aid to dependent children

aid to dependent children Sec. 312. (a) The first sentence of section 401 of the Social Security Act is amended to read: “For the purpose of encouraging the care of dependent children in their own homes or in the homes of relatives by enabling each State to furnish financial assistance and other services, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to needy dependent children and the parents or relatives with whom they are living to help maintain and strengthen family life and to help such parents or relatives to attain the maximum self-support and personal independence consistent with the maintenance of continuing parental 70 Stat. 849 care and protection, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this title.” (b) Subsection (a) of section 402 of such Act is amended by striking out “and” before clause (11) thereof, and by striking out the period at the end of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following new clause: “and (12) provide a description of the services (if any) which the State agency makes available to maintain and strengthen family life for children, including a description of the steps taken to assure, in the provision of such services, maximum utilization of other agencies providing similar or related services.” (c) (1) Clauses (1) and (2) of section 403 (a) of such Act are each amended by striking out “, which shall be used exclusively as aid to dependent children,”. (2) Clause (3) of such section 403 (a) is amended by striking out “which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to dependent children, or both, and for no other purpose” and inserting in lieu thereof “including services which are provided by the staff of the State agency (or of the local agency administering the State plan in the political subdivision), to relatives with whom such children (applying for or receiving such aid) are living, in order to help such relatives attain self-support or self-care, or which are provided to maintain and strengthen family life for such children”.