Section 346-17.5 - Federal aid to children in foster care(a) Beginning October 1, 1983, not more than forty per cent of the total number of children for whom maintenance is provided pursuant to part E of title IV of the Social Security Act may have been in foster care for more than twenty-four months.(b) Commencing with the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 1984, the department shall reduce by one per cent each fiscal year the total number of children for whom maintenance is so provided and who have been in foster care for more than twenty-four months.