[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5039 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5039

 To require unmarried minors who are parents or pregnant to live under 
adult supervision as a condition of receiving certain welfare benefits, 
 to provide incentives for the establishment by the private sector of 
  homes for such minors, and to provide for rehabilitation grants for 
                    housing and services facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 1994

Mr. Greenwood introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
    to the Committees on Ways and Means, Banking, Finance and Urban 
   Affairs, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require unmarried minors who are parents or pregnant to live under 
adult supervision as a condition of receiving certain welfare benefits, 
 to provide incentives for the establishment by the private sector of 
  homes for such minors, and to provide for rehabilitation grants for 
                    housing and services facilities.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Homes for A Nurturing and 
Caring Environment Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Children need the supervision, guidance, and support of 
        adults. Unmarried minors who are parents or pregnant need 
        more--not less--support from responsible adults.
            (2) When the parents of these minors are unable to provide 
        for their care, it is the responsibility of society to assure 
        that they are placed in the care of other responsible adults.
            (3) A welfare system that provides direct cash and food 
        stamp benefits to minors who are mothers or pregnant but does 
        not ensure that these young mothers are in the care of 
        responsible adults places the young mothers and their children 
        at risk.
            (4) Pregnant minors and minors with children who lack the 
        care of a responsible parent should be placed in the care of 
        other responsible adults. Sufficient financial resources should 
        be provided to these responsible adults to meet the needs of 
        the children placed in their care.
            (5) Minors who give birth make up nearly half of the AFDC 
        caseload. From 1976 to 1992, the number of minors receiving Aid 
        to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) grew from 35,000 to 
        150,000. The number of minors receiving AFDC who gave birth 
        increased during this period from 743,000 to 1,200,000. Since 
        most States do not separately identify minor parents whose 
        benefits are incorporated into their own mothers' grants, the 
        real number of minor parents on AFDC may be twice this high.
            (6) These minor parents are the least likely to become 
        self-reliant. Less than half of the minors who give birth have 
        high school diplomas, as compared to two-thirds of minors who 
        did not give birth. These minors are twice as likely to have 4 
        or more children as those who do not give birth. In 1992, two-
        thirds of minors who gave birth never married. Child support is 
        much more difficult to collect for the children of minors who 
        have never married.
            (7) The Center for Population Options has estimated that in 
        1990 the Federal Government spent $25,000,000,000 in AFDC, 
        Medicaid, and food stamps to support families begun by 
        teenagers.
            (8) The children of these single, teenage, low-income, 
        undereducated parents are among the most at risk in our society 
        for poor nurturing, neglect, abuse, and chronic dependency.
            (9) It is in the critical interests of these children, 
        their parents, and society that appropriate public and private 
        resources be marshalled to provide them with a safe, secure, 
        stable, nurturing environment where children can be protected 
        and the parents trained in parenting, homemaking, and job 
        skills, and where they can be encouraged to become able parents 
        who are economically self-reliant.
            (10) A program that simply provides cash, food stamps, and 
        Medicaid cards to minor parents in individual, self-chosen 
        settings fails to meet these critical goals.
            (11) At the turn of the last century, single, minor women 
        who were parents or pregnant were unable to provide financial 
        and other necessary resources for their children were cared for 
        in private charitable institutions known as homes for unwed 
        mothers. With the advent of the modern client-based social 
        welfare system, these homes have nearly disappeared. As we move 
        into the next century, it is time to recreate the modern day 
        equivalent of these nurturing and constructive environments.

       TITLE I--CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING CERTAIN WELFARE BENEFITS

SEC. 101. REQUIREMENT THAT UNMARRIED MINORS WHO ARE PARENTS OR PREGNANT 
              LIVE UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING 
              CERTAIN WELFARE BENEFITS.

