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Calendar No. 227
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2873
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 14, 2001
Received
NOVEMBER 15, 2001
Read the first time
NOVEMBER 16, 2001
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To extend and amend the program entitled Promoting Safe
and Stable Families under title IV–B, subpart 2 of the
Social Security Act, and to provide new authority to
support programs for mentoring children of incarcerated
parents; to amend the Foster Care Independent Living
program under title IV–E of that Act to provide for
educational and training vouchers for youths aging out
of foster care, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Safe and
Stable Families Amendments of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
TITLE I—PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES
Subtitle A—Grants to States for Promoting Safe and Stable Families
Sec. 101. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 102. Definition of family support services.
Sec. 103. Reallotments.
Sec. 104. Payments to States.
Sec. 105. Evaluations, research, and technical assistance.
Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations; reservation of certain amounts.
Sec. 107. State court improvements.
Subtitle B—Mentoring Children of Prisoners
Sec. 121. Program authorized.
TITLE II—FOSTER CARE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING
Sec. 201. Educational and training vouchers for youths aging out of foster
care.
Sec. 202. Reallocation and extension of funds.
TITLE III—EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 301. Effective date.
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise specified in this Act, an amend-
ment made by this Act to a section or other provision shall
be considered an amendment to the section or other provi-
sion of the Social Security Act.
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TITLE I—PROMOTING SAFE AND
STABLE FAMILIES
Subtitle A—Grants to States for
Promoting Safe and Stable Fam-
ilies
SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
Section 430 (42 U.S.C. 629) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 430. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that there is a
continuing urgent need to protect children and to
strengthen families as demonstrated by the following:
‘‘(1) Family support programs directed at spe-
cific vulnerable populations have had positive effects
on parents, children, or both. The vulnerable popu-
lations for which programs have been shown to be
effective include teenage mothers with very young
children and families that have children with special
needs.
‘‘(2) Family preservation programs have been
shown to provide extensive and intensive services to
families in crisis.
‘‘(3) The time lines established by the Adoption
and Safe Families Act of 1997 have made the
prompt availability of services to address family
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problems (and in particular the prompt availability
of appropriate services and treatment addressing
substance abuse) an important factor in successful
family reunification.
‘‘(4) The rapid increases in the annual number
of adoptions since the enactment of the Adoption
and Safe Families Act of 1997 have created a grow-
ing need for postadoption services and for service
providers with the particular knowledge and skills
required to address the unique issues adoptive fami-
lies and children may face.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this program is to
enable States to develop and establish, or expand, and to
operate coordinated programs of community-based family
support services, family preservation services, time-limited
family reunification services, and adoption promotion and
support services to accomplish the following objectives:
‘‘(1) To prevent child maltreatment among fam-
ilies at risk through the provision of supportive fam-
ily services.
‘‘(2) To assure children’s safety within the
home and preserve intact families in which children
have been maltreated, when the family’s problems
can be addressed effectively.
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‘‘(3) To address the problems of families whose
children have been placed in foster care so that re-
unification may occur in a safe and stable manner
in accordance with the Adoption and Safe Families
Act of 1997.
‘‘(4) To support adoptive families by providing
support services as necessary so that they can make
a lifetime commitment to their children.’’.
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.
(a) INCLUSION OF INFANT SAFE HAVEN PROGRAMS
AMONG
FAMILY
PRESERVATION
SERVICES.—Section
431(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 629a(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) infant safe haven programs to pro-
vide a way for a parent to safely relinquish a
newborn infant at a safe haven designated pur-
suant to a State law.’’.
(b) FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES.—Section 431(a)(2)
(42 U.S.C. 629a(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘to
strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy
marriages,’’ after ‘‘environment,’’.
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SEC. 103. REALLOTMENTS.
