Each State's allotment of funds earmarked for day care services varies directly with child population under 21 and inversely with average per capita income, except that there must be a minimum State allotment of $10,000. Table 4.-Grants for maternal and child welfare; summary of tentative apportionments of amounts requested for fiscal year 19671 Maternal and child health services_____ $50, 000, 000 25, 000, 000 25, 000, 000 50, 000, 000 25, 000, 000 25, 000, 000 46, 000, 000 146, 000, 000 1 Excludes the amounts requested for research, training, or demonstration project grants in child welfare, special project grants for maternity and infant care, special project grants for health of school and preschool children, grants for training of professional personnel for care of crippled children, and research projects related to maternal and child health and crippled children's services, all of which are distributed entirely on a project basis. 2 Fund A allotments are required to be matched dollar for dollar by the States. 3 Grants to States for child welfare services must be matched on a variable basis according to formula in the act. See tables 4a, 4b, 4c for tentative apportionments to States under each program. These apportionments will be modified to the extent indicated by statistics current when funds appropriated for 1967 are apportioned. TABLE 4a.-Grants for maternal and child health services; tentative apportionment of amount requested for fiscal year 1967 Under sec. 502(a) (fund A) each State receives a uniform grant of $70,000 and an additional grant in proportion to the number of live births in the State. Under sec. 502(b) (fund B) $4,750,000 is to be used only for special projects for mentally retarded children, and $5,062,500, or 25 percent of the remaining $20,250,000 is reserved for other special projects. The remainder, $15,187,500, is apportioned so that each State receives an amount which varies directly with the number of urban and rural live births in the State and inversely with State per capita income. No State receives less than $60,000. Live births in rural areas are given twice the weight of those in urban areas. TABLE 4b.-Grants for services for crippled children; tentative apportionment of amount requested for fiscal year 1967 1 Each State receives a uniform grant of $70,000 and an additional grant in proportion to the number of children under 21 years in the State. 2 Under sec. 512(b) (fund B) $3,750,000 is to be used only for special projects for services for crippled children who are mentally retarded, and $5,312,500 or 25 percent of the remaining $21,250,000 is reserved for other special projects. The remainder, $15,937,500, is apportioned so that each State receives an amount which varies directly with the number of children under 21 years in urban and rural areas in the State and varies inversely with State per capita income. No State receives less than $60,000. Children in rural areas are given twice the weight of those in urban areas. TABLE 4c.-Grants for child welfare services; tentative apportionment of amount requested for fiscal year 1967 Each State receives a uniform grant of $70,000 and an additional grant which varies directly with child population under 21 and inversely with average per capita income. TABLE 5.-Grants for maternal and child welfare; summary of funds available and payments, 1965 i Excludes the amounts appropriated for research, training, or demonstration grants in child welfare, special project grants for maternity and infant care and research projects related to maternal and child health and crippled children's services, all of which are distributed entirely on a project basis. Includes $3,500,000 to be used only for special projects for mentally retarded children as provided in the appropriation act. Includes $2,500,000 to be used only for special projects for mentally retarded children as provided in the appropriation act. Includes $185,670 apportioned to Arizona which did not participate in the crippled children's program in 1965. |