    (a) AFDC.--Section 402(a)(43) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
602(a)(43)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(43) provide that--
                    ``(A) an individual who has not attained 18 years 
                of age, is a parent of a dependent child or pregnant, 
                and is not married shall not be eligible to receive aid 
                under the State plan if--
                            ``(i) there is available to the individual 
                        (and the dependent children (if any) of the 
                        individual)--
                                    ``(I) a place of residence 
                                maintained by a parent, legal guardian, 
                                or other adult relative of the 
                                individual as the home of the parent, 
                                guardian, or adult relative;
                                    ``(II) a foster home;
                                    ``(III) a Home for Single Dependent 
                                Minor Parents (as defined in section 
                                102 of the Children's Homes for A 
                                Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 
                                1994); or
                                    ``(IV) another adult-supervised 
                                supportive living arrangement; and
                            ``(ii) the individual (and the dependent 
                        children (if any) of the individual) do not 
                        reside in such a place of residence, home, or 
                        living arrangement; and
                    ``(B) such aid (where possible) shall be provided 
                to the parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative 
                on behalf of the individual (and the dependent children 
                (if any) of the individual).''.
    (b) SSI.--Section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) An individual who has not attained 18 years of age, is a 
parent or pregnant, and is not married shall not be an eligible 
individual for purposes of this title if--
            ``(A) there is available to the individual (and the 
        dependent children (if any) of the individual)--
                    ``(i) a place of residence maintained by a parent, 
                legal guardian, or other adult relative of the 
                individual as the home of the parent, guardian, or 
                adult relative;
                    ``(ii) a foster home;
                    ``(iii) a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents 
                (as defined in section 102 of the Children's Homes for 
                A Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994); or
                    ``(iv) another adult-supervised supportive living 
                arrangement; and
            ``(B) the individual (and the dependent children (if any) 
        of the individual) do not reside in such a place of residence, 
        home, or living arrangement.''.
    (c) Housing Subsidies.--Subtitle C of title VI of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13601 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 645. REQUIREMENT THAT UNMARRIED MINORS WHO ARE PARENTS OR 
              PREGNANT LIVE UNDER ADULT SUPERVISION AS A CONDITION OF 
              RECEIVING FEDERAL RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--A minor who is a parent or pregnant, is eligible 
for aid to families with dependent children under a State plan approved 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, and is not married 
shall not be eligible for Federal rental housing assistance if--
            ``(1) there is available to the individual (and the 
        dependent children (if any) of the individual)--
                    ``(A) a place of residence maintained by a parent, 
                legal guardian, or other adult relative of the 
                individual as the home of the parent, guardian, or 
                adult relative;
                    ``(B) a foster home;
                    ``(C) a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents (as 
                defined in section 102 of the Children's Homes for A 
                Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994); or
                    ``(D) another adult-supervised supportive living 
                arrangement; and
            ``(2) the individual (and the dependent children (if any) 
        of the individual) do not reside in such a place of residence, 
        home, or living arrangement.
    ``(b) Prohibition of Evictions.--Any individual who is receiving 
Federal rental housing assistance for a dwelling unit that the 
individual lawfully occupies immediately before the date of the 
enactment of the Children's Homes for A Nurturing and Caring 
Environment Act of 1994 may not be evicted or otherwise required to 
vacate such unit because of the provisions of subsection (a).
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `Federal rental housing assistance' means, 
        with respect to any individual--
                    ``(A) occupancy by the individual in any rental 
                dwelling unit for which financial assistance is 
                provided in any form by the Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development or the Department of Agriculture; or
                    ``(B) financial assistance provided on behalf of 
                the individual by the Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development or the Department of Agriculture for the 
                rental of a dwelling unit; and
            ``(2) the term `minor' means an individual who has not 
        attained the age of 18.''.
    (d) WIC.--Section 17(d) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Participation in the 
        program'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (4), 
        participation in the program'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(4)(A)(i) A minor who is not married shall not be eligible to 
participate in the program under this section if--
            ``(I) there is available to the minor (and the dependent 
        children (if any) of the minor) a place of residence maintained 
        by a parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative of the 
        minor as the home of the parent, guardian, or adult relative, a 
        foster home, a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents (as 
        defined in section 102 of the Children's Homes for A Nurturing 
        and Caring Environment Act of 1994), or another adult-
        supervised supportive living arrangement; and
            ``(II) the minor (and the dependent children (if any) of 
        the minor) do not reside in such a place of residence, home, or 
        living arrangement.
    ``(ii) An infant or child of a minor who is not married shall not 
be an eligible to participate in the program under this section if--
            ``(I) there is available to the minor and such infant or 
        child, as the case may be, a place of residence maintained by a 
        parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative of the minor as 
        the home of the parent, guardian, or adult relative, a foster 
        home, a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents (as defined in 
        section 102 of the Children's Homes for A Nurturing and Caring 
        Environment Act of 1994), or another adult-supervised 
        supportive living arrangement; and
            ``(II) the minor and such infant or child, as the case may 
        be, do not reside in such a place of residence, home, or living 
        arrangement.
    ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `minor' means an 
individual who has not attained the age of 18.''.

