110 HR 4208 IH: Reconnecting Youth to Prevent
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-11-15
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1.
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Reconnecting Youth to Prevent
Homelessness Act of 2007
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; etc.
Title I—Prevention of Unaccompanied Situations Among Child
Welfare Groups
Sec. 101. Curtailment of involuntary separation of children
from their families.
Sec. 102. Unaccompanied youth access to the child welfare
system.
Sec. 103. Discharge from child welfare system.
Title II—Extension of Child Welfare Services to Older
Youth
Sec. 201. Eligibility for foster care maintenance payments and
adoption assistance payments through age 20.
Sec. 202. Improvements to John H. Chafee Foster Care
Independence Program.
Title III—Young Family Concerns
Sec. 301. TANF State plan amendment.
Sec. 302. Adult-supervised living arrangements.
Sec. 303. Suspension of time limit for young adult parent
involved in education or training.
Sec. 304. Transitional compliance.
Sec. 305. Sanction protections for minor parents.
Sec. 306. Teen parent study and report.
Title IV—Work Opportunities
Sec. 401. Inclusion of homeless youth as qualified population
for Work Opportunity Credit.
<enum>I</enum><header>Prevention of
Unaccompanied Situations Among Child Welfare Groups</header>
<section id="HA0298941E4A543F39C189E8CF71D6A"><enum>101.</enum><header>Curtailment of
involuntary separation of children from their families</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 471(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA9E6AE2B805452185E831ABC7C8268C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (26);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4E4EEC762BB4CA0B26356F58DD16D06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (27) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C068C4A51534B2EBB8D26009C2CE4CA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HAA2D04B6C42847A283E4BBFB07BE8ECE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9CD7DEDBDE38496E8CDCF619FF62EEC"><enum>(28)</enum><text>provide that the
State shall have in effect such laws and procedures as are necessary to ensure
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2EA89C2F4F274180B95DF55235B13112"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a child may not be
placed in foster care under the responsibility of the State solely because the
family with which the child is living is homeless (as defined in paragraph (2)
of section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11434a)) or living in substandard housing (as defined in section 204(b)(11) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="NHA">National Housing Act</act-name>) or a
dwelling unit that is experiencing severe physical problems (as defined in
subparagraph (F) of such section); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70FFF839441845C70001349D294110B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the State will
work with the family and State housing authorities to secure permanent housing
for any family that includes a minor child and is homeless or at risk of
becoming
homeless.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H45069572F0EA4391AB650261CDE8B02D"><enum>102.</enum><header>Unaccompanied
youth access to the child welfare system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Within 12 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on the policies and practices
of the States regarding (1) access to child welfare services (including
services related to foster care and adoption) financed pursuant to part B or E
of title IV of the Social Security Act, by children who have attained 13 years
of age, (2) and consideration of runaway and homeless situations as risk
assessment factors for determining the appropriateness of placement in the
child welfare system. The report shall include an inventory of the policies and
practices, an assessment of the effectiveness of the policies and practices,
and such recommendations for Federal or State legislative or regulatory action
as may be appropriate.</text>
</section><section id="H3716F2E18D6F4F72B33C3FC9DF152F61"><enum>103.</enum><header>Discharge from
child welfare system</header>
<subsection id="HD1862DC7607D45DD9B2F371C3D34D100"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State Plans
Required To Describe State Policies and Procedures Regarding Runaway or Missing
Foster Children</header><text>Section 471(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
671(a)), as amended by sections 104(a) and 111(a)(3) of this Act, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA227815663A64FAFA64E91CD473F7E28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (28);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B60801ED5A246A7AF077771C222724"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (29) and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB94259CEFA2349A7B48F269FA9622EC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3EC2B7F1D3254DAFA3678E4F4910ED46" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1BBBEBB9A2544BEA8DE085A597BED7FF"><enum>(30)</enum><text>describes the
written policies and procedures of the State that are designed to reduce the
incidence of children missing or running away from foster care, and to locate
and return such children to foster
placements.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF798E95ED3BF4DFA897388D700CDC24E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial Review
of Permanency Plan for Child Leaving Foster Care</header><text>Section
475(5)(C) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675(5)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8FDC6A8C8AC64FC1AD5F9FCF03194E12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and (iii)</quote> and inserting <quote>(iii)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H156C22BBA80F4B85B3F0F57FF1F5CC24"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>and (iv) procedural safeguards shall be applied to
