inclusion of child-welfare services in title iv

inclusion of child-welfare services in title iv Sec. 240. (a) The heading of title IV of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: “TITLE IV— GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES” (b) Title IV of such Act is further amended by inserting immediately after the heading of the title the following: “Part A— Aid to Families With Dependent Children” (c) Title IV of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part: “Part B— Child-Welfare Services “appropriation “Sec. 420. For the purpose of enabling the United States, through the Secretary, to cooperate with State public welfare agencies in establishing, extending, and strengthening child-welfare services, the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated: $55,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $110,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. 81 Stat. 912 “allotments to states “Sec. 421. The sum appropriated pursuant to section 420 for each fiscal year shall be allotted by the Secretary for use by cooperating State public welfare agencies which have plans developed jointly by the State agency and the Secretary, as follows: He shall allot $70,000 to each State, and shall allot, to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to the remainder of the sum so appropriated for such year as the product of (1) the population of such State under the age of 21 and (2) the allotment percentage of such State (as determined under section 423) bears to the sum of the corresponding products of all the States. “payment to states “Sec. 422. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor and the allotment available under this part, the Secretary shall from time to time pay to 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 part A of this title, 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 this title— “(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 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, “(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, “(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 “(v) that day care provided under the plan will be provided only in facilities (including private homes) which are licensed by the State, or approved (as meeting the standards established for such licensing) by the State agency responsible for licensing facilities of this type, and 81 Stat. 913 “(vi) for the development and implementation of arrangements for the more effective involvement of the parent or parents in the appropriate care of the child and the improvement of the health and development of the child, 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, except that (effective July 1, 1969, or, if earlier, on the date as of which the modification of the State plan to comply with this requirement with respect to subprofessional staff is approved) such plan shall provide for the training and effective use of paid subprofessional staff with particular emphasis on the full-time or part-time employment of persons of low income, as community service aides, in the administration of the plan and for the use of nonpaid or partially paid volunteers in providing services and in assisting any advisory committees established by the State agency, an amount equal to the Federal share (as determined under section 423) of the total sum expended under such plan (including the cost of administration of the plan) in meeting the costs of State, district, county, or other local child-welfare services, in developing State services for the encouragement and assistance of adequate methods of community child-welfare organization, in paying the costs of returning any runaway child who has not attained the age of eighteen to his own community in another State, and of maintaining such child until such return (for a period not exceeding fifteen days), in cases in which such costs cannot be met by the parents of such child or by any person, agency, or institution legally responsible for the support of such child. In developing such services for children, the facilities and experience of voluntary agencies shall be utilized in accordance with child-care programs and arrangements in the State and local communities as may be authorized by the State. “(b) The method of computing and paying such amounts shall be as follows: “(1) The Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each period for which a payment is to be made, estimate the amount to be paid to the State tor such period under the provisions of subsection (a). “(2) From the allotment available therefor, the Secretary shall pay the amount so estimated, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this section) by which he finds that his estimate of the amount to be paid the State for any prior period under this section was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such prior period under this section. “allotment percentage and federal share “Sec. 423. (a) The ‘allotment percentage’ for any State shall be 100 per centum less the State percentage; and the State percentage shall be that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of 81 Stat. 914the United States; except that (1) the allotment percentage shall in no case be less than 30 per centum or more than 70 per centum, and (2) the allotment percentage shall be 70 per centum in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. “(b) The ‘Federal share’ for any State for any fiscal year shall be 100 per centum less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the United States, except that (1) in no ease shall the Federal share be less than 33⅓ per centum or more than 66% per centum, and (2) the Federal share shall be 662/3 per centum in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. “(c) The Federal share and the allotment percentage for each State shall be promulgated by the Secretary between July 1 and August 31 of each even-numbered year, on the basis of the average per capita income of each State and of the United States for the three most recent calendar years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce. Such promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning July 1 next succeeding such promulgation: Provided, That the Federal shares and allotment percentages promulgated under section 524(c) of the Social Security Act in 1966 shall be effective for purposes of this section for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1968, and June 30, 1969. “(d) For purposes of this section, the term ‘United States’ means the fifty States and the District of Columbia. “reallotment “Sec. 424. The amount of any allotment to a State under section 421 for any fiscal year which the State certifies to the Secretary will not be required for carrying out the State plan developed as provided in such section 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 their State plans so developed for sums in excess of those previously allotted to them under that section and (2) will be able to use such excess amounts during such fiscal year. Such reallotments shall be made on the basis of the State plans so developed, 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 section 421. “definition “Sec. 425. For purposes of this title, 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. 