I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5039
To require unmarried minors who are parents or pregnant to live under
adult supervision as a condition of receiving certain welfare benefits,
to provide incentives for the establishment by the private sector of homes
for such minors, and to provide for rehabilitation grants for housing
and services facilities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 13, 1994
Mr. GREENWOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to
the Committees on Ways and Means, Banking, Finance and Urban Af-
fairs, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture
A BILL
To require unmarried minors who are parents or pregnant
to live under adult supervision as a condition of receiving
certain welfare benefits, to provide incentives for the
establishment by the private sector of homes for such
minors, and to provide for rehabilitation grants for hous-
ing and services facilities.
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 ‘‘Children’s Homes for
A Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Children need the supervision, guidance,
and support of adults. Unmarried minors who are
parents or pregnant need more—not less—support
from responsible adults.
(2) When the parents of these minors are un-
able to provide for their care, it is the responsibility
of society to assure that they are placed in the care
of other responsible adults.
(3) A welfare system that provides direct cash
and food stamp benefits to minors who are mothers
or pregnant but does not ensure that these young
mothers are in the care of responsible adults places
the young mothers and their children at risk.
(4) Pregnant minors and minors with children
who lack the care of a responsible parent should be
placed in the care of other responsible adults. Suffi-
cient financial resources should be provided to these
responsible adults to meet the needs of the children
placed in their care.
(5) Minors who give birth make up nearly half
of the AFDC caseload. From 1976 to 1992, the
number of minors receiving Aid to Families with De-
pendent Children (AFDC) grew from 35,000 to
150,000. The number of minors receiving AFDC
who gave birth increased during this period from
743,000 to 1,200,000. Since most States do not sep-
arately identify minor parents whose benefits are in-
corporated into their own mothers’ grants, the real
number of minor parents on AFDC may be twice
this high.
(6) These minor parents are the least likely to
become self-reliant. Less than half of the minors
who give birth have high school diplomas, as com-
pared to two-thirds of minors who did not give birth.
These minors are twice as likely to have 4 or more
children as those who do not give birth. In 1992,
two-thirds of minors who gave birth never married.
Child support is much more difficult to collect for
the children of minors who have never married.
(7) The Center for Population Options has esti-
mated that in 1990 the Federal Government spent
$25,000,000,000 in AFDC, Medicaid, and food
stamps to support families begun by teenagers.
(8) The children of these single, teenage, low-
income, undereducated parents are among the most
at risk in our society for poor nurturing, neglect,
abuse, and chronic dependency.
(9) It is in the critical interests of these chil-
dren, their parents, and society that appropriate
public and private resources be marshalled to pro-
vide them with a safe, secure, stable, nurturing envi-
ronment where children can be protected and the
parents trained in parenting, homemaking, and job
skills, and where they can be encouraged to become
able parents who are economically self-reliant.
(10) A program that simply provides cash, food
stamps, and Medicaid cards to minor parents in in-
dividual, self-chosen settings fails to meet these criti-
cal goals.
(11) At the turn of the last century, single,
minor women who were parents or pregnant were
unable to provide financial and other necessary re-
sources for their children were cared for in private
charitable institutions known as homes for unwed
mothers. With the advent of the modern client-based
social welfare system, these homes have nearly dis-
appeared. As we move into the next century, it is
time to recreate the modern day equivalent of these
nurturing and constructive environments.
TITLE I—CONDITIONS FOR RE-
CEIVING CERTAIN WELFARE
BENEFITS
SEC. 101. REQUIREMENT THAT UNMARRIED MINORS WHO
ARE PARENTS OR PREGNANT LIVE UNDER
ADULT SUPERVISION AS A CONDITION OF RE-
CEIVING CERTAIN WELFARE BENEFITS.
(a) AFDC.—Section 402(a)(43) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(43)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(43) provide that—
‘‘(A) an individual who has not attained 18
years of age, is a parent of a dependent child
or pregnant, and is not married shall not be eli-
gible to receive aid under the State plan if—
‘‘(i) there is available to the individual
(and the dependent children (if any) of the
individual)—
‘‘(I) a place of residence main-
tained by a parent, legal guardian, or
other adult relative of the individual
as the home of the parent, guardian,
or adult relative;
‘‘(II) a foster home;
‘‘(III) a Home for Single De-
pendent Minor Parents (as defined in
section 102 of the Children’s Homes
for A Nurturing and Caring Environ-
ment Act of 1994); or
‘‘(IV) another adult-supervised
supportive living arrangement; and
‘‘(ii) the individual (and the depend-
ent children (if any) of the individual) do
not reside in such a place of residence,
home, or living arrangement; and
‘‘(B) such aid (where possible) shall be
provided to the parent, legal guardian, or other
adult relative on behalf of the individual (and
the dependent children (if any) of the individ-
ual).’’.