assure that the final permanency hearing regarding the transition of the child
from foster care to a planned, permanent living arrangement or independent
living is held in a family or juvenile court or another court (including a
tribal court) of competent jurisdiction;</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H354213DE834A4A939C0411174ED202EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review of Steps
Taken To Ensure Appropriate Housing for Children Leaving Foster
Care</header><text>Section 475(5)(C)(iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
675(5)(C)(iii)) is amended by inserting <quote>, and reviews all documentation
of the efforts to secure a permanent living arrangement for the child upon
emancipation from foster care</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H282844DD3B4C4E5F976D883064F2A41E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Modification of
Case Plan Requirements</header><text>Section 475(1)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
675(1)(D)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H792CF68B427343B200E92D527263B935" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC419C057BB184E47B5BDB38ECF8E884B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Where appropriate, for a child who has
attained 14 years of age (and, at State option, any other child), a written
description of the programs and services that will facilitate the transition of
the child from foster care to independent living, including a discussion of the
appropriateness of the services that have been provided to the child under the
plan. The plan for these youth shall also include documentation of the steps
the agency is taking to esnure a permanent placement with a family or other
adult connection for the youth, and a permanent living arrangement. In the case
of a child who has attained 17 years of age or with a permanency goal of
emancipation, the plan shall include documentation of the child's permanent
living arrangement upon emancipation.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Extension of
Child Welfare Services to Older Youth</header>
<section id="HD3A65B64CC204E8388499B6BABBB55F3"><enum>201.</enum><header>Eligibility for
foster care maintenance payments and adoption assistance payments through age
20</header>
<subsection id="H8461FB76BDFF4869B1283B3FC1D20B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foster Care
Maintenance Payments</header><text>Section 472 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/672">42 U.S.C. 672</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB49331DA172D4B37961D337BE4B9D89F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6553FD4DF7A64EB099EA8FC500695100"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB1438FB1FDDC4DDC9C20FF991166E485" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6F76D2B046234FE6842BA3C24FD154D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Each
State with a plan approved under this part shall make foster care maintenance
payments on behalf of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBA9A8D62D69646D18460C86C6F6B20AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each child who has
been removed from the home of a relative specified in section 406(a) (as in
effect on July 16, 1996) into foster care if the removal and foster care
placement met, and the placement continues to meet, the requirements of
paragraph (2) of this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC89ABDAB310A460BB2FC8E3A1B13E35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each child who is
an individual described in subsection (j)(2) of this section who has entered
foster care under the responsibility of the State if the foster care placement
met and continues to meet the requirements of paragraph (3) of this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1EF239742DE40CFA6B43DE872CC47F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading of paragraph (2) by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">applicable to minors</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph">requirements</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05DDAADE12F24F4EA0D21D0406D2DF2C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF839B0E548264C0CBEE6113120E0332F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBF48FD8FF9304EE1B0AD927C8DE5EFF4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foster care
placement requirements applicable to children who have attained the age of
majority</header><text>The foster care placement of a child who is an
individual described in subsection (j)(2) meets the requirements of this
paragraph if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H085CC36ED81043DEBF21002FBA72F28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the foster care
placement is in accordance with a voluntary placement agreement entered into by
the individual;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF6E98AEAF574D67BAA9338D000306A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the individual’s
placement and care meet the requirement of paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87AF267E40C64494B258B4A4A1BC93DF"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H648F61BBFFF04AB5BA69AC4CEBB5021E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the individual has been
placed in a foster family home, child-care institution, or dwelling described
in subsection (b)(3)(C); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H206A4838C7044FD68F51BF6913740841" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual has secured a
dwelling described in subsection
(b)(3)(D).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF32804863AC47B18CFE3896A4F8A71C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB1BAF552CC749799BC4DCE54FBED59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CDF1423B89A41C78336877176C2D610"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>, or</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B162F33C725426F916884CE600093DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2C1D201A0D6C47F493C0195B09FA54A3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4AF43072E60E486A8B8170AB5520EF00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of a