81 Stat. 915 “research, training, or demonstration projects “Sec. 426. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as the Congress may determine— “(1) for grants by the Secretary— “(A) to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learning, and to public or other nonprofit agencies and organizations engaged in research or child-welfare activities, for special research or demonstration projects in the field of child welfare which are of regional or national significance and for special projects for the demonstration of new methods or facilities which show promise of substantial contribution to the advancement of child welfare; “(B) to State or local public agencies responsible for administering, or supervising the administration of, the plan under this part, for projects for the demonstration of the utilization of research (including findings resulting therefrom) in the field of child welfare in order to encourage experimental and special types of welfare services; and “(C) to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learning for special projects for training personnel for work in the field of child welfare, including traineeships with such stipends and allowances as may be permitted by the Secretary; and “(2) for contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with States and public and other organizations and agencies for the conduct of research, special projects, or demonstration projects relating to such matters. “(b) Payments of grants or under contracts or cooperative arrangements under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments, as the Secretary may determine; and shall be made on such conditions as the Secretary finds necessary to carry out the purposes of the grants, contracts, or other arrangements.” (d) (1) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 422(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (c) of this section) are redesignated as (B) and (C). (2) So much of paragraph (1) of section 422(a) of such Act (as added by subsection (c) of this section) as precedes subparagraph (B)(as redesignated) is amended to rend as follows: “(1) that has a plan for child-welfare services which has been developed as provided in this part and which— “(A) provides that (i) the State agency designated pursuant to section 402(a)(3) to administer or supervise the administration of the plan of the State approved under part A of this title will administer or supervise the administration of such plan for child-welfare services and (ii) to the extent that child-welfare services are furnished by the staff of the State agency or local agency administering such plan for child-welfare services, the organizational unit in such State or local agency established pursuant to section 402(a)(15) will be responsible for furnishing such child-welfare services,”. (e) (1) Part 3 of title V of the Social Security Act is repealed on the date this Act is enacted. (2) Part B of title IV of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (c) of this section), and the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, shall become effective on the date this Act is enacted. 81 Stat. 916 (3) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) shall become effective July 1, 1969, except that (A) if on the date of enactment of this Act the agency of a State administering its plan for child-welfare services developed under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act is different from the agency of the State designated pursuant to section 402(a)(3) of such Act, so much of paragraph (1) of section 422(a) of such Act as precedes subparagraph (B)(as added by paragraph (2) of such subsection (d)) shall not apply with respect to such agencies but only so long as such agencies of the State are different, and (B) if on such date the local agency administering the plan of a State for child-welfare services developed under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act is different from the local agency in such subdivision administering the plan of such State under part A of title IV of such Act, so much of such paragraph (1) as precedes such subparagraph (B) shall not apply with respect to such local agencies but only so long as such local agencies are different. (f) In the case of any State which has a plan developed as provided in part 3 of title V of the Social Security Act as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act— (1) such plan shall be treated as a plan developed, as provided in part B of title IV of such Act, on the date this Act is enacted: (2) any sums appropriated, allotted, or reallotted pursuant to part 3 of title V for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, shall be deemed appropriated, allotted, or reallotted (as the case may be) under part B of title IV of such Act for such fiscal year: and (3) any overpayment or underpayment which the Secretary determines was made to the State under section 523 of the Social Security Act and with respect to which adjustment has not then already been made under subsection (b) of such section shall, for purposes of section 422 of such Act, be considered an overpayment or underpayment (as the case may be) made under section 422 of such Act. (g) Any sums appropriated or grants made pursuant to section 526 of the Social Security Act (as in effect prior to the enactment of this Act) shall be deemed to have been appropriated or made (as the case may be) under section 426 of the Social Security Act (as added by subsection (c) of this section). (h) Each State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act as in effect on the day preceding the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed, without the necessity of any change in such plan, to have been conformed with the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section.