SEC. 102. HOMES FOR SINGLE DEPENDENT MINOR PARENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
make matching grants in accordance with this section to any Home for 
Single Dependent Minor Parents in which a qualified minor is living.
    (b) Grant Amount.--The amount of the grant to be paid to a Home for 
Single Dependent Minor Parents shall be the total cash value of the 
benefits for which the qualified minors living in the Home are eligible 
under the following programs:
            (1) AFDC.--The program of aid to families with dependent 
        children under the State plan approved under part A of title IV 
        of the Social Security Act.
            (2) SSI.--The program of supplemental security income 
        benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act, including 
        supplementary payments of the type described in section 1616(a) 
        of such Act and payments pursuant to an agreement entered into 
        under section 212(a) of Public Law 93-66.
            (3) Rental housing subsidy.--The program for rental housing 
        assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937.
            (4) WIC.--The special supplemental food program under 
        section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
    (c) Determination of Cash Value of Welfare Benefits.--
            (1) AFDC and ssi.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services shall determine the cash value of the benefits (if 
        any) for which a qualified minor is eligible under the programs 
        specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b).
            (2) Housing subsidies.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development shall determine the cash value of the benefits (if 
        any) for which a qualified minor is eligible under the program 
        specified in paragraph (4) of subsection (b), notwithstanding 
        any preferences or waiting lists for assistance under section 8 
        of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and based upon the 
        fair market rental of a dwelling unit of the appropriate size 
        for the qualified minor (and the children (if any) of the 
        qualified minor) that is located in the same market area as the 
        Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents in which the qualified 
        minor resides.
            (3) WIC.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall determine the 
        cash value of the benefits (if any) for which a qualified minor 
        is eligible under the program specified in subsection (b)(2).
    (d) Matching Requirement.--The Secretary may not make a grant under 
this section to a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents unless the 
Home demonstrates to the Secretary that the Home has received from non-
Federal sources an amount equal to 25 percent of the grant amount.
    (e) State Monitoring and Annual Reports Required.--A Home for 
Single Dependent Minor Parents that is in a State shall not be eligible 
for a grant under this section unless the State has in effect laws and 
procedures that require the State to monitor the operation of the Home 
and submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services annual reports 
on the operation of all Homes for Single Dependent Minor Parents in the 
State.
    (f) Definitions.--
            (1) Home for single dependent minor parents.--The term 
        ``Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents'' means a facility 
        licensed by a State to provide places of residence for 
        qualified minors but only for so long as such minors receive 
        counseling and instruction in parenting, home economics, and 
        health (including necessary services as defined in title XX of 
        the Public Health Service Act), are directed and trained toward 
        a goal of employment and financial independence, and conduct 
        themselves in accordance with such rules as the facility 
        establishes in accordance with State requirements related to 
        the licensing of the facility. To the extent practicable, 
        parenting classes and family counseling at such a facility 
        should include the other parent or prospective parent of any 
        child of a qualified minor, and other members of the family of 
        such a minor.
            (2) Qualified minor.--The term ``qualified minor'' means, 
        with respect to a State, a minor who is a parent or pregnant, 
        is not married, and is eligible for aid to families with 
        dependent children under the State plan approved under part A 
        of title IV of the Social Security Act.
    (g) Eligibility of Home for Assistance Under HOME Investment 
Partnerships Act.--Notwithstanding section 215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act, a Home for Single Dependent Minor 
Parents shall be considered housing that qualifies as affordable 
housing for purposes of title II of such Act.

