren and family services quality enhancement fund during the\nprevious year, the status of any research projects and demonstration\nprojects funded by the quality enhancement fund, and the office's\npriorities for allocating funds from the quality enhancement fund for\nthe current year.\n * NB Repealed June 30, 2027\n * NB There are 2 § 97-yyy's\n