expansion and improvement of child welfare services

expansion and improvement of child welfare services Increase in Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 102. (a) Section 521 of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out “there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, the sum of $25,000,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated: $25,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and the succeeding fiscal year, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, $40,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965. and the succeeding fiscal year, $45,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the succeeding fiscal year, and $50,000,000 each for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and succeeding fiscal years”. Coordination With Dependent Children Program and Extension of Child Welfare Services (b) (1) Section 523(a) of such Act is amended by striking out “each State with a plan for child-welfare services developed as provided in this part an amount equal to the Federal share” and inserting in lieu thereof “each State— “(1) that has a plan for child-welfare services which has been developed as provided in this part and which— “(A) provides for coordination between the services provided under such plan and the services provided for dependent children under the State plan approved under title IV, with a view to provision of welfare and related services which will best promote the welfare of such children and their families, and “(B) provides, with respect to day care services (including the provision of such care) provided under the plan— “(i) for cooperative arrangements with the State health authority and the State agency primarily responsible for State supervision of public schools to assure maximum utilization of such agencies in the provision of necessary health services and education for children receiving day care, “(ii) for an advisory committee, to advise the State public welfare agency on the general policy involved in the provision of day care services under the State plan, which shall include among its members representatives of other State agencies concerned with day care or services related thereto and persons representative of professional or civic or other public or nonprofit private agencies, organizations, or groups concerned with the provision of day care, 76 Stat. 183 “(iii) for such safeguards as may be necessary to assure provision of day care under the plan only in cases in which it is in the best interest of the child and the mother and only in cases in which it is determined, under criteria established by the State, that a need for such care exists; and, in cases in which the family is able to pay part or all of the costs of such care, for payment of such fees as may be reasonable in the light of such ability, and “(iv) for giving priority, in determining the existence of need for such day care, to members of low-income or other groups in the population and to geographical areas which have the greatest relative need for extension of such day care, and “(2) that makes a satisfactory showing that the State is extending the provision of child-welfare services in the State, with priority being given to communities with the greatest need for such services after giving consideration to their relative financial need, and with a view to making available by July 1, 1975, in all political subdivisions of the State, for all children in need thereof, child-welfare services provided by the staff (which shall to the extent feasible be composed of trained child-welfare personnel) of the State public welfare agency or of the local agency participating in the administration of the plan in the political subdivision, an amount equal to the Federal share”. (2) Such section 523(a) is further amended by striking out “costs of district, county, or other local child-welfare services” and inserting in lieu thereof “costs of State, district, county, or other local child-welfare services”. Allotments for Day Care (c) (1) Section 522(a) of such Act is amended— (A) by striking out “‘The sums appropriated for each fiscal year under section 521” at the beginning of such section and inserting in lieu thereof “All but $10,000,000 of the total appropriated for a fiscal year under section 521, or, if such total is less than $35,000,000, all but the excess (if any) of such total over $25,000,000,”; (B) by striking out “He shall allot to each State $50,000 or, if greater, such portion of $70,000 as the amount appropriated under section 521 for such year bears to the amount authorized to be so appropriated” and inserting in lieu thereof “He shall allot to each State $70,000 or, if the amount appropriated under section 521 for such year is less than $25,000,000, he shall allot to each State $50,000 or, if greater, such portion of $70,000 as the amount appropriated under such section bears to $25,000,000”; and (C) by striking out “the remainder of the sums so appropriated for such year” and inserting in lieu thereof “the remainder of the sum available for allotment under this subsection for such year”. (2) Part 3 of title V of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “day care “Sec. 527. (a) In order to assist the States to provide adequately for the care and protection of children whose parents are, for part of the day, working or seeking work, or otherwise absent from the home or unable for other reasons to provide parental supervision, the portion of the appropriation under section 521 for any fiscal year which is not76 Stat. 184 allotted under section 522 shall be allotted by the Secretary among the States solely for use, under the State plan developed as provided in this part, for day care services, including the provision of day care in facilities (including private homes) which are licensed by the State, or are approved (as meeting the standards established for such licensing) by the State agency responsible for licensing facilities of this type, as follows: He shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such portion of the appropriation as the product of (1) the population of the State under the age of 21 and (2) the allotment percentage of such State (as determined under section 524) bears to the sum of the corresponding products of all the States, except that the allotment of any State as so computed which is less than $10,000 shall be increased to that amount, the total of the increases thereby required being derived by proportionately reducing the allotments to each of the remaining States (as so computed) having an allotment in excess of that amount, but with such adjustments as may be necessary to prevent the allotment of any of such remaining States from being thereby reduced to less than that amount. “(b) The amount of any allotment to a State under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which the State certifies to the Secretary will not be required for the purposes for which allotted shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates as the Secretary may fix, to other States which the Secretary determines (1) have need in carrying out such purposes for sums in excess of those previously allotted to them under subsection (a), and (2) will be able to use such excess amounts during such fiscal year. Such reallotments shall be made on the basis of the need for additional funds in carrying out such purposes, after taking into consideration the population under the age of twenty-one, and the per capita income of each such State as compared with the population under the age of twenty-one, and the per capita income of all such States with respect to which such a determination by the Secretary has been made. Any amount so reallotted to a State shall be deemed part of its allotment under subsection (a).” Definition of Child-Welfare Services (d) (1) Section 521 of such Act is further amended by striking out “public-welfare services (hereinafter in this title referred to as ‘child-welfare services’) for the protection and care of homeless, dependent, and neglected children, and children in danger of becoming delinquent” and inserting in lieu thereof “child-welfare services”. (2) Part 3 of title V of such Act is further amended by adding after section 527 (added by subsection (c)(2) of this section) the following new section: “definition “Sec. 528. For purposes of this part, the term ‘child-welfare services’ means public social services which supplement, or substitute for, parental care and supervision for the purpose of (1) preventing or remedying, or assisting in the solution of problems which may result in, the neglect, abuse, exploitation, or delinquency of children, (2) protecting and caring for homeless, dependent, or neglected children, (3) protecting and promoting the welfare of children of working mothers, and (4) otherwise protecting and promoting the welfare of children, including the strengthening of their own homes where possible or, where needed, the provision of adequate care of children away from their homes in foster family homes or day-care or other child-care facilities.”