The state and/or causal county(s) participate based on the actual amount identified.

APM.8733.1Causal County Methodology

The following methodology is used to distribute the causal county sanction amount(s).

(1)Determine which county(s) were assessed a TANF audit finding by ODHS because of the assessment of a federal sanction but failed to deposit the additional nonfederal funds.

(2)Determine the percentage the county(s) identified in Step (1) contributed to the federal sanction.

(a)Sum total the county amounts for all county(s) identified in Step (1).

(b)Divide the county amount by the result of Step (2)(a).

(3)Multiply the sanction amount by the percentage obtained in Step (2)(b).

(4)ODHS notifies the board of county commissioners of an increase in TANF portion of county mandated share for the following SFY. This increase consists of:

(a)Previous sanction amount for failure to deposit the nonfederal share of a sanction; And,

(b)Additional sanction amount, which is the amount identified in Step (3).

The total amount of (4)(a) and (4)(b) is in addition to any other mandated share or local obligation that may occur during the identified year.

ODHS recovers needed TANF portion of county mandated share through the quarterly PA fund reconciliation process (APM 7350) as a TANF audit finding.