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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part B · Chapter 7 — Social Security

§ 626. Research, training, or demonstration projects

Statutory text

(a)

Authorization of appropriations

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 described in section 628a 1 of this title 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; advances or reimbursements; installments; conditions

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.

(c)

Child welfare traineeships

The Secretary may approve an application for a grant to a public or nonprofit institution for higher learning to provide traineeships with stipends under subsection (a)(1)(C) only if the application—

(1)

provides assurances that each individual who receives a stipend with such traineeship (in this section referred to as a “recipient”) will enter into an agreement with the institution under which the recipient agrees—

(A)

to participate in training at a public or private nonprofit child welfare agency on a regular basis (as determined by the Secretary) for the period of the traineeship;

(B)

to be employed for a period of years equivalent to the period of the traineeship, in a public or private nonprofit child welfare agency in any State, within a period of time (determined by the Secretary in accordance with regulations) after completing the postsecondary education for which the traineeship was awarded;

(C)

to furnish to the institution and the Secretary evidence of compliance with subparagraphs (A) and (B); and

(D)

if the recipient fails to comply with subparagraph (A) or (B) and does not qualify for any exception to this subparagraph which the Secretary may prescribe in regulations, to repay to the Secretary all (or an appropriately prorated part) of the amount of the stipend, plus interest, and, if applicable, reasonable collection fees (in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary);

(2)

provides assurances that the institution will—

(A)

enter into agreements with child welfare agencies for onsite training of recipients;

(B)

permit an individual who is employed in the field of child welfare services to apply for a traineeship with a stipend if the traineeship furthers the progress of the individual toward the completion of degree requirements; and

(C)

develop and implement a system that, for the 3-year period that begins on the date any recipient completes a child welfare services program of study, tracks the employment record of the recipient, for the purpose of determining the percentage of recipients who secure employment in the field of child welfare services and remain employed in the field.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Social Security Amendments of 1967

    Pub. L. 90–248 title II § 240(c) · 81 Stat. 821

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 626

    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 426, as added Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 240(c), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 915

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 426, as added Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 240(c), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 915

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Title IV of such Act is further amended by adding at the end 49 Stat. 627; 76 Stat. 186. thereof the following new part: “Part B— Child-Welfare Services “Sec. 420. “appropriation 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. “Sec. 421. “allotments to states 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 Post, p. 913. under section 423) bears to the sum of the corresponding products of all the States. “Sec. 422. “payment to states (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 “(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. “Sec. 423. “allotment percentage and federal share (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 the 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 42 USC 724. 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. “Sec. 424. “reallotment 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. “Sec. 425. “definition 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. “Sec. 426. “research, training, or demonstration projects (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.”

  2. Pub. L. 100–203 title IX § 9137 · 101 Stat. 1330

    1. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 626(b); 42 U.S.C. § 626(c)

      Pub. L. 100–203 added subsec. (b)

    2. Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 626(b); 42 U.S.C. § 626(c)

      Pub. L. 100–203 redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 100–203 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 9137. BOARDER BABIES DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. Section 426 of the Social Security Act is amended— 42 USC 626. (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting immediately after subsection (a) the following new subsection: “(b) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990 for grants by the Secretary to public or private nonprofit entities submitting applications under this subsection for the purpose of conducting demonstration projects under this subsection to develop alternative care arrangements for infants who do not have health conditions that require hospitalization and who would otherwise remain in inappropriate hospital settings. “(2) The demonstration projects conducted under this section may include— “(A) multidisciplinary projects designed to prevent the inappropriate hospitalization of infants and to allow infants described in paragraph (1) to remain with or return to a parent in a residential setting, where appropriate care for the infant and suitable treatment for the parent (including treatment for drug or alcohol addiction) may be assured, with the goal (where possible) of rehabilitating the parent and eliminating the need for such care for the infant; “(B) multidisciplinary projects that assure appropriate, individualized care for such infants in a foster home or other non-medical residential setting in cases where such infant does not require hospitalization and would otherwise remain in inappropriate hospital settings, including projects to dem-onstrate methods to recruit, train, and retain foster care families; and “(C) such other projects as the Secretary determines will best serve the interests of such infants and will serve as models for projects that agencies or organizations in other communities may wish to develop. “(3) In the case of any project which includes the use of funds authorized under this subsection for the care of infants in foster homes or other non-medical residential settings away from their parents, there shall be developed for each such infant a case plan of the type described in section 475(1) (to the extent that such infant is not otherwise covered by such a plan), and each such project shall include a case review system of the type described in section 475(5) (covering each such infant who is not otherwise subject to such a system). “(4) In evaluating applications from entities proposing to conduct demonstration projects under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to those projects that serve areas most in need of alternative care arrangements for infants described in paragraph (1). “(5) No project may be funded unless the application therefor contains assurances that it will— “(A) provide for adequate evaluation; “(B) provide for coordination with local governments; “(C) provide for community education regarding the inappropriate hospitalization of infants; “(D) use, to the extent practical, other available private, local. State, and Federal sources for the provision of direct services; and “(E) meet such other criteria as the Secretary may prescribe. “(6) Grants may be used to pay the costs of maintenance and of Grants. necessary medical and social services (to the extent that these costs are not otherwise paid for under other titles of this Act), and for such other purposes as the Secretary may allow. “(7) The Secretary shall provide training and technical assistance to grantees, as requested.”.

