(e) EXPANSION OF PROGRAM EVALUATIONS.—Sec-
tion 477(g)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677(g)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the 1st sentence, by inserting ‘‘, and of 
model programs that focus on improving outcomes 
for youth aging out of care in the areas of edu-
cation, employment, personal development, and 
housing’’ after ‘‘significance’’; 
(2) in the 2nd sentence, by striking ‘‘and per-
sonal development’’ and inserting ‘‘mental and phys-
ical 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.’’; and 
(3) in the 3rd sentence, by inserting ‘‘, where 
practicable,’’ before ‘‘random assignment’’. 
(f) IMPROVING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE SERV-
ICES.— 
(1) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Section 477 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER 
RELATED PROGRAMS.—To improve access to the array of 
services available to youth transitioning out of foster care 
and assist States in leveraging available resources, the 
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Secretary shall provide for the efficient distribution to 
States and local areas of information about Federal pro-
grams, 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.’’. 
(2) DUTIES OF THE STATE.—Section 477(b)(3) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 677(b)(3)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) 
through (J) as subparagraphs (I) through (K), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 
the following: 
‘‘(G) A certification by the chief executive offi-
cer 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 finan-
cial, housing, counseling, health, public benefit em-
ployment, and education services, and other appro-
priate support and services for which the child is eli-
gible.’’. 
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TITLE III—YOUNG FAMILY 
CONCERNS 
SEC. 301. TANF STATE PLAN AMENDMENT. 
Section 402(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(vii) 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 strate-
gies to address the needs.’’. 
SEC. 302. ADULT-SUPERVISED LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. 
Section 408(a)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 608(a)(5)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking clause (i) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) PROVISION
OF
ADULT-SUPER-
VISED LIVING ARRANGEMENT.—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 pro-
vision of a second chance home, maternity 
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group home, transitional living youth 
project, or other appropriate adult-super-
vised 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 indi-
vidual and the minor child referred to in 
subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) reside in such liv-
ing arrangement as a condition of the con-
tinued receipt of assistance under the 
State program funded under this part at-
tributable to funds provided by the Federal 
Government (or in an alternative appro-
priate arrangement, should circumstances 
change and the current arrangement cease 
to be appropriate).’’; 
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) by redesignating subclauses (III) and 
(IV) as subclauses (V) and (VI), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting after subclause (II) the 
following: 
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‘‘(III) the individual is a home-
less youth; 
‘‘(IV) the individual is a street 
youth;’’; 
(3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (vi) 
and inserting after clause (ii) the following: 
‘‘(iii) DISCLOSURE OF ADULT-SUPER-
VISED LIVING ARRANGEMENT OPTIONS TO 
INDIVIDUAL.—The State agency shall en-
sure that individuals described in subpara-
graph (A)(ii) who are applicants or recipi-
ents of assistance are fully informed of all 
adult-supervised living arrangement op-
tions that satisfy the requirement of this 
subsection, and provide the individual the 
opportunity to request a specific adult-su-
pervised living arrangement. 
‘‘(iv) DETERMINATION OF ADULT-SU-
PERVISED LIVING ARRANGEMENT.—In de-
termining the appropriateness of the indi-
vidual’s current living arrangement in 
clause (i) and considering the individual’s 
request for a specific adult-supervised liv-
ing arrangement in clause (iii), the State 
agency shall provide a written explanation 
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of the determination, including a statement 
regarding the right to appeal the deter-
mination under clause (v), to the indi-
vidual, if the determination is other than 
the adult-supervised living arrangement re-
quested by the individual. 
‘‘(v) RIGHT
TO
APPEAL
ADULT-SU-
PERVISED LIVING ARRANGEMENT.—If the 
State agency’s determination of appro-
priate adult-supervised living arrangement 
in clause (i) is other than the adult-super-
vised living arrangement requested by the 
individual in clause (iii), the individual 
shall have a right to appeal the State agen-
cy’s decision through appeal and dispute 
resolution mechanisms available in the 
State.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(I) 
TRANSITIONAL
LIVING 
YOUTH PROJECT.—The term ‘transi-
tional living youth project’ has the 
same meaning as provided in section 
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387(6) of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. 
‘‘(II) HOMELESS
YOUTH.—The 
term ‘homeless youth’ has the same 
meaning as provided in section 387(3) 
of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974. 
