CHAPTER 12.5. TANF EMERGENCY FUNDS

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    Chapter 12.5. TANF Emergency Funds

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"Program"
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the HelpingIndiana Restart Employment (HIRE) program established underIC 22-4.1-17.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.

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Application for reimbursement; allowable reimbursements
    Sec. 2. The secretary may apply to the United States Departmentof Health and Human Services for maximum reimbursementavailable to the state from the TANF emergency fund under DivisionB, Title II, Subtitle B of the federal American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009 as follows:
        (1) Nonrecurrent short term benefits, including qualified stateexpenditures for the following:
            (A) The earned income tax credit under IC 6-3.1-21.
            (B) The domestic violence prevention and treatment fundunder IC 5-2-6.7.
            (C) Food bank allocations as supplemented by third partyexpenditures that qualify as the state's maintenance of effortunder TANF (45 CFR 263.2(e)).
            (D) Any other qualified state expenditure.
        (2) The HIRE program.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.

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Administration of program funds
    Sec. 3. Upon approval of an application described in section 2 ofthis chapter, the secretary may administer funding of the HIREprogram.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.

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State match; augmentation allowed
    Sec. 4. For each state fiscal year that an appropriation is made byP.L.182-2009(ss) for TANF, augmentation is allowed (as defined inP.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 1) from any state fund that is notrestricted by federal law or the terms of a contract, grant, loan, gift,or bequest solely for the purpose of providing state match money forthe program. The amount of augmentation from a fund other than thestate general fund that is not expended or unencumbered before theend of a state fiscal year reverts to and is available for the purposesof the fund from which the augmentation came. NotwithstandingIC 4-9.1-1-7, IC 4-12-1-12, IC 4-13-2-23, or another law, the moneymay not be transferred, assigned, or reassigned for another purpose.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.
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Quarterly reports to budget committee
    Sec. 5. On or before June 30, 2010, and at the end of each quarterthereafter, the secretary shall submit to the budget committee a reportdescribing the secretary's progress in implementing this chapter,including a description of the sources of state match money used forthe program.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.

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Chapter expiration
    Sec. 6. This chapter expires December 31, 2013.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.