(a) In FY 2002 and beyond, we will allocate and award $140 million to the ten States with the highest scores for each work measure as follows, subject to reallocation as specified in § 270.9:
- (1) Job Entry Rate—$56 million
- (2) Success in the Work Force—$35 million
- (3) Increase in Job Entry Rate—$28 million
- (4) Increase in Success in the Work Force—$21 million;
(b) In FY 2002 and beyond, we will allocate and award $20 million to the ten States with the highest scores on the Food Stamp measures and $20 million to the ten States with the highest scores on the Medicaid/SCHIP measures, subject to reallocation as specified in § 270.9. For these measures, we will:
- (1) Award $6 million to the three States with the highest scores on the Food Stamp absolute measure;
- (2) Award $6 million to the three States with the highest scores on the Medicaid/SCHIP absolute measure;
- (3) Award $14 million to the seven States with the highest scores on the Food Stamp improvement measure; and
- (4) Award $14 million to the seven States with the highest scores on the Medicaid/SCHIP improvement measure.
- (c) In FY 2002 and beyond, we will allocate and award $10 million to the ten States with the highest scores on the child care subsidy measure and $10 million to the ten States with the highest scores on the family formation and stability improvement measure.
- (d) We will distribute the bonus dollars for each measure based on each State's percentage of the total amount of the State family assistance grants of the States that will receive a bonus.