‘‘(III) 
STREET
YOUTH.—The 
term ‘street youth’ has the same 
meaning as provided in section 387(5) 
of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974.’’. 
SEC. 303. SUSPENSION OF TIME LIMIT FOR YOUNG ADULT 
PARENT INVOLVED IN EDUCATION OR TRAIN-
ING. 
Section 408(a)(7)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 608(a)(7)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 
‘‘MINOR CHILD EXCEPTION’’ and inserting ‘‘AGE EX-
CEPTIONS’’; and 
(2) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(i) a minor child, and not the head 
of a household or married to the head of 
a household; or 
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‘‘(ii) was pregnant or a parent, and— 
‘‘(I) had not attained 20 years of 
age, and was meeting all program re-
quirements 
relating 
to 
education, 
training and living arrangements; or 
‘‘(II) had attained 20 but not 21 
years of age, and was scheduled to 
complete all program requirements re-
lating to education or training.’’. 
SEC. 304. TRANSITIONAL COMPLIANCE. 
Section 408(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘if’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘if— 
‘‘(A) the individual does not participate 
in— 
‘‘(i) educational activities directed to-
ward the attainment of a high school di-
ploma or its equivalent; or 
‘‘(ii) an alternative educational or 
training program that has been approved 
by the State; and 
‘‘(B) 91 days have elapsed since the State 
has notified the individual that the individual is 
in violation of this paragraph.’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, and 91 
days have elapsed since the State has notified the in-
dividual that the individual is in violation of this 
paragraph’’ before the period. 
SEC. 305. SANCTION PROTECTIONS FOR MINOR PARENTS. 
Section 408(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) 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 de-
scribed in paragraph (4) or (5)(B)(ii) of this sub-
section and whose household includes a minor who 
has received assistance under the State program 
funded under this part attributable to funds pro-
vided by the Federal Government or under the food 
stamp program, as defined in section 3(h) of the 
Food Stamp Act of 1977, unless the State has es-
tablished procedures that help recipients of assist-
ance under the State program funded under this 
part understand, avoid, or end sanctions, and has 
applied the procedures to the recipient.’’. 
SEC. 306. TEEN PARENT STUDY AND REPORT. 
Section 413 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
613) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(k) TEEN PARENT STUDY AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY OF TANF RECIPIENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct a study of recipients of assist-
ance under State programs funded under this part 
who are parents and have not attained 20 years of 
age to determine the following: 
‘‘(A) Whether State data on the number of 
such recipients is accurately reflected in Fed-
eral data, including an examination of the ex-
tent 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. 
‘‘(B) What assessment procedures are uti-
lized with such recipients, and whether there 
appear to be best practices that consider such 
issues as whether the recipient has an edu-
cational barrier such as a learning disability or 
mental health problem. 
‘‘(C) 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 
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health, and alternative education, whether staff 
assist teen parents in researching and locating 
such services including an appropriate living ar-
rangement, and the extent to which such recipi-
ents who have not completed high school or the 
equivalent are encouraged to engage in edu-
cation or work. 
‘‘(D) 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 recipi-
ents who are members of a family with income 
less than 200 percent of the poverty line (as de-
fined in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any revi-
sion required by such section, applicable to a 
family of the size involved) are able to partici-
pate in State programs funded under this part. 
‘‘(E) Demographic information such as— 
‘‘(i) the age of such recipients; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of time such recipi-
ents received such assistance in a given 
year; 
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‘‘(iii) the number of children that 
such recipients have; 
‘‘(iv) school attainment by such recipi-
ents, by age; 
‘‘(v) the employment status of such 
recipients, such as whether a recipient has 
ever worked or has worked while in school; 
‘‘(vi) the child care arrangements of 
such recipients; and 
‘‘(vii) the living arrangements of such 
recipients. 
‘‘(2) STUDY OF LOW-INCOME TEEN PARENTS 
WHO ARE NOT TANF RECIPIENTS.—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: 
‘‘(A) Whether the teen parent sought to 
apply for such assistance. 
‘‘(B) Whether a teen parent who indicated 
to a State a desire to apply for such assistance 
received an application for such assistance. 
‘‘(C) Whether a teen parent who applied 
for such assistance was subsequently contacted 
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