Section 356. Moneys to be provided by counties and cities; how expended

1. The legislative body of each social services district shall  annually
  appropriate  to  the  commissioner of social services such sum as may be
  needed for family assistance, and for the administration  thereof.  When
  the assistance for which such social services district is responsible is
  administered,  pursuant  to  title three-A of article three, by a social
  services official who is not an officer of the social services  district
  for which the appropriation is made, all or part of the sum appropriated
  shall be made available to such other officer and to the municipality of
  which  he  or she is an officer, in the manner, and at such times, as is
  required  by other provisions of this chapter. The legislative  body  of
  the social services district shall include such sums in the taxes  to be
  levied for such social services district.
    2.  Allowances  granted  for  family  assistance  shall be paid out of
  moneys appropriated or otherwise made  available to the social  services
  district.
    3.  Expenditures for allowances and administrative expenses under this
  title shall be a charge upon the county or city public welfare district.