child who is an individual described in subsection (j)(2) of this
section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H47DD5FBAD35040B28B00B138F6AF0058"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in a home
described in paragraph (1), in accordance with the payment rules set forth in
paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43D50C1019E54EBBA2CE01D11047A47C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in an institution
described in paragraph (2), in accordance with the payment rules set forth in
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE988D305EE93443592A953FAAD636E29"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in a dwelling
operated by an agency that provides social services to children and their
families which supplements, supports, or substitutes parental care and
supervision for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children, and that meets such standards for licensure or approval as are
established by the State for the provision of the services, whether the
payments therefor are made to the agency or directly to the individual;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B8D64EBE698491C8BD42E171000E400"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in housing rented
or leased by the
individual.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8AAD1ACE72634058A26725F9F74FF5D9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
by inserting <quote>minor</quote> before <quote>child who</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF52457044E1B4B42958C725413F703E1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE3DF01DBFFA45FA865964EEC565AB65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H565FB3DAE4FE4FDC81E7BE5CAF52FC14"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>a minor</quote> and inserting <quote>a child</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B2EC73BBADD440C8FA535B6B14FAF3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>the minor</quote> and inserting <quote>the child (or, if the
child has attained 18 years of age, the child himself or herself)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12CD22E9958242438FFC0304549521CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="H876BE9856607482F9E824C6602E78B1B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>a minor child</quote> and inserting <quote>a child (or, if the
child has attained 18 years of age, the child himself or herself)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2785700AC3E84B339799D5BC8C316FE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(if the child is a minor)</quote> after <quote>obligations of
the parents or guardians</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EA1F59D84204429B8F9E1E738E77971"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA3E70D60115346FCA7364979864D8331" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDCB84E7290FB45FC9E0336BBC6E0E536"><enum>(j)</enum><text>In this section,
the term <term>child</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="HF50A6EE081B34375A724339C89CA4FCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a minor child;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9291E39D9B83489EB0099C3336E74C06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an individual
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFDADE14289D4274B57248B205E72141"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has not attained
21 years of age; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H033BFDBF01BA4B408EE55E00535507F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been
emancipated from foster care under the responsibility of the State by reason of
attaining the age of
majority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H56BCB7D251104B75934341AE3672C2E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adoption
Assistance Payments</header>
<paragraph id="H19DAD8D5F91047A08543E822EABAA2B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 473(a)(1)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>)
is amended by inserting <quote>who have not attained 21 years of age</quote>
before the period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE36B525E15B841D5AE06C2005889B8EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 473(a)(4)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>the age of eighteen</quote> and all
that follows through <quote>twenty-one</quote> and inserting <quote>21 years of
age</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8E258F69F0742E29DA653110015CDF7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendment</header><text>Section 474(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/674">42 U.S.C. 674(a)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>under section 472 for children in foster family
homes or child-care institutions</quote> and inserting <quote>in accordance
with section 472</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBE36FA420CB0436CA1F56C003C904EE"><enum>202.</enum><header>Improvements to
John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program</header>
<subsection id="HE7540D8E4662410AB5DF8CF95BAB36BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in
Annual Authorization Level</header><text>Section 477(h)(1) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
677(h)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>$140,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$200,000,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB0C8215C2D648F68E3E6DEB43E5A6F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expansion of
Eligibility for Services</header><text>Section 477 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE06D9672798849299D1B8C66E403872"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H764E09BB0E2B4398AAA5001ECE91BA21"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>18</quote> and inserting <quote>14</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21CC3CD713D144C1BBF7D282D600D23B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>between 18 and 21</quote> and inserting <quote>who have
