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I~ <br />Consolidated Ageement -Final Page 15 of 21 <br />H. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS <br />The State shall disburse funds to the Department as follows: <br />1. Monthly disbursements for each program activity will be based on monthly expenditures <br />reported, and shall be adjusted either upward or downward accordingly. Reimbursement <br />of approved expenditures for any report month cannot exceed one month's quotient of the <br />total budget for the agreement period, except: <br />a. by specific authorization in the respective Agreement Addenda and "Funding <br />Authorization" for that program; and/or, <br />b. in the case of an adjustment for a prior month, said adjustment, when added to the <br />claim already paid for that month, will not exceed the one month's quotient for that <br />month. <br />2. Food and Lodging fees will be disbursed to the department by the State (DENR-DEH) in <br />three separate payments in accordance with NCAC T15A:18A . 2900 - "Restaurant and <br />Lodging Fee Collection and Inventory Program" in the month following receipt of the <br />signed and completed Budget Form (DENR 2948) and Addendum (DENR 3300). <br />3. Funds for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention will be disbursed once per year. The <br />number of confirmed cases identified in the prior calendar will determine the amount <br />received by each county. A separate signed and completed Budget Form (DENR 2948) <br />and Addendum (DENR 3300) for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention must be <br />submitted by December 31St in order to receive these funds. <br />4. Funds for counties receiving the CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Grant will be dispersed <br />monthly based upon monthly Expenditure Reports. For the current fiscal year these CDC <br />funds will be disbursed to Buncombe, Craven, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Guilford <br />and Mecklenburg Counties only. <br />5. Payments shall be suspended when expenditure reports are not received by the time <br />specified (see C.4.a.). Payments will resume the month following the receipt of the <br />delinquent expenditure reports according to the DHHS Controllers office schedule for <br />Steps-Out payments issued December of each year for the following calendar year. <br />6. Total payment by program activity is limited to the total amount of the "Funding <br />Authorization" and any revisions received after the initial "Funding Authorization" <br />notification. <br />7. Final payments for the SFY will be made based on the Final monthly (May services/ <br />submitted in June Report) expenditure report. Final payments will be equal to the <br />difference between approved reported expenditures and the sum of previous payments up <br />to the limits of the approved budget. Final payments should be made no later than the <br />June Steps-Out period per the DHHS Controller's office schedule issued December of <br />each year for the following calendar year, provided that an expenditure report (DHHS <br />2949 revised 5-03-01 electronic version) and the "Certification of Expenditures Form" for <br />each month have been received by the DHHS Office of the Controller, and that the Staff <br />