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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 208

To enhance family life.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 19, 1999

Mr. MOYNIHAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To enhance family life.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Enhancing Family Life Act of 1999’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of Contents for

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

TITLE I—ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN

Sec. 101. Second chance homes.

Sec. 102. Adoption promotion.

Sec. 103. Early childhood development.
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TITLE II—PARENT GRANTS

Sec. 201. Parent grants.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress makes the following findings:

3 (1) The family is the foundation of public life.

4 (2) The proportion of illegitimate births to

5 teenagers has increased astronomically from 13 per6 cent of such births in 1950 to 76 percent of such

7 births in 1996.

8 (3) Children in one-parent families are more at

9 risk for many types of anti-social behavior.

10 (4) The future of children is crucially deter11 mined during the first few years of life.

12 TITLE I—ASSISTANCE FOR

13 CHILDREN

14 SEC. 101. SECOND CHANCE HOMES.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Social Security

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 1397–1397f) is amended by adding at the

17 end the following:

18 ‘‘SEC. 2008. SECOND CHANCE HOMES.

19 ‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any payment

21 under sections 2002 and 2007, beginning with fiscal

22 year 2000, each State shall be entitled to funds

23 under this section for each fiscal year for the estab24 lishment, operation, and support of second chance
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1 homes for custodial parents under the age of 19 and

2 their children.

3 ‘‘(2) PAYMENT TO STATES.—

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall be

5 entitled to payment under this section for each

6 fiscal year in an amount equal to its allotment

7 (determined in accordance with subsection (b))

8 for such fiscal year, to be used by such State

9 for the purposes set forth in paragraph (1).

10 ‘‘(B) TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.—The Sec11 retary shall make payments in accordance with

12 section 6503 of title 31, United States Code, to

13 each State from its allotment for use under this

14 section.

15 ‘‘(C) USE.—Payments to a State from its

16 allotment for any fiscal year must be expended

17 by the State in such fiscal year or in the suc18 ceeding fiscal year.

19 ‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—A State

20 may use a portion of the amounts described in

21 subparagraph (A) for the purpose of purchasing

22 technical assistance from public or private enti23 ties if the State determines that such assistance

24 is required in developing, implementing, or ad-
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1 ministering the program funded under this sec2 tion.

3 ‘‘(3) SECOND CHANCE HOMES.—For purposes

4 of this section, the term ‘second chance homes’

5 means an entity that provides custodial parents

6 under the age of 19 and their children with a sup7 portive and supervised living arrangement in which

8 such parents would be required to learn parenting

9 skills, including child development, family budgeting,

10 health and nutrition, and other skills to promote

11 their long-term economic independence and the well12 being of their children. A second chance home may

13 also serve as a network center for other supportive

14 services that might be available in the community.

15 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT.—

16 ‘‘(1) CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS.—The allotment

17 for any fiscal year to Puerto Rico, Guam, the United

18 States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the

19 Northern Mariana Islands shall be an amount that

20 bears the same ratio to the amount specified under

21 paragraph (3) as the allotment that the jurisdiction

22 receives under section 2003(a) for the fiscal year

23 bears to the total amount specified for such fiscal

24 year under section 2003(c).
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1 ‘‘(2) OTHER STATES.—The allotment for any

2 fiscal year for each State other than Puerto Rico,

3 Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American

4 Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall be

5 an amount which bears the same ratio to—

6 ‘‘(A) the amount specified under para7 graph (3); reduced by

8 ‘‘(B) the total amount allotted for that fis9 cal year under paragraph (1),

10 as the allotment that the State receives under sec11 tion 2003(b) for the fiscal year bears to the total

12 amount specified for such fiscal year under section

13 2003(c).

14 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT SPECIFIED.—The amount speci15 fied for purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be

16 $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and each succeed17 ing fiscal year thereafter.

