44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD-FAMILY SUPPORT AND EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS TO COUNT TOWARD THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES BLOCK GRANT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the state department of public education for expenditure in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose of developing early childhood-family support and education training programs to provide before- and after-school programs to students who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families. The state department of public education shall not spend more than ten percent of this appropriation for administrative costs. The state department of public education shall develop job skills and leadership development programs for the parents of students enrolled in this program who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families. The human services department shall make referrals of eligible families to the state department of public education. This program shall be directed to areas lacking certified child-care services as determined by the children, youth and families department. In developing, establishing and operating this program, the state department of public education shall cooperate and coordinate with the human services department. The programs developed shall contain measurable performance standards, identify the number of target clients and provide a tracking and reporting element. The human services department shall ensure that expenditures meet all federal and state requirements for maintenance of effort and shall report the expenditures as maintenance of effort. The human services department shall report to the welfare reform oversight committee on the programs developed. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the general fund.