Flex Fund Expenditures Not Allowed 624-10-40-20

(Revised 10/15/2013 ML #3389)

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Flexible Funds are provided in order to help eligible youth successfully transition from foster care to self-sufficiency.  Any expenditure that does not meet the above principle for the use of Chafee funds is not allowed.

 

Chafee funds may not be used to take the place of (supplant) Federal or state funds that are otherwise available for the same purposes. Federally funded day care, subsidized housing, foster care administration and training, adoption assistance, TANF, Child Protective Services, etc. are federally funded programs that may also assist Chafee eligible youth.

 

Additionally, Chafee funds may not be used to match other Federal Funds. Extreme caution should be exercised when using Chafee funds to assure that supplantation does not occur. If a worker is considering using Chafee funds for an expense that would have been paid from other sources; were these funds not available? Supplantation should be ruled out prior to proceeding and efforts to avoid supplantation should be documented on the Chafee Funding Request Form (CF-5).