  3. Social Security Act Amendments of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–432 title II § 205(b) · 108 Stat. 4398

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 626(a)(1)(C)

    Pub. L. 103–432 inserted “described in section 628a of this title” after “including traineeships”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 103–432 inserted “described in section 628a of this title” after “including traineeships”.

  4. Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006

    Pub. L. 109–288 § 11(b) · 120 Stat. 1233

    1. Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 626(b)

      Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b)

    2. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 626(b)

      Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), struck out former subsec. (b) which related to appropriations for demonstration projects for development of alternate care arrangements for infants not requiring hospitalization

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to appropriations for demonstration projects for development of alternate care arrangements for infants not requiring hospitalization.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Elimination of Obsolete Provision.— Section 426 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 626) is amended by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 109–288 effective Oct. 1, 2006, and applicable to payments under this part and part E of this subchapter for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, without regard to whether implementing regulations have been promulgated, and with delay permitted if State legislation is required to meet additional requirements, see section 12(a), (b) of Pub. L. 109–288, set out as a note under section 621 of this title.

  5. Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006

    Pub. L. 109–288 § 6(f)(2) · 120 Stat. 1233

    1. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 626(c)

      Pub. L. 109–288, § 6(f)(2), amended section as amended by Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), by transferring section 628a of this title

    2. Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 626(c)

      Pub. L. 109–288, § 6(f)(2), redesignating it as subsec. (c) of this section. See Codification note above

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–288, § 6(f)(2), amended section as amended by Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), by transferring section 628a of this title and redesignating it as subsec. (c) of this section. See Codification note above.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Section 429 of such Act 42 USC 628a, 626. (42 U.S.C. 628a) is amended— (A) (i) by striking the following: “Sec. 429. “CHILD WELFARE TRAINEESHIPS The Secretary” ; and (ii) inserting the following: “(c) Child Welfare Traineeships.— The Secretary” ; and (B) by transferring the provision to the end of section 426 (as amended by section 11(b) of this Act).

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 109–288 effective Oct. 1, 2006, and applicable to payments under this part and part E of this subchapter for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, without regard to whether implementing regulations have been promulgated, and with delay permitted if State legislation is required to meet additional requirements, see section 12(a), (b) of Pub. L. 109–288, set out as a note under section 621 of this title.

  6. Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006

    Pub. L. 109–288 § 11(b) · 120 Stat. 1233

    Redesignated · 42 U.S.C. § 626(c)

    Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b)

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Elimination of Obsolete Provision.— Section 426 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 626) is amended by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 109–288 effective Oct. 1, 2006, and applicable to payments under this part and part E of this subchapter for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, without regard to whether implementing regulations have been promulgated, and with delay permitted if State legislation is required to meet additional requirements, see section 12(a), (b) of Pub. L. 109–288, set out as a note under section 621 of this title.

8 of 9 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 628a of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(C), was transferred and redesignated as subsec. (c) of this section by Pub. L. 109–288, § 6(f)(2), , 120 Stat. 1247.

Codification

Section 628a of this title, which was transferred and redesignated as subsec. (c) of this section by Pub. L. 109–288, was based on act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 429, as added Pub. L. 103–432, title II, § 205(a), , 108 Stat. 4456.

Amendments1987–2006 · 3 rounds

2006

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to appropriations for demonstration projects for development of alternate care arrangements for infants not requiring hospitalization.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–288, § 6(f)(2), amended section as amended by Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), by transferring section 628a of this title and redesignating it as subsec. (c) of this section. See Codification note above.

Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(b), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b).

1994

Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 103–432 inserted “described in section 628a of this title” after “including traineeships”.

1987

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 100–203 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2006 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 109–288 effective , and applicable to payments under this part and part E of this subchapter for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, without regard to whether implementing regulations have been promulgated, and with delay permitted if State legislation is required to meet additional requirements, see section 12(a), (b) of Pub. L. 109–288, set out as a note under section 621 of this title.

Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Pub. L. 103–432, title II, § 205(c), , 108 Stat. 4457, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting section 628a of this title and amending this section] shall apply to grants awarded on or after .”

Appropriations or Grants

Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 240(g), , 81 Stat. 916, provided that any appropriations or grants made pursuant to section 726 of this title, as in effect prior to , were to be deemed to have been appropriated or made under this section.

Credits

1935–2006 · 4 acts
  1. 1935Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 426, as added Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 240(c), , 81 Stat. 915
  2. 1987amended Pub. L. 100–203, title IX, § 9137, , 101 Stat. 1330–319
  3. 1994Pub. L. 103–432, title II, § 205(b), , 108 Stat. 4457
  4. 2006Pub. L. 109–288, §§ 6(f)(2), 11(b), , 120 Stat. 1247, 1255.
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(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 426, as added Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 240(c), , 81 Stat. 915; amended Pub. L. 100–203, title IX, § 9137, , 101 Stat. 1330–319; Pub. L. 103–432, title II, § 205(b), , 108 Stat. 4457; Pub. L. 109–288, §§ 6(f)(2), 11(b), , 120 Stat. 1247, 1255.)

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