SEC. 103. BENEFITS UNDER CERTAIN WELFARE PROGRAMS FOR QUALIFIED MINORS 
              LIVING IN HOMES FOR SINGLE DEPENDENT MINOR PARENTS TO BE 
              PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF CASH PAYMENTS TO SUCH HOMES.

    (a) AFDC.--
            (1) In general.--Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (44);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (45) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (45) the 
                following:
            ``(46) provide that aid under the State plan shall be 
        provided to a recipient of such aid who is a minor, is a parent 
        or pregnant, is not married, and is living in a Home for Single 
        Dependent Minor Parents (as defined in section 102(f)(1) of the 
        Children's Homes for A Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 
        1994) in the form of payments to the Home as provided in 
        section 102 of such Act.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 406(b) of such Act (42 
        U.S.C. 606(b)) is amended by inserting ``(including money 
        payments made to a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents as 
        referred to in section 402(a)(46))'' after ``money payments''.
    (b) SSI.--Section 1631(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1383(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(G) Payment of the benefits of a minor who is a parent or 
pregnant, is not married, and is living in a Home for Single Dependent 
Minor Parents (as defined in section 102(f)(1) of the Children's Homes 
for A Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994) shall be made to 
the Home as provided in section 102 of such Act.''.
    (c) Housing Subsidies.--Section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by inserting after subsection (k) 
the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Assistance for Qualified Minors Living in Homes for Single 
Dependent Minor Parents To Be Provided in the Form of Cash Payments to 
Such Homes.--Assistance payments provided under this section on behalf 
of a minor who is a parent or pregnant, is not married, and is residing 
in a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents (as defined in section 
102(f)(1) of the Children's Homes for A Nurturing and Caring 
Environment Act of 1994) shall be made to the Home, as provided in 
section 102 of such Act.''.
    (d) WIC.--Section 17(c) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(5) In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary 
shall ensure that payment of the benefits of a minor who is a parent or 
pregnant, is not married, and is living in a Home for Single Dependent 
Minor Parents (as defined in section 102(f)(1) of the Children's Homes 
for A Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994) shall be made to 
the Home as provided in section 102 of such Act.''.

SEC. 104. DENIAL OF CERTAIN WELFARE BENEFITS TO CERTAIN SUBSTANCE 
              ABUSERS WHO ARE NOT UNDERGOING APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR 
              THEIR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

    (a) AFDC.--Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
602(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (34) the following:
            ``(35) provide that--
                    ``(A) an individual who is medically determined to 
                be a drug addict or an alcoholic shall not be eligible 
                for aid under the State plan unless the individual--
                            ``(i) is undergoing any available treatment 
                        that may be appropriate for such condition at 
                        an institution or facility approved for 
                        purposes of this paragraph by the State; and
                            ``(ii) demonstrates that the individual is 
                        complying with the terms, conditions, and 
                        requirements of the treatment and with the 
                        requirements imposed under subparagraph (B);
                    ``(B) the State agency shall provide for the 
                monitoring and testing of each recipient of aid under 
                the State plan who, as a condition of such aid is 
                required to be undergoing treatment described in 
                subparagraph (A)(i) in order to assure compliance with 
                the terms, conditions, and requirements of the 
                treatment and to determine the extent to which the 
                monitoring and testing is contributing to the 
                achievement of the purpose of this paragraph; and
                    ``(C) beginning 3 years after the date of the 
                enactment of this paragraph, the State agency shall 
                submit to the Secretary biennial reports on the 
                activities of the State agency under this paragraph;''.
    (b) Medicaid.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (61);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (62) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (62) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(63) provide that--
                    ``(A) the State shall require each pregnant woman 
                who is under 19 years of age who is receiving medical 
                assistance under the State plan and is medically 
                determined to be a drug addict or an alcoholic to 
                demonstrate compliance with the terms, conditions, and 
                requirements of any treatment the woman is receiving 
                for such condition and with the requirements imposed 
                under subparagraph (B);
                    ``(B) the State agency shall provide for the 
                monitoring and testing of each individual described in 
                subparagraph (A) in order to assure the individual's 
                compliance with the terms, conditions, and requirements 
                of the treatment and to determine the extent to which 
                the monitoring and testing is contributing to the 
                achievement of the purpose of this paragraph; and
                    ``(C) beginning 3 years after the date of the 
                enactment of this paragraph, the State agency shall 
                submit to the Secretary biennial reports on the 
                activities of the State agency under this paragraph;''.
    (c) Housing Subsidies.--Subtitle C of title VI of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13601 et seq.), as amended 
by section 101(c) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section:

``SEC. 646. DENIAL OF FEDERAL RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN 
              SUBSTANCE ABUSERS WHO ARE NOT UNDERGOING APPROPRIATE 
              TREATMENT FOR THEIR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

    ``(a) In General.--An individual who is medically determined to be 
a drug addict or an alcoholic shall not be eligible for Federal rental 
housing assistance (as such term is defined in section 645(c)) unless 
the individual--
            ``(1) is undergoing any available treatment that may be 
        appropriate for such condition at an institution or facility 
        approved for purposes of section 402(a)(35) of the Social 
        Security Act by the State in which the individual resides; and
            ``(2) demonstrates that the individual is complying with 
        the terms, conditions, and requirements of the treatment.
    ``(b) Biennial Reports.--Beginning 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the 
Congress a biennial report on the activities of such Secretary to carry 
out this section, including any activities to monitor and test 
recipients of Federal rental housing assistance provided by such 
Secretary to determine compliance with subsection (a).''.

SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD STAMP ACT OF 1977.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
2012) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) by striking ``and (9)'' and inserting ``(9)''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, and (10) in the case of households 
                composed of qualified minors, together with any of 
                their children, that reside in Homes for Single 
                Dependent Minor Parents, meals prepared for such 
                households by a public or nonprofit private entities 
                that operate such Homes'';
            (2) in subsection (i) by adding at the end the following:
``Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, qualified 
minors, together with any of their children, who reside in a Home for 
Single Dependent Minor Parents shall be considered individual 
households.'';
            (3) in subsection (k)(2) by striking ``or group'' and all 
        that follows through ``section'', and inserting ``group living 
        arrangement, or institution referred to in paragraph (3), (4), 
        (5), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of subsection (g)''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(v) `Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents' means a facility 
licensed by a State to provide places of residence for qualified minors 
but only for so long as such minors receive counseling and instruction 
in parenting, home economics, and health (including necessary services 
as defined in title XX of the Public Health Service Act), are directed 
and trained toward a goal of employment and financial independence, and 
conduct themselves in accordance with such rules as the facility 
establishes in accordance with State requirements related to the 
licensing of the facility. To the extent practicable, parenting classes 
and family counseling at such a facility should include the other 
parent or prospective parent of any child of a qualified minor, and 
other members of the family of such a minor.
    ``(w) `Qualified minor' means, with respect to a State, an 
individual who is less than 18 years of age, is a parent or pregnant, 
is not married, and is eligible for aid to families with dependent 
children under the State plan approved under part A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act.''.
    (b) Limitation on Eligibility.--Section 6 of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) No household that includes a qualified minor shall be 
eligible to participate in the food stamp program unless such 
household--
            ``(1) includes a parent, other adult relative, or legal 
        guardian of such minor;
            ``(2) is the foster home of such minor;
            ``(3) is a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents; or
            ``(4) is an adult-supervised living arrangement.''.
    (c) Redemption of Coupons.--Section 10 of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended by--
            (1) striking ``or public'' and inserting ``public''; and
            (2) inserting ``or Homes for Single Dependent Minor 
        Parents'' after ``addresses''.
    (d) Effective Date; Application of Amendments.--
            (1) General effective date.--Except as provided in 
        subparagraph (B), the amendments made by this section shall 
        take effect on the 1st day of the 1st month beginning more than 
        90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Application of amendments.--The amendments made by this 
        section shall not apply with respect to certification periods 
        beginning before the effective date of the amendments made by 
        this section.