Section 433 (42 U.S.C. 629c) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(d) REALLOTMENTS.—The amount of any allotment
to a State under this section for any fiscal year that the
State certifies to the Secretary will not be required for
carrying out the State plan under section 432 shall be
available for reallotment using the allotment methodology
specified in this section. Any amount so reallotted to a
State is deemed part of the allotment of the State under
the preceding provisions of this section.’’.
SEC. 104. PAYMENTS TO STATES.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 434(a) (42 U.S.C.
629d(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2);
(2) by striking all that precedes subparagraph
(A) of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—Each State that has a plan ap-
proved under section 432 shall be entitled to payment of
the lesser of—’’; and
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of paragraph (1) as paragraphs (1) and (2), re-
spectively, and by indenting the provisions 2 ems to
the left.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 434(b)
(42 U.S.C. 629d(b)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1) or (2)(B)
of’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘described in this subpart’’
and inserting ‘‘under the State plan under sec-
tion 432’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘subsection
(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
SEC. 105. EVALUATIONS, RESEARCH, AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.
Section 435 (42 U.S.C. 629e) is amended—
(1) by striking all that precedes ‘‘the effective-
ness’’ in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), including
the heading for section 435 and the caption for sub-
section (a), and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 435. EVALUATIONS; RESEARCH; TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE.
‘‘(a) EVALUATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall evalu-
ate and report to the Congress biennially on’’;
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the
following:
‘‘(3) TIMING OF REPORT.—Beginning in 2003,
the Secretary shall submit the biennial report re-
quired by this subsection not later than April 1 of
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every other year, and shall include in each such re-
port the funding level, the status of ongoing evalua-
tions, findings to date, and the nature of any tech-
nical assistance provided to States under subsection
(d).’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) RESEARCH.—The Secretary shall give priority
consideration to the following topics for research and eval-
uation under this subsection, using rigorous evaluation
methodologies where feasible:
‘‘(1) Promising program models in the service
categories specified in section 430(b), particularly
time-limited reunification services and postadoption
services.
‘‘(2) Multi-disciplinary service models designed
to address parental substance abuse and to reduce
its impacts on children.
‘‘(3) The efficacy of approaches directed at
families with specific problems and with children of
specific age ranges.
‘‘(4) The outcomes of adoptions finalized after
enactment of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of
1997.
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‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—To the extent funds
are available therefor, the Secretary shall provide technical
assistance that helps States and Indian tribes to—
‘‘(1) develop research-based protocols for identi-
fying families at risk of abuse and neglect of use in
the field;
‘‘(2) develop treatment models that address the
needs of families at risk, particularly families with
substance abuse issues;
‘‘(3) implement programs with well-articulated
theories of how the intervention will result in desired
changes among families at risk;
‘‘(4) establish mechanisms to ensure that serv-
ice provision matches the treatment model; and
‘‘(5) establish mechanisms to ensure that
postadoption services meet the needs of the indi-
vidual families and develop models to reduce the dis-
ruption rates of adoption.’’.
SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVA-
TION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.
(a) MANDATORY FUNDING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 2 of part B of title
IV (42 U.S.C. 629–629e) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 436. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RES-
ERVATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out the provisions of this subpart
$305,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
‘‘(b) RESERVATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.—From
the amount specified in subsection (a) for a fiscal year,
the Secretary shall reserve amounts as follows:
‘‘(1) EVALUATION, RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall re-
serve $6,000,000 for expenditure by the Secretary—
‘‘(A) for research, training, and technical
assistance costs related to the program under
this subpart; and
‘‘(B) for evaluation of State programs
based on the plans approved under section 432
and funded under this subpart, and any other
Federal, State, or local program, regardless of
whether federally assisted, that is designed to
achieve the same purposes as the State pro-
grams.
‘‘(2) STATE COURT IMPROVEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve $10,000,000 for grants under
section 438.
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‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall re-
serve 1 percent for allotment to Indian tribes in ac-
cordance with section 433(a).’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 433
(42 U.S.C. 629c) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section
430(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 436(b)(3)’’;
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘section 430(b)’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 436(a)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 430(d)’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 436(b)’’; and
(C) in subsection (c)(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘section 430(b)’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 436(a)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 430(d)’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 436(b)’’.