(b) SSI.—Section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(5) An individual who has not attained 18 years of
age, is a parent or pregnant, and is not married shall not
be an eligible individual for purposes of this title if—
‘‘(A) there is available to the individual (and
the dependent children (if any) of the individual)—
‘‘(i) a place of residence maintained by a
parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative of
the individual as the home of the parent, guard-
ian, or adult relative;
‘‘(ii) a foster home;
‘‘(iii) a Home for Single Dependent Minor
Parents (as defined in section 102 of the Chil-
dren’s Homes for A Nurturing and Caring En-
vironment Act of 1994); or
‘‘(iv) another adult-supervised supportive
living arrangement; and
‘‘(B) the individual (and the dependent children
(if any) of the individual) do not reside in such a
place of residence, home, or living arrangement.’’.
(c) HOUSING SUBSIDIES.—Subtitle C of title VI of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(42 U.S.C. 13601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 645. REQUIREMENT THAT UNMARRIED MINORS WHO
ARE PARENTS OR PREGNANT LIVE UNDER
ADULT SUPERVISION AS A CONDITION OF RE-
CEIVING FEDERAL RENTAL HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A minor who is a parent or preg-
nant, is eligible for aid to families with dependent children
under a State plan approved under part A of title IV of
the Social Security Act, and is not married shall not be
eligible for Federal rental housing assistance if—
‘‘(1) there is available to the individual (and the
dependent children (if any) of the individual)—
‘‘(A) a place of residence maintained by a
parent, legal guardian, or other adult relative of
the individual as the home of the parent, guard-
ian, or adult relative;
‘‘(B) a foster home;
‘‘(C) a Home for Single Dependent Minor
Parents (as defined in section 102 of the Chil-
dren’s Homes for A Nurturing and Caring En-
vironment Act of 1994); or
‘‘(D) another adult-supervised supportive
living arrangement; and
‘‘(2) the individual (and the dependent children
(if any) of the individual) do not reside in such a
place of residence, home, or living arrangement.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION OF EVICTIONS.—Any individual
who is receiving Federal rental housing assistance for a
dwelling unit that the individual lawfully occupies imme-
diately before the date of the enactment of the Children’s
Homes for A Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of
1994 may not be evicted or otherwise required to vacate
such unit because of the provisions of subsection (a).
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Federal rental housing assist-
ance’ means, with respect to any individual—
‘‘(A) occupancy by the individual in any
rental dwelling unit for which financial assist-
ance is provided in any form by the Department
of Housing and Urban Development or the De-
partment of Agriculture; or
‘‘(B) financial assistance provided on be-
half of the individual by the Department of
Housing and Urban Development or the De-
partment of Agriculture for the rental of a
dwelling unit; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘minor’ means an individual who
has not attained the age of 18.’’.
(d) WIC.—Section 17(d) of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Participation
in the program’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para-
graph (4), participation in the program’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(4)(A)(i) A minor who is not married shall not be
eligible to participate in the program under this section
if—
‘‘(I) there is available to the minor (and the de-
pendent children (if any) of the minor) a place of
residence maintained by a parent, legal guardian, or
other adult relative of the minor as the home of the
parent, guardian, or adult relative, a foster home, a
Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents (as de-
fined in section 102 of the Children’s Homes for A
Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994), or
another adult-supervised supportive living arrange-
ment; and
‘‘(II) the minor (and the dependent children (if
any) of the minor) do not reside in such a place of
residence, home, or living arrangement.
‘‘(ii) An infant or child of a minor who is not married
shall not be an eligible to participate in the program under
this section if—
‘‘(I) there is available to the minor and such in-
fant or child, as the case may be, a place of resi-
dence maintained by a parent, legal guardian, or
other adult relative of the minor as the home of the
parent, guardian, or adult relative, a foster home, a
Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents (as de-
fined in section 102 of the Children’s Homes for A
Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of 1994), or
another adult-supervised supportive living arrange-
ment; and
‘‘(II) the minor and such infant or child, as the
case may be, do not reside in such a place of resi-
dence, home, or living arrangement.
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term
‘minor’ means an individual who has not attained the age
of 18.’’.
SEC. 
102. 
HOMES 
FOR 
SINGLE 
DEPENDENT 
MINOR
PARENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall make matching grants in accord-
ance with this section to any Home for Single Dependent
Minor Parents in which a qualified minor is living.
(b) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of the grant to
be paid to a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents
shall be the total cash value of the benefits for which the
qualified minors living in the Home are eligible under the
following programs:
(1) AFDC.—The program of aid to families
with dependent children under the State plan ap-
proved under part A of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act.
(2) SSI.—The program of supplemental secu-
rity income benefits under title XVI of the Social
Security Act, including supplementary payments of
the type described in section 1616(a) of such Act
and payments pursuant to an agreement entered
into under section 212(a) of Public Law 93–66.
