{"id":50180,"date":"2023-02-17T07:52:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T12:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=50180"},"modified":"2023-02-17T07:52:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T12:52:37","slug":"listen-community-matters-new-york-state-association-of-counties-february-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-community-matters-new-york-state-association-of-counties-february-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"[LISTEN] Community Matters &#8211; New York State Association of Counties &#8211; February 16, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1449117610&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>New York State Association of Counties<\/strong> provides more information about what the EFMAP, or <strong>Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage<\/strong>, program is and how a proposed clawback of those funds will affect counties in New York.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYSAC.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-community-matters-new-york-state-association-of-counties-february-16-2023\/nysac-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYSAC.png?fit=1000%2C915&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,915\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NYSAC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYSAC.png?fit=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYSAC.png?fit=1000%2C915&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50181\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYSAC.png?resize=1000%2C915&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYSAC.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYSAC.png?resize=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYSAC.png?resize=768%2C703&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<br>More Posts for Show: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/show\/community-matters\/#show-posts\">Community Matters<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York State Association of Counties provides more information about what the EFMAP, or Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, program is and how a proposed clawback of those funds will affect counties in New York. 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