(b) DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.—Subpart 2 of part B
of title IV (42 U.S.C. 629–629e) is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 437. DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—In addition to any amount appropriated pur-
suant to section 436, there are authorized to be appro-
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priated to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
‘‘(b) RESERVATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.—From
the amount (if any) appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve amounts
as follows:
‘‘(1) EVALUATION, RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall re-
serve 3.3 percent for expenditure by the Secretary
for the activities described in section 436(b)(1).
‘‘(2) STATE COURT IMPROVEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve 3.3 percent for grants under sec-
tion 438.
‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall re-
serve 2 percent for allotment to Indian tribes in ac-
cordance with subsection (c)(1).
‘‘(c) ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) INDIAN
TRIBES.—From the amount (if
any) reserved pursuant to subsection (b)(3) for any
fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each Indian
tribe with a plan approved under this subpart an
amount that bears the same ratio to such reserved
amount as the number of children in the Indian
tribe bears to the total number of children in all In-
dian tribes with State plans so approved, as deter-
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mined by the Secretary on the basis of the most cur-
rent and reliable information available to the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(2) TERRITORIES.—From the amount (if any)
appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any fis-
cal year that remains after applying subection (b)
for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each
of the jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin
Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Amer-
ican Samoa an amount determined in the same man-
ner as the allotment to each of such jurisdictions is
determined under section 421.
‘‘(3) OTHER
STATES.—From the amount (if
any) appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for any
fiscal year that remains after applying subsection (b)
and paragraph (2) of this subsection for the fiscal
year, the Secretary shall allot to each State (other
than an Indian tribe) which is not specified in para-
graph (2) of this subsection an amount equal to
such remaining amount multiplied by the food stamp
percentage (as defined in section 433(c)(2)) of the
State for the fiscal year.
‘‘(d) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make a grant to
a State which has a plan approved under this subpart in
an amount equal to the lesser of—
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‘‘(1) 75 percent of the total expenditures by the
State for activities under the plan during the fiscal
year or the immediately succeeding fiscal year; or
‘‘(2) the allotment of the State under sub-
section (c) for the fiscal year.
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN RULES.—The rules
of subsections (b) and (c) of section 434 shall apply in
like manner to the amounts made available pursuant to
this section.’’.
SEC. 107. STATE COURT IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES.—Section 13712 of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C.
670 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) to implement improvements the highest
state courts deem necessary as a result of the as-
sessments, including—
‘‘(A) to provide for the safety, well-being,
and permanence of children in foster care, as
set forth in the Adoption and Safe Families Act
of 1997 (Public Law 105–89); and
‘‘(B) to implement a corrective action plan,
as necessary, resulting from reviews of child
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and family service programs under section
1123A of this Act.’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and improvement’’
after ‘‘assessment’’.
(b) ALLOTMENTS.—Section 13712(c)(1) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended by striking all that fol-
lows ‘‘shall be entitled to payment,’’ and inserting ‘‘for
each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, from the amount
reserved pursuant to section 436(b)(2) (and the amount,
if any, reserved pursuant to section 437(b)(2)), of an
amount equal to the sum of $85,000 plus the amount de-
scribed in paragraph (2) of this subsection for the fiscal
year.’’.
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 13712(d) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘USE OF GRANT
FUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘FEDERAL SHARE’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘to pay—’’ and all that follows
and inserting ‘‘to pay not more than 75 percent of
the cost of activities under this section in each of fis-
cal years 2002 through 2006.’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 13712 of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘of title IV of the Social Security
Act’’; and
(B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘of
title IV of such Act’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘section
430(d)(2) of the Social Security Act’’ and inserting
‘‘section 436(b)(2) (and the amount, if any, reserved
pursuant to section 437(b)(2))’’.
