[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4187 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4187

 To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to strengthen 
and preserve families, enhance foster care, and develop qualified child 
             welfare personnel to provide parent education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 1994

   Miss Collins of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to strengthen 
and preserve families, enhance foster care, and develop qualified child 
             welfare personnel to provide parent education.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRANTS TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF 
              CHILDREN.

    Section 426 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 626) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) The Secretary shall make grants to public and private 
nonprofit organizations to train individuals in child development 
(including the health and nutrition of children), parenting skills 
(including coping with stress, strengthened parent-child relationships, 
involvement in the education of children, avoidance of family crises, 
and resolution of family conflicts), and in accessing services designed 
for families.
    ``(2) Applications for grants under this subsection shall contain 
such information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(3) Each person paid funds under this subsection shall use such 
funds in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may 
prescribe.
    ``(4) For grants under this subsection, there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary not more than $15,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997.''.

SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

    Section 426 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 626) is amended 
by adding after the subsection added by section 1 of this Act the 
following:
    ``(e)(1) The Secretary shall authorize public and private nonprofit 
organizations to conduct demonstration projects to develop, implement, 
and evaluate innovative strategies for--
            ``(A) training, recruiting, and retaining--
                            ``(i) personnel to work with families whose 
                        children are at risk of being placed in out-of-
                        home care; and
                            ``(ii) foster parents; and
            ``(B) training and support for families whose children are 
        at risk of being placed in out-of-home care.
    ``(2) Applications to conduct demonstration projects under this 
subsection shall contain such information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(3) In determining the approval of applications to conduct 
demonstration projects under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 
priority to--
            ``(A) applications that describe projects that would 
        demonstrate how to train, recruit, or retain child welfare 
        personnel in urban, distressed communities; and
            ``(B) applications that describe projects that are designed 
        to expand the capacity of socially disadvantaged individuals 
        (as defined in section 8(a)(5) of the Small Business Act) to 
        provide services in their own communities.
    ``(4) Each person paid funds under this subsection shall use such 
funds in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may 
prescribe.
    ``(5) For grants under this subsection, there are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary not more than $15,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997.''.

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