(3) RENTAL HOUSING SUBSIDY.—The program
for rental housing assistance under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937.
(4) WIC.—The special supplemental food pro-
gram under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
(c) DETERMINATION OF CASH VALUE OF WELFARE
BENEFITS.—
(1) AFDC AND SSI.—The Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall determine the cash value
of the benefits (if any) for which a qualified minor
is eligible under the programs specified in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b).
(2) HOUSING
SUBSIDIES.—The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall determine
the cash value of the benefits (if any) for which a
qualified minor is eligible under the program speci-
fied in paragraph (4) of subsection (b), notwith-
standing any preferences or waiting lists for assist-
ance under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 and based upon the fair market rental
of a dwelling unit of the appropriate size for the
qualified minor (and the children (if any) of the
qualified minor) that is located in the same market
area as the Home for Single Dependent Minor Par-
ents in which the qualified minor resides.
(3) WIC.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall
determine the cash value of the benefits (if any) for
which a qualified minor is eligible under the pro-
gram specified in subsection (b)(2).
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may
not make a grant under this section to a Home for Single
Dependent Minor Parents unless the Home demonstrates
to the Secretary that the Home has received from non-
Federal sources an amount equal to 25 percent of the
grant amount.
(e) STATE MONITORING AND ANNUAL REPORTS RE-
QUIRED.—A Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents
that is in a State shall not be eligible for a grant under
this section unless the State has in effect laws and proce-
dures that require the State to monitor the operation of
the Home and submit to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services annual reports on the operation of all
Homes for Single Dependent Minor Parents in the State.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) HOME
FOR
SINGLE
DEPENDENT
MINOR
PARENTS.—The term ‘‘Home for Single Dependent
Minor Parents’’ means a facility licensed by a State
to provide places of residence for qualified minors
but only for so long as such minors receive counsel-
ing and instruction in parenting, home economics,
and health (including necessary services as defined
in title XX of the Public Health Service Act), are di-
rected and trained toward a goal of employment and
financial independence, and conduct themselves in
accordance with such rules as the facility establishes
in accordance with State requirements related to the
licensing of the facility. To the extent practicable,
parenting classes and family counseling at such a fa-
cility should include the other parent or prospective
parent of any child of a qualified minor, and other
members of the family of such a minor.
(2) QUALIFIED
MINOR.—The term ‘‘qualified
minor’’ means, with respect to a State, a minor who
is a parent or pregnant, is not married, and is eligi-
ble for aid to families with dependent children under
the State plan approved under part A of title IV of
the Social Security Act.
(g) ELIGIBILITY OF HOME FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER
HOME INVESTMENT
PARTNERSHIPS
ACT.—Notwith-
standing section 215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act, a Home for Single Dependent
Minor Parents shall be considered housing that qualifies
as affordable housing for purposes of title II of such Act.
SEC. 103. BENEFITS UNDER CERTAIN WELFARE PROGRAMS
FOR QUALIFIED MINORS LIVING IN HOMES
FOR SINGLE DEPENDENT MINOR PARENTS
TO BE PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF CASH PAY-
MENTS TO SUCH HOMES.
(a) AFDC.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (44);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (45) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (45) the
following:
‘‘(46) provide that aid under the State plan
shall be provided to a recipient of such aid who is
a minor, is a parent or pregnant, is not married,
and is living in a Home for Single Dependent Minor
Parents (as defined in section 102(f)(1) of the Chil-
dren’s Homes for A Nurturing and Caring Environ-
ment Act of 1994) in the form of payments to the
Home as provided in section 102 of such Act.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
406(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 606(b)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘(including money payments made to a
Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents as re-
ferred to in section 402(a)(46))’’ after ‘‘money pay-
ments’’.
(b) SSI.—Section 1631(a)(2) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(G) Payment of the benefits of a minor who is a
parent or pregnant, is not married, and is living in a
Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents (as defined in
section 102(f)(1) of the Children’s Homes for A Nurturing
and Caring Environment Act of 1994) shall be made to
the Home as provided in section 102 of such Act.’’.
(c) HOUSING SUBSIDIES.—Section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended
by inserting after subsection (k) the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(l) ASSISTANCE FOR QUALIFIED MINORS LIVING IN
HOMES FOR SINGLE DEPENDENT MINOR PARENTS TO
BE PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF CASH PAYMENTS TO
SUCH HOMES.—Assistance payments provided under this
section on behalf of a minor who is a parent or pregnant,
is not married, and is residing in a Home for Single De-
pendent Minor Parents (as defined in section 102(f)(1)
of the Children’s Homes for A Nurturing and Caring En-
vironment Act of 1994) shall be made to the Home, as
provided in section 102 of such Act.’’.