(e) 
TRANSFER
AND
REDESIGNATION.—Section
13712 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 670 note), as amended by
the preceding provisions of this section, is redesignated as
section 438 and is transferred to the end of subpart 2
of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act.
Subtitle B—Mentoring Children of
Prisoners
SEC. 121. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
Subpart 2 of part B of title IV (42 U.S.C. 629–629e)
is further amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 439. GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS FOR MENTORING CHIL-
DREN OF PRISONERS.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—
‘‘(1) FINDINGS.—
‘‘(A) In the period between 1991 and
1999, the number of children with a parent in-
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carcerated in a Federal or State correctional fa-
cility increased by more than 100 percent, from
approximately 
900,000 
to 
approximately
2,000,000. In 1999, 2.1 percent of all children
in the United States had a parent in Federal or
State prison.
‘‘(B) Prior to incarceration, 64 percent of
female prisoners and 44 percent of male pris-
oners in State facilities lived with their children.
‘‘(C) Nearly 90 percent of the children of
incarcerated fathers live with their mothers,
and 79 percent of the children of incarcerated
mothers live with a grandparent or other rel-
ative.
‘‘(D) Parental arrest and confinement lead
to stress, trauma, stigmatization, and separa-
tion problems for children. These problems are
coupled with existing problems that include pov-
erty, violence, parental substance abuse, high-
crime environments, intrafamilial abuse, child
abuse and neglect, multiple care givers, and/or
prior separations. As a result, these children
often exhibit a broad variety of behavioral, emo-
tional, health, and educational problems that
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are often compounded by the pain of separa-
tion.
‘‘(E) Empirical research demonstrates that
mentoring is a potent force for improving chil-
dren’s behavior across all risk behaviors affect-
ing health. Quality, one-on-one relationships
that provide young people with caring role mod-
els for future success have profound, life-chang-
ing potential. Done right, mentoring markedly
advances youths’ life prospects. A widely cited
1995 study by Public/Private Ventures meas-
ured the impact of one Big Brothers Big Sis-
ters program and found significant effects in
the lives of youth—cutting first-time drug use
by almost half and first-time alcohol use by
about a third, reducing school absenteeism by
half, cutting assaultive behavior by a third, im-
proving parental and peer relationships, giving
youth greater confidence in their school work,
and improving academic performance.
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is
to authorize the Secretary to make competitive
grants to applicants in areas with substantial num-
bers of children of incarcerated parents, to support
the establishment or expansion and operation of pro-
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grams using a network of public and private commu-
nity entities to provide mentoring services for chil-
dren of prisoners.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) CHILDREN
OF
PRISONERS.—The term
‘children of prisoners’ means children one or both of
whose parents are incarcerated in a Federal, State,
or local correctional facility. The term is deemed to
include children who are in an ongoing mentoring
relationship in a program under this section at the
time of their parents’ release from prison, for pur-
poses of continued participation in the program.
‘‘(2) 
MENTORING.—The 
term 
‘mentoring’
means a structured, managed program in which chil-
dren are appropriately matched with screened and
trained adult volunteers for one-on-one relationships,
involving meetings and activities on a regular basis,
intended to meet, in part, the child’s need for in-
volvement with a caring and supportive adult who
provides a positive role model.
‘‘(3) MENTORING SERVICES.—The term ‘men-
toring services’ means those services and activities
that support a structured, managed program of
mentoring, including the management by trained
personnel of outreach to, and screening of, eligible
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children; outreach to, education and training of, and
liaison with sponsoring local organizations; screening
and training of adult volunteers; matching of chil-
dren with suitable adult volunteer mentors; support
and oversight of the mentoring relationship; and es-
tablishment of goals and evaluation of outcomes for
mentored children.