attained 18 years of age, and who have not attained 25 years of
age</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3AB4B396491141769F1E035D0190B00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
each of subsections (b)(3)(A) and (b)(3)(B), by striking <quote>21</quote> and
inserting <quote>25</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C8F90645A9F4C66B3AFCB19FDD3D15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in
subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H527E8DAD287641FAA85FB7004E6B2E05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>youths adopted from foster care after attaining age
16</quote> and inserting <quote>youths in or exiting from foster care after
attaining 14 years of age</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H019FF90793E848A9B51772545BEC6110"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (3)
through (5), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H308C0BE88FF0457E84904EB203007F29"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority To Use
Program Funds To Provide Independent Living Services and Education and Training
Vouchers for Children Who Exit Foster Care to Guardianship or Adoption After
Age 14</header>
<paragraph id="H245F5D77A19C4A8FA43761E339385E2E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Independent
living services</header><text>Section 477(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H14E7557F82E948F795CD788FBE10C160"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BF7332F6A0C4F39A4332300A84820A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A99BE29FD5045A9B3DECD12D231CB31"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA29EF2079649436C9C937C59F60223C3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAD4F3548ECAB4847A6F3CAE8AC17F011"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to provide the
services referred to in this subsection to children who, after attaining 14
years of age, have left foster care for kinship guardianship or
adoption.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0857497527FA45DAA8BD251BB7BCC20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Education and
training vouchers</header><text>Section 477(i)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
677(i)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>from foster care after attaining age
16</quote> and inserting <quote>or entering kinship guardianship from foster
care after attaining 14 years of age</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5E9357096C864284A6D5CD261884BF1F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility of
Private Service Providers for Funds</header><text>Section 477(b)(2) of such Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB141A587B6754B6EBFC0B4AFDB2F8CA9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H298ADEC1425B48F9B1E3BD46932F1F7C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Distribute funds
provided to the State under this section among a diverse range of qualified
providers of services that are private entities, and ensure that the entities
have equal opportunity to receive the
funds.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD84181AFFC1E45B282596CF087244FC1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Expansion of
Program Evaluations</header><text>Section 477(g)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
677(g)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H36573D49E65E42EFAFAB8514F5AF06A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
the 1st sentence, by inserting <quote>, and of model programs that focus on
improving outcomes for youth aging out of care in the areas of education,
employment, personal development, and housing</quote> after
<quote>significance</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA66F447DA8A9472997F8542E9915C232"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the 2nd
sentence, by striking <quote>and personal development</quote> and inserting
<quote>mental and physical health, personal development, and housing, and on
the use of room and board services and how the use of the services improve
housing outcomes for youth.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H514E5DA584D64B6582077C5CA2D8029"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in
the 3rd sentence, by inserting <quote>, where practicable,</quote> before
<quote>random assignment</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA787B911CD0470E981C00FC5600F497"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Improving
Awareness of Available Services</header>
<paragraph id="HCD56C760BB1D4CDA84BF64F26BF0D0D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duties of the
secretary</header><text>Section 477 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA31D19AB7A8F45A7BFF5217180FDC82F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H73CBF3AB5FBF47CFA3C75ECD8C015337"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Distribution of
Information About Other Related Programs</header><text>To improve access to the
array of services available to youth transitioning out of foster care and
assist States in leveraging available resources, the Secretary shall provide
for the efficient distribution to States and local areas of information about
Federal programs, other than the program established by this section, that may
assist youth in their transition to self-sufficiency and provide guidance on
how to access services under the
programs.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E8E1B96076548C3B452F9A001D7309"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties of the
state</header><text>Section 477(b)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677(b)(3)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A91B9B020B4468EA187C703AF70BF64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (H) through (J) as subparagraphs (I) through (K), respectively;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81E9A378C4E04710A3373868F159B4F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (F) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H638D2126EF684ADDA82F23FA5635A15D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H40B62156E0E04339AAD80089973B1F76" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A certification by the chief executive
