H1043 - 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act. (SL 2020-4)

Overview: Section 3.3(29) of S.L. 2020-4 requires the Office of State Budget and Management to allocate $290,000 of the funds appropriated from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, to provide funds for the LINKS foster care support program for youth ages 13-21. The funds must be used to support youth in the LINKS program who are not receiving foster care assistance payments and need assistance with housing or transitional costs due to COVID-19. The funds must be allocated as follows: $250,000 for LINKS Transitional Living Services, and $40,000 for LINKS Transitional Housing.

This section became effective May 4, 2020.