‘‘(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts
appropriated under subsection (h) for a fiscal year that
remain after applying subsection (h)(2), the Secretary
shall make grants under this section for each of fiscal
years 2002 through 2006 to State or local governments,
tribal governments or tribal consortia, faith-based organi-
zations, and community-based organizations in areas that
have significant numbers of children of prisoners and that
submit applications meeting the requirements of this sec-
tion, in amounts that do not exceed $5,000,000 per grant.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—In order to be
eligible for a grant under this section, the chief executive
officer of the applicant must submit to the Secretary an
application containing the following:
‘‘(1) PROGRAM DESIGN.—A description of the
proposed program, including—
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‘‘(A) a list of local public and private orga-
nizations and entities that will participate in
the mentoring network;
‘‘(B) the name, description, and qualifica-
tions of the entity that will coordinate and over-
see the activities of the mentoring network;
‘‘(C) the number of mentor-child matches
proposed to be established and maintained an-
nually under the program;
‘‘(D) such information as the Secretary
may require concerning the methods to be used
to recruit, screen support, and oversee individ-
uals participating as mentors, (which methods
shall include criminal background checks on the
individuals), and to evaluate outcomes for par-
ticipating children, including information nec-
essary to demonstrate compliance with require-
ments established by the Secretary for the pro-
gram; and
‘‘(E) such other information as the Sec-
retary may require.
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY
CONSULTATION; COORDINA-
TION
WITH
OTHER
PROGRAMS.—A demonstration
that, in developing and implementing the program,
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the applicant will, to the extent feasible and
appropriate—
‘‘(A) consult with public and private com-
munity entities, including religious organiza-
tions, and including, as appropriate, Indian
tribal organizations and urban Indian organiza-
tions, and with family members of potential cli-
ents;
‘‘(B) coordinate the programs and activi-
ties under the program with other Federal,
State, and local programs serving children and
youth; and
‘‘(C) consult with appropriate Federal,
State, and local corrections, workforce develop-
ment, and substance abuse and mental health
agencies.
‘‘(3) EQUAL ACCESS FOR LOCAL SERVICE PRO-
VIDERS.—An assurance that public and private enti-
ties and community organizations, including reli-
gious organizations and Indian organizations, will be
eligible to participate on an equal basis.
‘‘(4) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND
AUDITS.—An
agreement that the applicant will maintain such
records, make such reports, and cooperate with such
reviews or audits as the Secretary may find nec-
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essary for purposes of oversight of project activities
and expenditures.
‘‘(5) EVALUATION.—An agreement that the ap-
plicant will cooperate fully with the Secretary’s on-
going and final evaluation of the program under the
plan, by means including providing the Secretary ac-
cess to the program and program-related records
and documents, staff, and grantees receiving funding
under the plan.
‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A grant for a program
under this section shall be available to pay a per-
centage share of the costs of the program up to—
‘‘(A) 75 percent for the first and second
fiscal years for which the grant is awarded; and
‘‘(B) 50 percent for the third and each
succeeding such fiscal years.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal
share of the cost of projects under this section may
be in cash or in kind. In determining the amount of
the non-Federal share, the Secretary may attribute
fair market value to goods, services, and facilities
contributed from non-Federal sources.
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‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS IN AWARDING GRANTS.—In
awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall
take into consideration—
‘‘(1) the qualifications and capacity of appli-
cants and networks of organizations to effectively
carry out a mentoring program under this section;
‘‘(2) the comparative severity of need for men-
toring services in local areas, taking into consider-
ation data on the numbers of children (and in par-
ticular of low-income children) with an incarcerated
parents (or parents) in the areas;
‘‘(3) evidence of consultation with existing
youth and family service programs, as appropriate;
and
‘‘(4) any other factors the Secretary may deem
significant with respect to the need for or the poten-
tial success of carrying out a mentoring program
under this section.
‘‘(g) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct an
evaluation of the programs conducted pursuant to this sec-
tion, and submit to the Congress not later than April 15,
2005, a report on the findings of the evaluation.
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS; RES-
ERVATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.—
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‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to
be 
appropriated 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
section
$67,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003,
and such sums as may be necessary for each suc-
ceeding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall re-
serve 2.5 percent of the amount appropriated for
each fiscal year under paragraph (1) for expenditure
by the Secretary for research, technical assistance,
and evaluation related to programs under this sec-
tion.’’.