officer that, when or before a child leaves foster care under the
responsibility of the State, the State will inform the child of the full range
of available financial, housing, counseling, health, public benefit employment,
and education services, and other appropriate support and services for which
the child is
eligible.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Young Family
Concerns</header>
<section id="HFDD31BD2BBA8429280F063BD310008E3"><enum>301.</enum><header>TANF State plan
amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402(a)(1)(A)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
602(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" id="HABDC0C79EBC64EDCB5BED9AA5162C200" style="OLC">
<clause id="H69E0CB2E91544A7CB4145433C93CEBB"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Identify the
education and training, living arrangement, and other services needs of
individuals described in section 408(a)(5)(B)(ii) who are potentially eligible
to receive assistance under the State program funded under this part and
establish policies, procedures, and strategies to address the
needs.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7C7141A83DC0460889BDFAE3DF079916"><enum>302.</enum><header>Adult-supervised
living arrangements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
408(a)(5)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/608">42 U.S.C. 608(a)(5)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF472DC50C6044C3A8B741EA3B100D6E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking clause
(i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1F742506D72D4444B964555EC843BB77" style="OLC">
<clause id="HB4E5B6D6CB394AE4AEA68D33A1822DC7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Provision of
adult-supervised living arrangement</header><text>In the case of an individual
who is described in clause (ii), the State agency referred to in section
402(a)(4) shall provide or ensure the provision of a second chance home,
maternity group home, transitional living youth project, or other appropriate
adult-supervised supportive living arrangement, taking into consideration the
needs, concerns, and wishes of the individual, unless the State agency
determines that the individual’s current living arrangement is appropriate, and
therefore, shall require that the individual and the minor child referred to in
subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) reside in such living arrangement as a condition of
the continued receipt of assistance under the State program funded under this
part attributable to funds provided by the Federal Government (or in an
alternative appropriate arrangement, should circumstances change and the
current arrangement cease to be
appropriate).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52419B3EDC74447DAE61355DECA419DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6813C112D94F4C8D002F78BADC9BC613"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subclauses (III) and (IV) as subclauses (V) and (VI), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24882A2D07C64250AE71A0A6EB535461"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subclause (II) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H856D6C7C253745949CB96352412D0235" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H416F1FD9C51342D98283B2660071EC8D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the individual
is a homeless youth;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H074BA6C630424DB6B6A350008137E534"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the individual is
a street
youth;</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEADDDC753AA404E8E332372F32864B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
clause (iii) as clause (vi) and inserting after clause (ii) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H694214796BAB4BDCB0425E9C976388C" style="OLC">
<clause id="HC6F4F82B85C04B16894E0904C9145748"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Disclosure of
adult-supervised living arrangement options to individual</header><text>The
State agency shall ensure that individuals described in subparagraph (A)(ii)
who are applicants or recipients of assistance are fully informed of all
adult-supervised living arrangement options that satisfy the requirement of
this subsection, and provide the individual the opportunity to request a
specific adult-supervised living arrangement.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA6236E01F39244C48E781CC4D15CE4C"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Determination of
adult-supervised living arrangement</header><text>In determining the
appropriateness of the individual’s current living arrangement in clause (i)
and considering the individual’s request for a specific adult-supervised living
arrangement in clause (iii), the State agency shall provide a written
explanation of the determination, including a statement regarding the right to
appeal the determination under clause (v), to the individual, if the
determination is other than the adult-supervised living arrangement requested
by the individual.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE9F4D06ACD5345AA8CB9DF38FD6764A9"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Right to appeal
adult-supervised living arrangement</header><text>If the State agency’s
determination of appropriate adult-supervised living arrangement in clause (i)
is other than the adult-supervised living arrangement requested by the
individual in clause (iii), the individual shall have a right to appeal the
State agency’s decision through appeal and dispute resolution mechanisms
available in the State.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36FD7E33536A4A1EA9DE00585BE48E80"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8676DC6C30AB44D8B575AA17AC809EC" style="OLC">