  TITLE II--REHABILITATION GRANTS FOR HOUSING AND SERVICES FACILITIES

SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall carry out a 
program to provide assistance under this title to eligible nonprofit 
entities for rehabilitation of existing structures for use as 
facilities to provide housing and services to pregnant women and to 
single dependent minor parents and their children.

SEC. 202. AUTHORITY AND APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary may make grants under the program 
under this title to eligible nonprofit entities to rehabilitate 
existing structures for use as housing and services facilities for 
pregnant women and for single dependent minor parents and their 
children.
    (b) Applications.--The Secretary may make grants only to nonprofit 
entities that submit applications for grants under this title in the 
form and manner that the Secretary shall prescribe, which shall include 
assurances that grant amounts will be used to provide a housing and 
services facility for pregnant women and for single dependent minor 
parents and their children.

SEC. 203. GRANT LIMITATIONS.

    (a) Maximum Grant Amount.--A grant under this title may not be in 
an amount greater than $1,000,000. An eligible nonprofit entity may not 
receive more than 1 grant under this title in any fiscal year.
    (b) Maximum Number of Grants.--The Secretary may not make grants 
under this title to more than 100 eligible nonprofit entities in any 
fiscal year.
    (c) Use of Grants for Rehabilitation Activities.--Any eligible 
nonprofit entity that receives a grant under this title shall use the 
grant amounts for the acquisition or rehabilitation (or both) of 
existing structures for use as housing and services facilities for 
pregnant women and for single dependent minor parents and their 
children, which may include planning and development costs, 
professional fees, and administrative costs related to such acquisition 
or rehabilitation.

SEC. 204. REPORTS.

    The Secretary shall require each eligible nonprofit entity that 
receives a grant under this title to submit to the Secretary a report, 
at such times and including such information as the Secretary shall 
determine, describing the activities carried out by the eligible 
nonprofit entity with the grant amounts.

SEC. 205. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this title:
            (1) Eligible nonprofit entities.--The term ``eligible 
        nonprofit entity'' means any organization that--
                    (A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from 
                taxation under subtitle A of such Code; and
                    (B) has submitted an application under section 
                202(b) of this Act for a grant under this title.
            (2) Housing and services facility.--The term ``housing and 
        services facility'' means a facility licensed or otherwise 
        approved by the State in which the facility is located to serve 
        as a residence for not fewer than 4 pregnant women during 
        pregnancy or for single dependent minor parents and their 
        children, as the Secretary may determine, that provides such 
        individuals with appropriate supportive services, which may 
        include the following services:
                    (A) Room and board.
                    (B) Medical care for the parent and child, 
                including prenatal, delivery, post-delivery, and 
                preventive care.
                    (C) Comprehensive social work and case management 
                services on a ratio of 1 social worker for every 10 
                clients, and appropriate follow-up services.
                    (D) Instruction and counseling regarding future 
                health care for the parent and child.
                    (E) Nutrition services and nutrition counseling.
                    (F) Counseling and education concerning all aspects 
                of prenatal care, childbirth, and parenting.
                    (G) General family counseling, including child and 
                family development counseling.
                    (H) Vocational and educational counseling and 
                services.
                    (I) Education and practical experience in managing 
                household finances.
                    (J) Basic transportation services.
                    (K) Child care.
                    (L) Transitional services including counseling, 
                housing, and case management.
                    (M) Any other appropriate supportive services.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.

SEC. 206. REGULATIONS AND CONSULTATION WITH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    The Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary to carry out 
this title.
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