TITLE II—FOSTER CARE AND
INDEPENDENT LIVING
SEC. 201. EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING VOUCHERS FOR
YOUTHS AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE.
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 477(a) (42 U.S.C. 677(a)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(4);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6) to make available vouchers for education
and training, including postsecondary training and
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education, to youths who have aged out of foster
care.’’.
(b) EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING VOUCHERS.—Sec-
tion 477 (42 U.S.C. 677) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(i) EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING VOUCHERS.—The
following conditions shall apply to a State educational and
training voucher program under this section:
‘‘(1) Vouchers under the program may be avail-
able to youths otherwise eligible for services under
the State program under this section.
‘‘(2) For purposes of the voucher program,
youths adopted from foster care after attaining age
16 may be considered to be youths otherwise eligible
for services under the State program under this sec-
tion.
‘‘(3) The State may allow youths participating
in the voucher program on the date they attain 21
years of age to remain eligible until they attain 23
years of age, as long as they are enrolled in a post-
secondary education or training program and are
making satisfactory progress toward completion of
that program.
‘‘(4) The voucher or vouchers provided for an
individual under this section—
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‘‘(A) may be available for the cost of at-
tendance at an institution of higher education,
as defined in section 102 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965; and
‘‘(B) shall not exceed the lesser of $5,000
per year or the total cost of attendance, as de-
fined in section 472 of that Act.
‘‘(5) The amount of a voucher under this sec-
tion may be disregarded for purposes of determining
the recipient’s eligibility for, or the amount of, any
other Federal or Federally supported assistance, ex-
cept that the total amount of educational assistance
to a youth under this section and under other Fed-
eral and Federally supported programs shall not ex-
ceed the total cost of attendance, as defined in sec-
tion 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and
except that the State agency shall take appropriate
steps to prevent duplication of benefits under this
and other Federal or Federally supported programs.
‘‘(6) The program is coordinated with other ap-
propriate education and training programs.’’.
(c) CERTIFICATION.—Section 477(b)(3) (42 U.S.C.
677(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(J) A certification by the chief executive
officer of the State that the State educational
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and training voucher program under this sec-
tion is in compliance with the conditions speci-
fied in subsection (i), including a statement de-
scribing methods the State will use—
‘‘(i) to ensure that the total amount
of educational assistance to a youth under
this section and under other Federal and
Federally supported programs does not ex-
ceed the limitation specified in subsection
(i)(5); and
‘‘(ii) to avoid duplication of benefits
under this and any other Federal or Fed-
erally assisted benefit program.’’.
(d) INCREASED AUTHORIZATIONS
OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Section 477(h) (42 U.S.C. 677(h)) is amended
by striking ‘‘there are authorized’’ and all that follows and
inserting the following: ‘‘there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for each fiscal year—
‘‘(1) $140,000,000, which shall be available for
all purposes under this section; and
‘‘(2) an additional $60,000,000, which are au-
thorized to be available for payments to States for
education and training vouchers for youths who age
out of foster care, to assist the youths to develop
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skills necessary to lead independent and productive
lives.’’.
(e) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—Section 477(c) (42
U.S.C. 677(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From
the amount specified in subsection (h)’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘(1) 
GENERAL
PROGRAM
ALLOT-
MENT.—From the amount specified in sub-
section (h)(1)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘which bears the same
ratio’’ and inserting ‘‘which bears the ratio’’;
and
(C) by striking ‘‘as the number of children
in foster care’’ and all that follows and insert-
ing ‘‘equal to the State foster care ratio, as ad-
justed in accordance with paragraph (2).’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(3) VOUCHER PROGRAM ALLOTMENT.—From
the amount, if any, appropriated pursuant to sub-
section (h)(2) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may
allot to each State with an application approved
under subsection (b) for the fiscal year an amount