18 ‘‘(c) LOCAL INVOLVEMENT.—Each State shall seek

19 local involvement from the community in any area in

20 which a second chance home receiving funds pursuant to

21 this section is to be established. In determining criteria

22 for targeting funds received under this section, each State

23 shall evaluate the community’s commitment to the estab24 lishment and planning of the home.

25 ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF FUNDS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION.—Except as provided in

2 paragraph (2), funds made available under this sec3 tion may not be used by the State, or any other per4 son with which the State makes arrangements to

5 carry out the purposes of this section, for the pur6 chase or improvement of land, or the purchase, con7 struction, or permanent improvement (other than

8 minor remodeling) of any building or other facility.

9 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the

10 limitation contained in paragraph (1) upon the

11 State’s request for such a waiver if the Secretary

12 finds that the request describes extraordinary cir13 cumstances to justify the waiver and that permitting

14 the waiver will contribute to the State’s ability to

15 carry out the purposes of this section.

16 ‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF INDIAN TRIBES.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An Indian tribe may apply

18 to the Secretary to establish, operate, and support

19 adult-supervised group homes for custodial parents

20 under the age of 19 and their children in accordance

21 with an application procedure to be determined by

22 the Secretary. Except as otherwise provided in this

23 subsection, the provisions of this section shall apply

24 to Indian tribes receiving funds under this sub25 section in the same manner and to the same extent
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1 as the other provisions of this section apply to

2 States.

3 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT.—If the Secretary approves

4 an Indian tribe’s application, the Secretary shall

5 allot to such tribe for a fiscal year an amount which

6 the Secretary determines is the Indian tribe’s fair

7 and equitable share of the amount specified under

8 paragraph (3) for all Indian tribes with applications

9 approved under this subsection (based on allotment

10 factors to be determined by the Secretary). The Sec11 retary shall determine a minimum allotment amount

12 for all Indian tribes with applications approved

13 under this subsection. Each Indian tribe with an ap14 plication approved under this subsection shall be en15 titled to such minimum allotment.

16 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT SPECIFIED.—The amount speci17 fied under this paragraph for all Indian tribes with

18 applications approved under this subsection is

19 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and each succeeding

20 fiscal year thereafter.

21 ‘‘(4) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.—In this section,

22 the term ‘Indian tribe’ means any Indian tribe,

23 band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or

24 community, including any Alaska Native entity

25 which is recognized as eligible for the special pro-
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1 grams and services provided by the United States to

2 Indian tribes because of their status as Indians.

3 ‘‘(f) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount appropriated

5 to carry out this section for each fiscal year shall be

6 increased by 2 percent and the Secretary shall re7 serve an amount equal to that increase to pay for

8 the costs of conducting, through grant, contract, or

9 interagency agreement, research and evaluation

10 projects regarding the second chance homes funded

11 under this section. In conducting such projects, the

12 Secretary shall give priority to projects that are un13 dertaken by independent and impartial organiza14 tions.

15 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the

16 date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall

17 submit a report to Congress on the research and

18 evaluation projects conducted in accordance with

19 this subsection.’’.

20 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS ON USE OF GOVERNMENT

21 SURPLUS PROPERTY.—Not later than 6 months after the

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health

23 and Human Services, after consultation with the Secretary

24 of Defense, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop25 ment, and the Administrator of the General Services Ad-
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1 ministration, shall submit recommendations to Congress

2 on the extent to which surplus properties of the United

3 States Government may be used for the establishment of

4 second chance homes receiving funds under section 2008

5 of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a).

