NEXT LOOK - Schuyler Center’s Next Look at the NYS 2022-23 Budget:

The Assembly proposes to have the State share the costs of the increased foster parent reimbursement rates with the counties, proposing: • $55.2 million for the Foster Care Block Grant; • $26.9 million for the Adoption Subsidy Program; • Requiring the State to pay the full cost of the rate increases if the new rates are not announced to counties by July 1, 2023. [...] • The Assembly also proposes the following: Doubling the benefit for low-income individuals with no qualifying children; Expanding the credit to taxpayers with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN); Making the EITC credit advanceable, to be paid out in three installments of 25% of the credit throughout the year, with the remainder paid out when a taxpayer files their taxes. [...] • The Senate proposal adds $250 million for the universal pre-kindergarten phase-in for two years; specifies that undistributed funding will be available to enhance the per-child rate for existing programs; and includes $5 million to hold universal pre-K harmless for enrollment declines due to the pandemic. [...] • The Assembly and Senate proposals move New York closer to the $500 million needed to expand access to quality full-day pre-K for all four-year-olds in the state, at a rate of $10,000 per child, which approaches the true cost of care. [...] The Executive, Senate, and Assembly should include a new investment of $169 million that will increase the per student rate to $4,300, the true base cost rate, for the following programs: • $40.4 million for Advantage Afterschool Program • $41.4 million for Extended School Day/School Violence Prevention Program • $87.5 million for Empire State After School Program Early Intervention The Assembly p.