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10/20/1997
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Board of Commissioners
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The remaining counties will be designated "standard" counties. Essentially, the difference <br />is as follows: <br /> Electing counties will have some considerable latitude in and responsibility for <br />setting eligibility requirements and payment levels for public assistance to families. They <br />will receive block grants intended to cover costs of both public assistance cash payments <br />and program administration. These counties will basically design their total block grant <br />programs, both the staff services and the cash assistance to be provided. Boards of county <br />commissioners in these counties will have responsibility for setting policies and designating <br />the agency or agencies to administer their programs. The State will choose this group of <br />counties from among those which request this status. <br /> Standard counties will follow essentially uniform eligibility requirements and <br />payment levels set by the State. These counties will receive block grants intended to <br />cover administrative costs only. Cash assistance costs will be drawn from one statewide <br />pool of federal funds. These counties will design the service delivery programs to be <br />carried out under their block grants. They will also have some capacity to seek waivers <br />from the standard eligibility requirements and payment levels set by the State. <br /> <br /> This new approach to welfare reform will be effective 7-1-98, though county plans <br />are due by 1-15-98. <br /> <br /> This is a very complex issue. Both the State and the County Commissioners <br />Association have been working hard to get out information county commissioners will <br />need in making decisions. <br /> <br /> We have been following this issue closely at the Department. We have been <br />analyzing the opportunities for improving program outcomes which may be possible <br />through this legislation. We have also been assessing the potential cost savings, costs, <br />and risks which may result from taking either the standard or the electing approach. <br /> <br /> At this point, there are several significant issues about which either decisions have <br />not been made at the State level, or information is still not available. Our staff is still <br />determining what specific program features may be beneficial to pursue implementing. <br /> <br />Major issues about which additional information and assessment is needed include: <br /> <br />1) <br /> <br />2) <br /> <br />What financial risk do electing counties take by having public assistance cash <br />payments included in their county block grants (while standard counties will <br />draw from one pool of federal funding?) <br />What extra administrative costs will electing counties incur? (The legislation <br />indicates they will issue their own assistance checks, write their own program <br />policies, have their own recipient appeals processes, and do their own <br />statistical reporting. If their individual county eligibility policies vary from the <br />standard state policies, they may have to do separate eligibility determination <br />for programs like Medicaid and Food Stamps which will have a "one <br />application" process for standard counties). <br /> <br /> <br />
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