6 SEC. 102. ADOPTION PROMOTION.

7 (a) ADOPTION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL

8 NEEDS.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 473(a) of the Social

10 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)) is amended by

11 striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:

12 ‘‘(2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(ii), a child

13 meets the requirements of this paragraph if such child—

14 ‘‘(i) prior to termination of parental rights and

15 the initiation of adoption proceedings was in the

16 care of a public or licensed private child care agency

17 or Indian tribal organization either pursuant to a

18 voluntary placement agreement (provided the child

19 was in care for not more than 180 days) or as a re20 sult of a judicial determination to the effect that

21 continuation in the home would be contrary to the

22 safety and welfare of such child, or was residing in

23 a foster family home or child care institution with

24 the child’s minor parent (either pursuant to such a
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1 voluntary placement agreement or as a result of

2 such a judicial determination); and

3 ‘‘(ii) has been determined by the State pursuant

4 to subsection (c) to be a child with special needs,

5 which needs shall be considered by the State, to6 gether with the circumstances of the adopting par7 ents, in determining the amount of any payments to

8 be made to the adopting parents.

9 ‘‘(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and

10 except as provided in paragraph (7), a child who is not

11 a citizen or resident of the United States and who meets

12 the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall be treated as

13 meeting the requirements of this paragraph for purposes

14 of paragraph (1)(B)(ii).

15 ‘‘(C) A child who meets the requirements of subpara16 graph (A), who was determined eligible for adoption as17 sistance payments under this part with respect to a prior

18 adoption (or who would have been determined eligible for

19 such payments had the Adoption and Safe Families Act

20 of 1997 been in effect at the time that such determination

21 would have been made), and who is available for adoption

22 because the prior adoption has been dissolved and the pa23 rental rights of the adoptive parents have been terminated

24 or because the child’s adoptive parents have died, shall be
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1 treated as meeting the requirements of this paragraph for

2 purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(ii).’’.

3 (2) EXCEPTION.—Section 473(a) of the Social

4 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)) is amended by add5 ing at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(7)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

7 subsection, no payment may be made to parents with re8 spect to any child that—

9 ‘‘(i) would be considered a child with special

10 needs under subsection (c);

11 ‘‘(ii) is not a citizen or resident of the United

12 States; and

13 ‘‘(iii) was adopted outside of the United States

14 or was brought into the United States for the pur15 pose of being adopted.

16 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed as pro17 hibiting payments under this part for a child described

18 in subparagraph (A) that is placed in foster care subse19 quent to the failure, as determined by the State, of the

20 initial adoption of such child by the parents described in

21 such subparagraph.’’.

22 (3) REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF STATE SAV23 INGS.—Section 473(a) of the Social Security Act (42

24 U.S.C. 673(a)), as amended by subsection (b), is

25 amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(8) A State shall spend an amount equal to the

2 amount of savings (if any) in State expenditures under

3 this part resulting from the application of paragraph (2)

4 on and after the effective date of the amendment to such

5 paragraph made by section 4(a) of the Enhancing Family

6 Life Act of 1999 to provide to children or families any

7 service (including post-adoption services) that may be pro8 vided under this part or part B.’’.

9 (b) PER CAPITA CHILD WELFARE DEMONSTRATION

10 PROJECTS.—Section 1130(a)(2) of the Social Security Act

11 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9(a)(2)) is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting

13 the following:

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and

15 (2) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION.—Of the 10 dem17 onstration projects authorized under this sub18 section for each of fiscal years 2000 through

19 2002, the Secretary, upon receipt of an appro20 priate application, shall approve at least 3 dem21 onstration projects in each of such fiscal years

22 that are designed to test a per capita approach

23 for the successful resolution of a foster care

24 placement under which a private entity con25 tracts for a fixed amount to either restore a
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1 child in foster care to the child’s parent or par2 ents or locate an adoptive placement for the

3 child.’’.

4 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

5 this section shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

6 SEC. 103. EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.

7 Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601

8 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘PART F—ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

10 ‘‘SEC. 480. DEFINITIONS.

11 ‘‘In this part:

12 ‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

13 ‘local educational agency’ has the meaning given

14 that term in section 14101 of the Elementary and

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

16 ‘‘(2) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty line’

17 means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of

18 Management and Budget, and revised annually in

19 accordance with section 673(2) of the Community

20 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) appli21 cable to a family of the size involved.

