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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.

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

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.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. GRANTS TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED

4 WITH THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN.

5 Section 426 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

6 626) is amended by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary shall make grants to public

8 and private nonprofit organizations to train individuals in
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1 child development (including the health and nutrition of

2 children), parenting skills (including coping with stress,

3 strengthened parent-child relationships, involvement in the

4 education of children, avoidance of family crises, and reso5 lution of family conflicts), and in accessing services de6 signed for families.

7 ‘‘(2) Applications for grants under this subsection

8 shall contain such information as the Secretary may re9 quire.

10 ‘‘(3) Each person paid funds under this subsection

11 shall use such funds in accordance with such requirements

12 as the Secretary may prescribe.

13 ‘‘(4) For grants under this subsection, there are au14 thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than

15 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and

16 1997.’’.

17 SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

18 Section 426 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

19 626) is amended by adding after the subsection added by

20 section 1 of this Act the following:

21 ‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary shall authorize public and pri22 vate nonprofit organizations to conduct demonstration

23 projects to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative

24 strategies for—

25 ‘‘(A) training, recruiting, and retaining—
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1 ‘‘(i) personnel to work with families

2 whose children are at risk of being placed

3 in out-of-home care; and

4 ‘‘(ii) foster parents; and

5 ‘‘(B) training and support for families whose

6 children are at risk of being placed in out-of-home

7 care.

8 ‘‘(2) Applications to conduct demonstration projects

9 under this subsection shall contain such information as

10 the Secretary may require.

11 ‘‘(3) In determining the approval of applications to

12 conduct demonstration projects under this subsection, the

13 Secretary shall give priority to—

14 ‘‘(A) applications that describe projects that

15 would demonstrate how to train, recruit, or retain

16 child welfare personnel in urban, distressed commu17 nities; and

18 ‘‘(B) applications that describe projects that are

19 designed to expand the capacity of socially disadvan20 taged individuals (as defined in section 8(a)(5) of

21 the Small Business Act) to provide services in their

22 own communities.

23 ‘‘(4) Each person paid funds under this subsection

24 shall use such funds in accordance with such requirements

25 as the Secretary may prescribe.
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1 ‘‘(5) For grants under this subsection, there are au2 thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than

3 $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and

4 1997.’’.

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