* § 153-k. Funding for children and family services. 1. (a)\nExpenditures made by social services districts for child protective\nservices, preventive services provided, as applicable, to eligible\nchildren and families of children who are in and out of foster care\nplacement, independent living services, aftercare services, and adoption\nadministration and services other than adoption subsidies provided\npursuant to article six of this chapter and the regulations of the\ndepartment of family assistance shall, if approved by the office of\nchildren and family services, be subject to sixty-five percent state\nreimbursement exclusive of any federal funds made available for such\npurposes, in accordance with the directives of the department of family\nassistance and subject to the approval of the director of the budget.\n (b) Claims for preventive services and independent living services\nsubmitted by a social services district for reimbursement may be\ncomprised of in-kind, indirect services, and non-tax levy funds,\nincluding but not limited to privately donated funds, up to the same\namount as the social services district's claims for such services during\nfederal fiscal year nineteen hundred ninety-eight--ninety-nine were\ncomprised of in-kind, indirect services and non-tax levy funds;\nprovided, however, that up to seventeen and one-half percent of a social\nservices district's claims for preventive services and independent\nliving services may be comprised of privately donated funds if the\npercentage of its claims comprised of privately donated funds was less\nthan seventeen and one-half percent during federal fiscal year nineteen\nhundred ninety-eight--nineteen hundred ninety-nine. Federal\nreimbursement of such claims shall be available only to the extent\npermitted by federal law or regulations.\n 2. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or of any other\nlaw to the contrary, eligible expenditures by a social services district\nfor foster care services shall be subject to reimbursement with state\nfunds only to the extent of annual appropriations to the state foster\ncare block grant. Such foster care services shall include expenditures\nfor the provision and administration of: care, maintenance, supervision,\ntuition, and transportation costs related to the education of a foster\nchild or youth incurred in accordance with paragraph c of subdivision\nfour of section thirty-two hundred forty-four of the education law;\nsupervision of foster children placed in federally funded job corps\nprograms; and care, maintenance, supervision and tuition for adjudicated\njuvenile delinquents and persons in need of supervision placed in\nresidential programs operated by authorized agencies and in out-of-state\nresidential programs; except that, notwithstanding any other provision\nof law to the contrary, reimbursement with state funds pursuant to the\nstate foster care block grant shall not be available for tuition\nexpenditures for foster children, including persons in need of\nsupervision and adjudicated juvenile delinquents, made by a social\nservices district located within a city having a population of one\nmillion or more. Social services districts must develop and implement\nchildren and family services delivery systems that are designed to\nreduce the need for and the length of foster care placements and must\ndocument their efforts in the multi-year consolidated services plan and\nthe annual implementation reports submitted pursuant to section\nthirty-four-a of this chapter.\n (b) State reimbursement to each social services district shall be\nlimited to the district's allocation of the foster care block grant. The\nstate funds appropriated for the foster care block grant shall be\napportioned among the social services districts by the office of\nchildren and family services based on the district's claiming history\nand other factors. Such apportionments shall be subject to the approval\nof the director of the
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