22 ‘‘(3) STATE BOARD.—The term ‘State board’

23 means a State Early Learning Coordinating Board

24 established under section 481(c).
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1 ‘‘(4) YOUNG CHILD.—The term ‘young child’

2 means an individual from birth through age 5.

3 ‘‘(5) YOUNG CHILD ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.—

4 The term ‘young child assistance activities’ means

5 the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A)

6 of section 482(b).

7 ‘‘SEC. 481. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make allot9 ments under subsection (b) to eligible States to pay for

10 the Federal share of the cost of enabling the States to

11 make grants to local collaboratives under section 482 for

12 young child assistance activities.

13 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds appro15 priated under section 484 for each fiscal year and

16 not reserved under subsection (i), the Secretary shall

17 allot to each eligible State an amount that bears the

18 same relationship to such funds as the total number

19 of young children in poverty in the State bears to

20 the total number of young children in poverty in all

21 eligible States.

22 ‘‘(2) YOUNG CHILD IN POVERTY.—In this sub23 section, the term ‘young child in poverty’ means an

24 individual who—

25 ‘‘(A) is a young child; and
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1 ‘‘(B) is a member of a family with an in2 come below the poverty line.

3 ‘‘(c) STATE BOARDS.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to be

5 eligible to obtain an allotment under this part, the

6 chief executive officer of the State shall establish, or

7 designate an entity to serve as, a State Early Learn8 ing Coordinating Board, which shall receive the al9 lotment and make the grants described in section

10 482.

11 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHED BOARD.—A State board es12 tablished under paragraph (1) shall consist of the

13 chief executive officer of the State and members ap14 pointed by such chief executive officer, including—

15 ‘‘(A) representatives of all State agencies

16 primarily providing services to young children

17 in the State;

18 ‘‘(B) representatives of business in the

19 State;

20 ‘‘(C) chief executive officers of political

21 subdivisions in the State;

22 ‘‘(D) parents of young children in the

23 State;
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1 ‘‘(E) officers of community organizations

2 serving low-income individuals, as defined by

3 the Secretary, in the State;

4 ‘‘(F) representatives of State nonprofit or5 ganizations that represent the interests of

6 young children in poverty, as defined in sub7 section (b), in the State;

8 ‘‘(G) representatives of organizations pro9 viding services to young children and the par10 ents of young children, such as organizations

11 providing child care, carrying out Head Start

12 programs under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

13 9831 et seq.), providing services through a fam14 ily resource center, providing home visits, or

15 providing health care services, in the State; and

16 ‘‘(H) representatives of local educational

17 agencies.

18 ‘‘(3) DESIGNATED BOARD.—The chief executive

19 officer of the State may designate an entity to serve

20 as the State board under paragraph (1) if the entity

21 includes the chief executive officer of the State and

22 the members described in subparagraphs (A)

23 through (G) of paragraph (2).

24 ‘‘(4) DESIGNATED STATE AGENCY.—The chief

25 executive officer of the State shall designate a State
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1 agency that has a representative on the State board

2 to provide administrative oversight concerning the

3 use of funds made available under this part and en4 sure accountability for the funds.

5 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive an allot6 ment under this part, a State board shall annually submit

7 an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man8 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may

9 require. At a minimum, the application shall contain—

10 ‘‘(1) sufficient information about the entity es11 tablished or designated under subsection (c) to serve

12 as the State board to enable the Secretary to deter13 mine whether the entity complies with the require14 ments of such subsection;

15 ‘‘(2) a comprehensive State plan for carrying

16 out young child assistance activities;

17 ‘‘(3) an assurance that the State board will pro18 vide such information as the Secretary shall by regu19 lation require on the amount of State and local pub20 lic funds expended in the State to provide services

21 for young children; and

22 ‘‘(4) an assurance that the State board shall

23 annually compile and submit to the Secretary infor24 mation from the reports referred to in section
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1 482(d)(2)(F)(iii) that describes the results referred

2 to in section 482(d)(2)(F)(i).

