§ 420. State aid. 1. a. (1) Each municipality operating a youth\ndevelopment program approved by the office of children and family\nservices shall be eligible for one hundred percent state reimbursement\nof its qualified expenditures, subject to available appropriations and\nexclusive of any federal funds made available therefor, not to exceed\nthe municipality's distribution of state aid under this article.\n (2) The state aid appropriated for youth development programs shall be\ndistributed by the office of children and family services to eligible\nmunicipalities that have an approved comprehensive plan pursuant to\nsubparagraph two of paragraph c of this subdivision. Such state aid\nshall be limited to the funds specifically appropriated therefor and\nshall be based on factors that shall include the number of youth under\nthe age of twenty-one residing in the municipality as shown by the last\npublished federal census certified in the same manner as provided by\nsection fifty-four of the state finance law and may include, but not be\nlimited to, the percentage of youth living in poverty within the\nmunicipality or such other factors as provided for in the regulations of\nthe office.\n (3) The office shall not reimburse any claims under this section\nunless they are submitted within twelve months of the calendar quarter\nin which the expenditure was made. The office may require that such\nclaims be submitted to the office electronically in the manner and\nformat required by the office.\n (4) A comprehensive plan developed in accordance with paragraph c of\nthis subdivision may provide for the funding of local youth bureaus that\nhave been approved in accordance with section four hundred twenty-two of\nthis article and municipal youth bureaus. Provided however, that an\napproved local youth bureau that is not providing, operating,\nadministering or monitoring youth development programs shall not receive\nfunding pursuant to this subdivision. Provided, further that up to\nfifteen percent of the youth development funds that a municipality\ndetermines will be provided to a local youth bureau in accordance with\nclause (ii) of subparagraph one of paragraph c of this subdivision may\nbe used for administrative functions performed by such local youth\nbureau.\n (5) If a municipality does not allocate youth development funding\npursuant to the information contained within the municipality's\ncomprehensive plan in accordance with clause (ii) of subparagraph one of\nparagraph c of this subdivision, the office may authorize or require the\ncomptroller to withhold the payment of state aid to such municipality in\naccordance with section four hundred twenty-one of this article.\n b. Youth development programs shall provide community-level services\ndesigned to promote positive youth development. Such programs may\ninclude, but not be limited to: programs that promote physical and\nemotional wellness, educational achievement or civic, family and\ncommunity engagement; family support services; services to prevent\njuvenile delinquency, child abuse and neglect; services to avert family\ncrises; and services to assist youth in need of crisis intervention or\nrespite services. Subject to the regulations of the office, a\nmunicipality may enter into contracts to effectuate its youth\ndevelopment program established and approved as provided in this\narticle.\n c. Each municipality shall develop, in consultation with the\napplicable municipal youth bureau, a comprehensive plan to offer youth\ndevelopment programs. Such comprehensive plan shall be subject to the\napproval of the office of children and family services in accordance\nwith subparagraph two of this paragraph and shall be submitted by each\nmunicipality in a manner and at such times and for such periods as the\noffice of children and family services shall determine.\n (1) Such comprehensive plan shall:\n (i) describe the need in the municipality for youth development\nprograms
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