Pub. L. 90-248, tit. II, pt. 1, sec. 206

emergency assistance for certain needy families with children

EnactedYear: 1968Length: 436 wordsOfficial source
emergency assistance for certain needy families with children Sec. 206. (a) Section 403(a) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 201(e) of this Act) is amended by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: “(5) in the case of any State, an amount equal to the sum of— “(A) 50 per centum of the total amount expended under the State plan during such quarter as emergency assistance to needy families with children in the form of payments or care specified in paragraph (1) of section 406(e), and “(B) 75 per centum of the total amount expended under the State plan during such quarter as emergency assistance to needy families with children in the form of services specified in paragraph (1) of section 406(e).” (b) Section 406 of such Act (as amended by section 201(f) of this Act) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(e) (1) The term ‘emergency assistance to needy families with children’ means any of the following, furnished for a period not in excess of 30 days in any 12-month period, in the case of a needy child under the age of 21 who is (or, within such period as may be specified by the Secretary, has been) living with any of the relatives specified in subsection (a)(1) in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home, but only where such child is without available resources, the payments, care, or services involved are necessary to avoid destitution of such child or to provide living arrangements in a home for such child, and such destitution or need for living arrangements did not arise because such child or relative refused without good cause to accept employment or training for employment— “(A) money payments, payments in kind, or such other payments as the State agency may specify with respect to, or medical care or any other type of remedial care recognized under State law on behalf of, such child or any other member of the household in which he is living, and “(B) such services as may be specified by the Secretary; but only with respect to a State whose State plan approved under section 402 includes provision for such assistance. “(2) Emergency assistance as authorized under paragraph (1) may be provided under the conditions specified in such paragraph to migrant workers with families in the State or in such part or parts thereof as the State shall designate.”
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