3 ‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the

5 cost described in subsection (a) shall be—

6 ‘‘(A) 85 percent, in the case of a State for

7 which the Federal medical assistance percent8 age (as defined in section 1905(b)) is not less

9 than 50 percent but is less than 60 percent;

10 ‘‘(B) 87.5 percent, in the case of a State

11 for which such percentage is not less than 60

12 percent but is less than 70 percent; and

13 ‘‘(C) 90 percent, in the case of any State

14 not described in subparagraph (A) or (B).

15 ‘‘(2) STATE SHARE.—

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall con17 tribute the remaining share (referred to in this

18 paragraph as the ‘State share’) of the cost de19 scribed in subsection (a).

20 ‘‘(B) FORM.—The State share of the cost

21 shall be in cash.

22 ‘‘(C) SOURCES.—The State may provide

23 for the State share of the cost from State or

24 local sources, or through donations from private

25 entities.
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1 ‘‘(f) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State may use not more

3 than 5 percent of the funds made available through

4 an allotment made under this part to pay for a por5 tion, not to exceed 50 percent, of State administra6 tive costs related to carrying out this part.

7 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—A State may apply to the Sec8 retary for a waiver of paragraph (1). The Secretary

9 may grant the waiver if the Secretary finds that un10 usual circumstances prevent the State from comply11 ing with paragraph (1). A State that receives such

12 a waiver may use not more than 7.5 percent of the

13 funds made available through the allotment to pay

14 for the State administrative costs.

15 ‘‘(g) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall monitor the

16 activities of States that receive allotments under this part

17 to ensure compliance with the requirements of this part,

18 including compliance with the State plans.

19 ‘‘(h) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary determines

20 that a State that has received an allotment under this part

21 is not complying with a requirement of this part, the Sec22 retary may—

23 ‘‘(1) provide technical assistance to the State to

24 improve the ability of the State to comply with the

25 requirement;
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1 ‘‘(2) reduce, by not less than 5 percent, an al2 lotment made to the State under this section, for the

3 second determination of noncompliance;

4 ‘‘(3) reduce, by not less than 25 percent, an al5 lotment made to the State under this section, for the

6 third determination of noncompliance; or

7 ‘‘(4) revoke the eligibility of the State to receive

8 allotments under this section, for the fourth or sub9 sequent determination of noncompliance.

10 ‘‘(i) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—

11 ‘‘(1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—From the funds

12 appropriated under section 484 for each fiscal year,

13 the Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent

14 of the funds to pay for the costs of providing tech15 nical assistance. The Secretary shall use the re16 served funds to enter into contracts with eligible en17 tities to provide technical assistance to local

18 collaboratives that receive grants under section 482

19 relating to the functions of the local collaboratives

20 under this part.

21 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the funds ap23 propriated under section 484 for each fiscal

24 year, the Secretary shall reserve 2 percent of

25 the funds to pay for the costs of conducting,
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1 through grant, contract, or interagency agree2 ment, research and evaluation projects regard3 ing the young child assistance activities funded

4 with amounts made available in accordance with

5 the requirements of this part. In conducting

6 such projects, the Secretary shall give priority

7 to projects that are undertaken by independent

8 and impartial organizations.

9 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years

10 after the date of enactment of this part, the

11 Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on

12 the research and evaluation projects conducted

13 in accordance with this paragraph.

14 ‘‘SEC. 482. GRANTS TO LOCAL COLLABORATIVES.

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State board that receives an

16 allotment under section 481 shall use the funds made

17 available through the allotment, and the State contribu18 tion made under section 481(e)(2), to pay for the Federal

19 and State shares of the cost of making grants, on a com20 petitive basis, to local collaboratives to carry out young

21 child assistance activities.

