2011 Indiana Code
TITLE 12. HUMAN SERVICES
ARTICLE 8. ADMINISTERING FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
CHAPTER 12.5. TANF EMERGENCY FUNDS

IC 12-8-12.5
Chapter 12.5. TANF Emergency Funds

IC 12-8-12.5-1
"Program"
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the Helping Indiana Restart Employment (HIRE) program established under IC 22-4.1-17.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.

IC 12-8-12.5-2
Application for reimbursement; allowable reimbursements
Sec. 2. The secretary may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for maximum reimbursement available to the state from the TANF emergency fund under Division B, Title II, Subtitle B of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as follows:
(1) Nonrecurrent short term benefits, including qualified state expenditures for the following:
(A) The earned income tax credit under IC 6-3.1-21.
(B) The domestic violence prevention and treatment fund under IC 5-2-6.7.
(C) Food bank allocations as supplemented by third party expenditures that qualify as the state's maintenance of effort under 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.

IC 12-8-12.5-3
Administration of program funds
Sec. 3. Upon approval of an application described in section 2 of this chapter, the secretary may administer funding of the HIRE program.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.

IC 12-8-12.5-4
State match; augmentation allowed
Sec. 4. For each state fiscal year that an appropriation is made by P.L.182-2009(ss) for TANF, augmentation is allowed (as defined in P.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 1) from any state fund that is not restricted by federal law or the terms of a contract, grant, loan, gift, or bequest solely for the purpose of providing state match money for the program. The amount of augmentation from a fund other than the state general fund that is not expended or unencumbered before the end of a state fiscal year reverts to and is available for the purposes of the fund from which the augmentation came. Notwithstanding IC 4-9.1-1-7, IC 4-12-1-12, IC 4-13-2-23, or another law, the money may not be transferred, assigned, or reassigned for another purpose.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.
IC 12-8-12.5-5
Quarterly reports to budget committee
Sec. 5. On or before June 30, 2010, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, the secretary shall submit to the budget committee a report describing the secretary's progress in implementing this chapter, including a description of the sources of state match money used for the program.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.

IC 12-8-12.5-6
Chapter expiration
Sec. 6. This chapter expires December 31, 2013.
As added by P.L.110-2010, SEC.21.