Allotment formula

5. a. Allotments to each county whose annual comprehensive plan is approved pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of this act shall be made on the basis of the following formula: County Allotment = Population of County x Total Funds Appropriated Population of State ( Per Capita Income of State (3 yr. average) x ( .5 x ----------------------------------------------------- ( Per Capita Income of County (3 yr. average) Need in County ) + .5 x ----------------- ) Need in State ) in which Need in County and Need in State are estimates of the prevalence of alcohol use disorder according to the current New Jersey Behavioral Health Services Plan. The funds dedicated for the provision of educational programs from the Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund shall be allocated to the counties on the basis of this formula. b. As a condition for receiving the allotment calculated in subsection a. of this section, a county shall contribute a sum not less than 25 percent of that county's allotment to fund community services for persons with alcohol use disorder pursuant to the county's annual comprehensive plan. Those alcohol use disorder education, prevention and treatment programs already existing in a county may be combined under the county plan which establishes the annual comprehensive plan to be approved by the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services. In determining the sum of money to be contributed by each county, the required 25 percent minimum county contribution may include any moneys currently appropriated by the county to meet the needs of the alcohol use disorder programs.