22 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A local collaborative that re23 ceives a grant made under subsection (a)—
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1 ‘‘(1) shall use funds made available through the

2 grant to provide, in a community, activities that con3 sist of education and supportive services, such as—

4 ‘‘(A) home visits for parents of young chil5 dren;

6 ‘‘(B) services provided through community7 based family resource centers for such parents;

8 and

9 ‘‘(C) collaborative pre-school efforts that

10 link parenting education for such parents to

11 early childhood learning services for young chil12 dren; and

13 ‘‘(2) may use funds made available through the

14 grant—

15 ‘‘(A) to provide, in the community, activi16 ties that consist of—

17 ‘‘(i) activities designed to strengthen

18 the quality of child care for young children

19 and expand the supply of high quality child

20 care services for young children;

21 ‘‘(ii) health care services for young

22 children, including increasing the level of

23 immunization for young children in the

24 community, providing preventive health

25 care screening and education, and expand-
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1 ing health care services in schools, child

2 care facilities, clinics in public housing

3 projects (as defined in section 3(b) of the

4 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42

5 U.S.C. 1437a(b))), and mobile dental and

6 vision clinics;

7 ‘‘(iii) services for children with disabil8 ities who are young children; and

9 ‘‘(iv) activities designed to assist

10 schools in providing educational and other

11 support services to young children, and

12 parents of young children, in the commu13 nity, to be carried out during extended

14 hours when appropriate; and

15 ‘‘(B) to pay for the salary and expenses of

16 the administrator described in subsection (e)(4),

17 in accordance with such regulations as the Sec18 retary shall prescribe.

19 ‘‘(c) MULTI-YEAR FUNDING.—In making grants

20 under this section, a State board may make grants for

21 grant periods of more than 1 year to local collaboratives

22 with demonstrated success in carrying out young child as23 sistance activities.
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1 ‘‘(d) LOCAL COLLABORATIVES.—To be eligible to re2 ceive a grant under this section for a community, a local

3 collaborative shall demonstrate that the collaborative—

4 ‘‘(1) is able to provide, through a coordinated

5 effort, young child assistance activities to young chil6 dren, and parents of young children, in the commu7 nity; and

8 ‘‘(2) includes—

9 ‘‘(A) all public agencies primarily providing

10 services to young children in the community;

11 ‘‘(B) businesses in the community;

12 ‘‘(C) representatives of the local govern13 ment for the county or other political subdivi14 sion in which the community is located;

15 ‘‘(D) parents of young children in the com16 munity;

17 ‘‘(E) officers of community organizations

18 serving low-income individuals, as defined by

19 the Secretary, in the community;

20 ‘‘(F) community-based organizations pro21 viding services to young children and the par22 ents of young children, such as organizations

23 providing child care, carrying out Head Start

24 programs, or providing pre-kindergarten edu-
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1 cation, mental health, or family support serv2 ices; and

3 ‘‘(G) nonprofit organizations that serve the

4 community and that are described in section

5 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

6 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a)

7 of such Code.

8 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

9 under this section, a local collaborative shall submit an

10 application to the State board at such time, in such man11 ner, and containing such information as the State board

12 may require. At a minimum, the application shall

13 contain—

14 ‘‘(1) sufficient information about the entity de15 scribed in subsection (d)(2) to enable the State

16 board to determine whether the entity complies with

17 the requirements of such subsection; and

18 ‘‘(2) a comprehensive plan for carrying out

19 young child assistance activities in the community,

20 including information indicating—

21 ‘‘(A) the young child assistance activities

22 available in the community, as of the date of

23 submission of the plan, including information

24 on efforts to coordinate the activities;
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1 ‘‘(B) the unmet needs of young children,

2 and parents of young children, in the commu3 nity for young child assistance activities;

4 ‘‘(C) the manner in which funds made

5 available through the grant will be used—

6 ‘‘(i) to meet the needs, including ex7 panding and strengthening the activities

8 described in subparagraph (A) and estab9 lishing additional young child assistance

