FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENT LIVING INITIATIVES.

SEC. 8104. FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENT LIVING INITIATIVES. (a) Extension of Independent Living Program.—Section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended— (1) by striking “1987 and 1988” in subsections (a) and (e)(1) and inserting “1987, 1988, and 1989”; (2) by striking “for fiscal year 1988” and all that follows in subsection (c) and inserting “for the fiscal year 1988 or 1989, such description and assurances must be submitted prior to February 1 of such fiscal year.”; (3) by striking “Not later than March 1, 1988” in subsection (g)(1) and inserting “Not later than the first January 1 following the end of each fiscal year”; (4) by inserting “during such fiscal year” in subsection (g)(1) after “carried out”; (5) by striking “(2) Not later than July 1, 1988,” in subsection (g)(2) and inserting the following: “(2)(A) Not later than July 1, 1988, the Secretary shall submit an interim report on the activities carried out under this section, “(B) Not later than March 1, 1989,”; and (6) by striking “fiscal year 1987” in subsection (g)(2) and inserting “fiscal years 1987 and 1988”. (b) Permission To Expend Unobligated Funds Appropriated for 1987 in 1989.—Subsection (f) of section 477 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677(f)) is amended by inserting after and below paragraph (3) the following: “Notwithstanding paragraph (3), payments made to a State under this section for the fiscal year 1987 and unobligated may be expended by such State in the fiscal year 1989.”. (c) Inclusion in Independent Living Program of Non-AFDC Foster Care Children.—Subsection (a) of section 477 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” before “Payments”; (2) by striking “children” and all that follows through “age 16,” and inserting “children described in paragraph (2) who have attained age 16”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) A program established and carried out under paragraph (1)— “(A) shall be designed to assist children with respect to whom foster care maintenance payments are being made by the State under this part, and “(B) may at the option of the State also include any or all other children in foster care under the responsibility of the State.”. 102 STAT. 3797 (d) Inclusion in Independent Living Program of Certain Former Foster Care Children.—Paragraph (2) of section 477(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677(a)(2)) (as added by subsection (c) of this section) is further amended— (1) by striking “and” in subparagraph (A); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting “, and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) may at the option of the State also include any child to whom foster care maintenance payments were previously made by a State under this part and whose payments were discontinued on or after the date such child attained age 16, and any child who previously was in foster care described in subparagraph (B) and for whom such care was discontinued on or after the date such child attained age 16, but such child may not be so included after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of discontinuance of such payments or care; and a written transitional independent living plan of the type described in subsection (d)(6) shall be developed for such child as a part of such program.”. (e) Determination of Services Needed for Transition to Independent Living.—Subparagraph (C) of section 475(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(C)) is amended by inserting “and, in the case of a child who has attained age 16, the services needed to assist the child to make the transition from foster care to independent living” before the semicolon. (f) Limitation on Use of Funds.—Paragraph (3) of section 477(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677(e)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Amounts payable under this section may not be used for the provision of room or board.”. (g) Effective Dates.—(1) The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (e) shall take effect on October 1, 1988. (2) The amendments made by subsections (c), (d), and (f) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.