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COI,!NUN ]TY- BASED FUND PURPOSE OF FUND (al The purpose of the Community-Based Fund is to provide state funding to counties to assist in tile development of Community-Based Alternatives, both residential aod non-residential, for children at risk. These programs may address the status offender, tile delinquent, and/or the abused and neglected child. (b) The Community-Based Fund is administered by the Co~nunity-Based Alternatives Section, Department of Human Resources, under the supervision of the Secre- tary of Human Resources. The Secretary of Human Resources is responsible for devising a formula to disburse state funds allocated by the General Assembly for community-based programs. (c) These regulations shall become effective on August 29, 1977. The funding formula adopted in conjunction with these regulations will expire on June 30, 1978, at which time the funding formula may be subject to review and revision~ History Note: G.S. 143B-204-210. ~ROC£SS ~OR COUNTY Every county will be sent notification by letter of the amount of community- based funds available to tileir county and the cash ~atch reguired to be able to utilize these state appropriated community-based dollars. The connties will be asked to indicate their desire to participate by means of a letter from the chair- person of tile county commissioners. Counties will De expected to respond to the notification letter by October 15, 1977. History Note: G.S. 143B-204-210. FUNDING FORHULA (t) Every county that notifies the Department of Human Resources of its intention to participate will receive a base grant of $2,500. (2) The remainder of the Co~nunity-Based Alternatives fund will be allocated to each county based upon the proportion of the county's population which is l0 through t7 years old in comparison to the proportion for every other county in the sta~e. (3) Each participating county will be required to match the state dollars with local dollars based upon the counties relative ability to'pay. Relative ability to pay will ~ ' ' ~" ' ~ ' ' be de,elm]ned by ~1: Social Services Equalization For: mula. This formtiia takes into cOnsideration sales and tax collection per capita, property tax per capita, average monthly number of AFDC recipients per capita, and the county Share of AFDC expenditures per capita.