10 activities; and

11 ‘‘(ii) to improve results for young chil12 dren in the community;

13 ‘‘(D) how the local cooperative will use at

14 least 60 percent of the funds made available

15 through the grant to provide young child assist16 ance activities to young children and parents

17 described in subsection (f);

18 ‘‘(E) the comprehensive methods that the

19 collaborative will use to ensure that—

20 ‘‘(i) each entity carrying out young

21 child assistance activities through the col22 laborative will coordinate the activities with

23 such activities carried out by other entities

24 through the collaborative; and
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1 ‘‘(ii) the local collaborative will coordi2 nate the activities of the local collaborative

3 with—

4 ‘‘(I) other services provided to

5 young children, and the parents of

6 young children, in the community;

7 and

8 ‘‘(II) the activities of other local

9 collaboratives serving young children

10 and families in the community, if any;

11 and

12 ‘‘(F) the manner in which the collaborative

13 will, at such intervals as the State board may

14 require, submit information to the State board

15 to enable the State board to carry out monitor16 ing under section 481(g), including the manner

17 in which the collaborative will—

18 ‘‘(i) evaluate the results achieved by

19 the collaborative for young children and

20 parents of young children through activi21 ties carried out through the grant;

22 ‘‘(ii) evaluate how services can be

23 more effectively delivered to young children

24 and the parents of young children; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) prepare and submit to the State

2 board annual reports describing the re3 sults;

4 ‘‘(3) an assurance that the local collaborative

5 will comply with the requirements of subparagraphs

6 (D), (E), and (F) of paragraph (2), and subsection

7 (g); and

8 ‘‘(4) an assurance that the local collaborative

9 will hire an administrator to oversee the provision of

10 the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A)

11 of subsection (b).

12 ‘‘(f) DISTRIBUTION.—In making grants under this

13 section, the State board shall ensure that at least 60 per14 cent of the funds made available through each grant are

15 used to provide the young child assistance activities to

16 young children (and parents of young children) who reside

17 in school districts in which half or more of the students

18 receive free or reduced price lunches under the National

19 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).

20 ‘‘(g) LOCAL SHARE.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The local collaborative shall

22 contribute a percentage (referred to in this sub23 section as the ‘local share’) of the cost of carrying

24 out the young child assistance activities.
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1 ‘‘(2) PERCENTAGE.—The Secretary shall by

2 regulation specify the percentage referred to in para3 graph (1).

4 ‘‘(3) FORM.—The local share of the cost shall

5 be in cash.

6 ‘‘(4) SOURCE.—The local collaborative shall

7 provide for the local share of the cost through dona8 tions from private entities.

9 ‘‘(5) WAIVER.—The State board shall waive the

10 requirement of paragraph (1) for poor rural and

11 urban areas, as defined by the Secretary.

12 ‘‘(h) MONITORING.—The State board shall monitor

13 the activities of local collaboratives that receive grants

14 under this part to ensure compliance with the require15 ments of this part.

16 ‘‘SEC. 483. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

17 ‘‘Funds appropriated under this part shall be used

18 to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and

19 local public funds expended to provide services for young

20 children.

21 ‘‘SEC. 484. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

23 this part—

24 ‘‘(1) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;

25 ‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
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1 ‘‘(3) $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years

2 2002 through 2004; and

3 ‘‘(4) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

4 year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year.’’.

5 TITLE II—PARENT GRANTS

6 SEC. 201. PARENT GRANTS.

7 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to

8 provide parents with grants for career development and

9 retraining after a period of child rearing.

10 (b) PROGRAM AUTHORITY AND METHOD OF DIS11 TRIBUTION.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated

13 under subsection (f), the Secretary of Education (in

14 this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may pay

15 to each eligible institution such sums as may be nec16 essary to pay to each qualifying parent for each aca17 demic year that the qualifying parent is in attend18 ance at an institution of higher education, a parent

19 grant, in an amount determined in accordance with

20 subsection (c), for each child for which the qualify21 ing parent remains outside the labor force.