<clause id="H088F8B83B1FD4EF5BC07B462394BEC50"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subparagraph:</text>
<subclause id="H071EF2AC87274933AF76672CCF8EE19"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Transitional
living youth project</header><text>The term <term>transitional living youth
project</term> has the same meaning as provided in section 387(6) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="JJDPA">Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
of 1974</act-name>.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDCB8F81B3C1E443C8E50623E4FFCB5C6"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Homeless
youth</header><text>The term <term>homeless youth</term> has the same meaning
as provided in section 387(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="JJDPA">Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974</act-name>.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC2019D90744F40E6B8E6DD90B1145CBF"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Street
youth</header><text>The term <term>street youth</term> has the same meaning as
provided in section 387(5) of the <act-name parsable-cite="JJDPA">Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of
1974</act-name>.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H36D59C4F24ED473BA88DA3EBB78E7196"><enum>303.</enum><header>Suspension of
time limit for young adult parent involved in education or
training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(a)(7)(B)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
608(a)(7)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E904CDA277547C4BC02AE29A8F3F634"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the
subparagraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph">Minor child exception</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph">Age
exceptions</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9F58F73EC5F4C14AF7B63871ED4D63D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H829804E7F66040EC9936B0F7FEB3EA4B" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE4C2AD86078C40E0BDCC8637A142D03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
minor child, and not the head of a household or married to the head of a
household; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0877AD02BBA34AEE94801415864C18C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was pregnant or a
parent, and—</text>
<subclause id="HD8716E7FD5C64F88A485958D00195F58"><enum>(I)</enum><text>had not attained
20 years of age, and was meeting all program requirements relating to
education, training and living arrangements; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDD7EE63A59E34EB3AAB958FC2F90C6FE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>had attained 20
but not 21 years of age, and was scheduled to complete all program requirements
relating to education or
training.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9BDF2CE02C894928BA585DA984C55621"><enum>304.</enum><header>Transitional
compliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(a) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
608(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC4C7603BB01A4DE195C45B8D25A7E64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4), by striking “if” and all that follows and inserting “if—</text>
<quoted-block id="HB20F3BA4E91C49FAB8255F96CEB23930" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA4AD4A63A85949D88FB85275C97387A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the individual does
not participate in—</text>
<clause id="HCA72238C76E7475EA0B3F562910FED1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>educational
activities directed toward the attainment of a high school diploma or its
equivalent; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H95E7E54689BF412ABE00A502284EB400"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an alternative
educational or training program that has been approved by the State; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C2B90D9888245BAB9AA62ADD472DA8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>91 days have
elapsed since the State has notified the individual that the individual is in
violation of this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A765BF1DAB0497D93A31BC4C32300C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by inserting <quote>, and 91 days have elapsed since the State has notified the
individual that the individual is in violation of this paragraph</quote> before
the period.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0CD9F28222B54F1AB306427F3024D32F"><enum>305.</enum><header>Sanction
protections for minor parents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/608">42 U.S.C. 608(a)</external-xref>)
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" id="H5A1B4912E5A448D18597E6EC345168F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1CE42855CAD6460FB9B05EB20EDC6"><enum>(12)</enum><text>A
State to which a grant is made under section 403 of this Act shall not impose a
sanction on a recipient of assistance under the State program funded under this
part who is an individual described in paragraph (4) or (5)(B)(ii) of this
subsection and whose household includes a minor who has received assistance
under the State program funded under this part attributable to funds provided
by the Federal Government or under the food stamp program, as defined in
section 3(h) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA77">Food Stamp Act of
1977</act-name>, unless the State has established procedures that help
recipients of assistance under the State program funded under this part
understand, avoid, or end sanctions, and has applied the procedures to the
recipient.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HEE0C9083E942449886A83FCE9E14248E"><enum>306.</enum><header>Teen parent
study and report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 413
of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C.
613) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Social" id="H99B86D3C30D34D9DBF63BCAF118CA210" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF6A31266E79340AEB1E5D31ECCF230C3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Teen Parent
Study and Report</header>
<paragraph id="H873495F1EBED4059802FF8F5DE979E61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study of tanf
recipients</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study of recipients of
assistance under State programs funded under this part who are parents and have
not attained 20 years of age to determine the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F114C217EA346019EE667B105F7CEDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Whether State data
on the number of such recipients is accurately reflected in Federal data,
including an examination of the extent to which such recipients who are members
of a family are not reflected in the data, and an examination of the extent to
which Federal estimation methods do not reflect the number of such recipients
in a State.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B72F83B208B4118B9CA0000286C02DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>What assessment
procedures are utilized with such recipients, and whether there appear to be
best practices that consider such issues as whether the recipient has an
educational barrier such as a learning disability or mental health
problem.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD910EACB195E47C596CE02FB0099E070"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Whether localities
appear to have adequate and appropriate services that meet the needs of such
recipients in areas such as infant care, education, training, and mental
health, for services such as appropriate housing, mental health, and
alternative education, whether staff assist teen parents in researching and
locating such services including an appropriate living arrangement, and the
extent to which such recipients who have not completed high school or the
equivalent are encouraged to engage in education or work.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H359316A6C71C4244003EF2C98FB1D9F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>How State rules
providing that, in determining the eligibility of such recipients for such
assistance, the income of the recipient is deemed to include the income of any
parents with whom such recipient are living appear to have affected the extent
to which such recipients who are members of a family with income less than 200
percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any revision required by such section,
applicable to a family of the size involved) are able to participate in State
programs funded under this part.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6529B5DB2224FDC90F888852DD751E2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Demographic
information such as—</text>
<clause id="H01B649DE234447518986D05BB1315CEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the age of such
recipients;</text>
</clause><clause id="H94675050E7BD4122A3052FF5E9FC21B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of
time such recipients received such assistance in a given year;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0D9D0CBB34CF49C2AD2EE7B452F12713"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of
children that such recipients have;</text>
</clause><clause id="H85F025224C224ED1ABB2556D70C40E4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>school attainment
by such recipients, by age;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7C8FCB8A77884706A5A576AC21DE6CE0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the employment
status of such recipients, such as whether a recipient has ever worked or has
worked while in school;</text>
</clause><clause id="H941B0A7C38234043B51E2E0550CEA557"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the child care
arrangements of such recipients; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC25F16BD8F2349C39B3971403688742F"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the living arrangements of such
recipients.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7ED7E3688AD4FE2B58FD0A3BB8DF98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study of
low-income teen parents who are not tanf recipients</header><text>The Secretary
shall conduct a study of a representative sample of low-income (as determined
by the Secretary) teen parents who are not recipients of assistance under a
State program funded under this part, to determine the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H664BAD645ACA4B2E95E2A4FA64B6C51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Whether the teen
parent sought to apply for such assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2F8EDA232CA42C69B7C58676F482CB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Whether a teen
parent who indicated to a State a desire to apply for such assistance received
an application for such assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22E6AB2A4D884C9D91942F68013D00EE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Whether a teen
parent who applied for such assistance was subsequently contacted by the State
agency responsible for operating a State program funded under this part.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5A53C547D7BB4BF89DEF49BB574790B6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to the
congress</header>
<subparagraph id="H48B83E3A38594E21B99DD460C2A7FEEA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Within 3 years after the date of the enactment of this
subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report that contains
the findings of the studies required by this subsection and recommendations
regarding such issues as how to improve data reporting, State plans, State
<quote>best practice</quote> information sharing, and assessments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBB0E647EC2045E0846C811183E68CA6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Advisory
group</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an advisory group consisting
of representatives from organizations that work with parents who have not
attained 20 years of age, to provide advice to the Secretary on questions
relating to such parents that should be investigated and to provide comments to
accompany the recommendations in the report required by subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Work
Opportunities</header>
<section id="H56471DA6EDB84E6F92D07352C6DD81AE"><enum>401.</enum><header>Inclusion of
homeless youth as qualified population for Work Opportunity Credit</header>
<subsection id="H75FC7660D904458090AF06600506E108"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 51(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of
subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (I) and
inserting <quote>, or</quote>, and adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H892EE634D9F44628BB382DECB000A6DD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9081EA4F9C56441F82C0F0319C2BD745"><enum>(J)</enum><text>a qualified
homeless
youth.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H769BEF2583BA43E79611B47CB16D661"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified
Homeless Youth</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 51 of such Code is
amended by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (13) as paragraphs (12)
through (14), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (10) the following
new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H988A979279C84D9B82591E9272D78512" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H86DEA83BA255437EA9A118E8E9BA907B"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Qualified
homeless youth</header><text>The term <term>qualified homeless youth</term>
means any individual who is certified by the designated local agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B588814D8874F6185EDE6F922EA7E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as having attained
age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H312E747617EB4099986D19DEF646E38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as being described
in paragraph (2) of section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/11434a">42 U.S.C. 11434a</external-xref>), as in effect on the date of the enactment of this
paragraph, on the hiring
date.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H34FF2D4B7F82480FB2DDB2F2E0F6247F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to
individuals who begin work for the employer after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section>