New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 15 / August 11, 2020

NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT

The Human Services Department is required by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (CARES Act) to submit a CSBG State Plan Amendment to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services in order to receive the supplemental funding in the CARES Act. The Department is required to offer a 10-business day comment period for the proposed CSBG State Plan Amendment prior to submittal.

The proposed CSBG State Plan Amendment is available on the Human Services Department website at: http://www.hsd.state.nm.us/LookingForInformation/income-support-division-plans-and-reports.aspx. If you do not have Internet access, a copy of the proposed State Plan Amendment may be requested by contacting the Income Support Division’s Work and Family Support Bureau (WFSB) at 505-827-7251. The Department proposes to implement the plan effective September 1, 2020.

A public hearing is not required. The Department is required to offer a 10-business day comment period for the proposed CSBG State Plan Amendment prior to submittal. The comment period will begin at 8:00 AM on August 11, 2020 and end at noon on August 24, 2020.

If you are a person with a disability and you require this information in an alternative format, please contact the American Disabilities Act Coordinator, at 505-827-7701 or through the New Mexico Relay system, at 711 or toll free at 1-800-659-1779.

Interested persons may address written or recorded comments to:

Human Services Department

Gayla Delgado, CSBG Program Manager, at

Gayla.delgado2@state.nm.us or 1.505.827.7251

Interested persons may also address comments via electronic mail to: HSD-isdrules@state.nm.us