22 (2) QUALIFYING PARENT.—In this section, the

23 term ‘‘qualifying parent’’ means an individual who—

24 (A) is the custodial parent of a child under

25 the age of 6;
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1 (B) has no earned income as defined in

2 section 32(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code

3 of 1986; and

4 (C) is not receiving assistance under a

5 State program funded under part A of title IV

6 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et

7 seq.) or supplemental security income benefits

8 under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42

9 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).

10 (3) DISTRIBUTION.—Funds under this section

11 shall be disbursed and made available to qualifying

12 parents in the same manner as Federal Pell Grants

13 are disbursed and made available to institutions of

14 higher education and students under subpart 1 of

15 part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of

16 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.), except that in the

17 case of a parent grant awarded to a qualifying par18 ent for expenses incurred in obtaining a secondary

19 school diploma or its recognized equivalent, the Sec20 retary shall make the grant funds available to the

21 qualifying parent.

22 (c) AMOUNT.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

24 the amount of a parent grant for which a qualifying
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1 parent is eligible under this section for an academic

2 year is equal to—

3 (A) in the case of a qualifying parent with

4 an annual income of $50,000 or less, the maxi5 mum amount of the Federal Pell Grant award6 ed under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the

7 Higher Education Act of 1965 for such year;

8 and

9 (B) in the case of a qualifying parent with

10 an annual income of more than $50,000 but

not more than $75,000, 1 11 ⁄2 of the maximum

12 amount of the Federal Pell Grant so awarded

13 for such year.

14 (2) SPECIAL RULES.—

15 (A) CALENDAR YEAR AWARDS.—A qualify16 ing parent is eligible for a parent grant under

17 this section for each complete calendar year the

18 parent is outside the labor force, except that

19 the Secretary shall prorate the amount for

20 which the qualifying parent is eligible for the

21 first year in which a child is born if the qualify22 ing parent is outside the labor force for at least

23 4 months of the calendar year in which the

24 child is born.
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1 (B) SIMULTANEOUS AWARDS.—A qualify2 ing parent is eligible for a parent grant simulta3 neously for each child for which the parent re4 mains outside the labor force.

5 (C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not

6 award a qualifying parent a parent grant for

7 any period the parent remains outside the labor

8 force to pursue education with a parent grant

9 awarded under this section.

10 (d) USES.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—A parent grant awarded

12 under this section—

13 (A) shall be used not later than 15 years

14 after the year for which the grant is awarded;

15 and

16 (B) shall be used to pay—

17 (i) the cost of attendance (as deter18 mined in accordance with section 472 of

19 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20

20 U.S.C. 1087ll)) at an institution of higher

21 education (as defined in section 481 of

22 such Act (20 U.S.C. 1088)); or

23 (ii) for expenses incurred in obtaining

24 a secondary school diploma or its recog25 nized equivalent.
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1 (2) AGGREGATION OF AWARDS.—A qualifying

2 parent may aggregate parent grants awarded for

3 more than 1 year or more than 1 child for use in

4 a single academic year.

5 (3) ROLLOVER.—A qualifying parent may use

6 any grant funds awarded for an academic year that

7 are not used in the academic year, for use in a sub8 sequent academic year, subject to paragraph (1)(A).

9 (e) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro11 priated to carry out this section for each fiscal year,

12 the Secretary shall reserve 2 percent of such

13 amounts to pay for the costs of conducting, through

14 grant, contract, or interagency agreement, research

15 and evaluation projects regarding the parent grants

16 awarded in accordance with the requirements of this

17 section. In conducting such projects, the Secretary

18 shall give priority to projects that are undertaken by

19 independent and impartial organizations.

20 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the

21 date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall

22 submit a report to Congress on the research and

23 evaluation projects conducted in accordance with

24 this subsection.
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1 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

3 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000 and

4 each succeeding fiscal year.

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