§15022 State Allotments

Summary

Each year the Secretary must divide the money Congress provides under the related appropriation among the States. The split is based on each State’s population, how much the State needs services for people with developmental disabilities, and the State’s financial need. States must use their money to pay the federal share of projects that follow their approved State plans for services. The Secretary can adjust allotments once a year and must tell each State any change and what percent of the total money its new allotment is at least 6 months before the fiscal year starts. If total yearly funding is $70,000,000 or less, each territory (American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands) gets at least $210,000, and each other State gets at least $400,000, the State’s prior-year amount, or what it got in fiscal year 2000, 2001, or 2002, whichever is largest. If funding is more than $70,000,000 those minimums are $220,000 and $450,000. If all minimums together exceed the money available, amounts are cut proportionally. If total funding grows by a larger percent than the recent Consumer Price Index increase, the Secretary must raise the minimums in the same proportion as the funding increase. Unused funds carry over to the next year. State Interagency Agreements count as valid obligations. States may join together and pool funds for multi-State projects. If a State will not need some of its allotment, the Secretary may reassign it to other States after publishing notice and waiting at least 30 days; reassigned amounts are redistributed in proportion to the other States’ original allotments but reduced to what those States can use, and they count as part of the receiving State’s allotment.