(d) WIC.—Section 17(c) of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(c)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) In carrying out the program under this section,
the Secretary shall ensure that payment of the benefits
of a minor who is a parent or pregnant, is not married,
and is living in a Home for Single Dependent Minor Par-
ents (as defined in section 102(f)(1) of the Children’s
Homes for A Nurturing and Caring Environment Act of
1994) shall be made to the Home as provided in section
102 of such Act.’’.
SEC. 104. DENIAL OF CERTAIN WELFARE BENEFITS TO CER-
TAIN SUBSTANCE ABUSERS WHO ARE NOT
UNDERGOING 
APPROPRIATE 
TREATMENT
FOR THEIR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
(a) AFDC.—Section 402(a) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended by inserting after
paragraph (34) the following:
‘‘(35) provide that—
‘‘(A) an individual who is medically deter-
mined to be a drug addict or an alcoholic shall
not be eligible for aid under the State plan un-
less the individual—
‘‘(i) is undergoing any available treat-
ment that may be appropriate for such
condition at an institution or facility ap-
proved for purposes of this paragraph by
the State; and
‘‘(ii) demonstrates that the individual
is complying with the terms, conditions,
and requirements of the treatment and
with the requirements imposed under sub-
paragraph (B);
‘‘(B) the State agency shall provide for the
monitoring and testing of each recipient of aid
under the State plan who, as a condition of
such aid is required to be undergoing treatment
described in subparagraph (A)(i) in order to as-
sure compliance with the terms, conditions, and
requirements of the treatment and to determine
the extent to which the monitoring and testing
is contributing to the achievement of the pur-
pose of this paragraph; and
‘‘(C) beginning 3 years after the date of
the enactment of this paragraph, the State
agency shall submit to the Secretary biennial
reports on the activities of the State agency
under this paragraph;’’.
(b) MEDICAID.—Section 1902(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(61);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (62) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (62) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(63) provide that—
‘‘(A) the State shall require each pregnant
woman who is under 19 years of age who is re-
ceiving medical assistance under the State plan
and is medically determined to be a drug addict
or an alcoholic to demonstrate compliance with
the terms, conditions, and requirements of any
treatment the woman is receiving for such con-
dition and with the requirements imposed under
subparagraph (B);
‘‘(B) the State agency shall provide for the
monitoring and testing of each individual de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in order to assure
the individual’s compliance with the terms, con-
ditions, and requirements of the treatment and
to determine the extent to which the monitoring
and testing is contributing to the achievement
of the purpose of this paragraph; and
‘‘(C) beginning 3 years after the date of
the enactment of this paragraph, the State
agency shall submit to the Secretary biennial
reports on the activities of the State agency
under this paragraph;’’.
(c) HOUSING SUBSIDIES.—Subtitle C of title VI of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(42 U.S.C. 13601 et seq.), as amended by section 101(c)
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 646. DENIAL OF FEDERAL RENTAL HOUSING ASSIST-
ANCE TO CERTAIN SUBSTANCE ABUSERS
WHO ARE NOT UNDERGOING APPROPRIATE
TREATMENT FOR THEIR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is medically
determined to be a drug addict or an alcoholic shall not
be eligible for Federal rental housing assistance (as such
term is defined in section 645(c)) unless the individual—
‘‘(1) is undergoing any available treatment that
may be appropriate for such condition at an institu-
tion or facility approved for purposes of section
402(a)(35) of the Social Security Act by the State
in which the individual resides; and
‘‘(2) demonstrates that the individual is comply-
ing with the terms, conditions, and requirements of
the treatment.
‘‘(b) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Beginning 3 years after
the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall each submit to the Congress a biennial
report on the activities of such Secretary to carry out this
section, including any activities to monitor and test recipi-
ents of Federal rental housing assistance provided by such
Secretary to determine compliance with subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD STAMP ACT OF 1977.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended—
(1) in subsection (g)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and (9)’’ and inserting
‘‘(9)’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ‘‘, and (10) in the case of
households composed of qualified minors, to-
gether with any of their children, that reside in
Homes for Single Dependent Minor Parents,
meals prepared for such households by a public
or nonprofit private entities that operate such
Homes’’;
(2) in subsection (i) by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection,
qualified minors, together with any of their children, who
reside in a Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents
shall be considered individual households.’’;
(3) in subsection (k)(2) by striking ‘‘or group’’
and all that follows through ‘‘section’’, and inserting
‘‘group living arrangement, or institution referred to
in paragraph (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of
subsection (g)’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(v) ‘Home for Single Dependent Minor Parents’
means a facility licensed by a State to provide places of
residence for qualified minors but only for so long as such
minors receive counseling and instruction in parenting,
home economics, and health (including necessary services
as defined in title XX of the Public Health Service Act),
are directed and trained toward a goal of employment and
financial independence, and conduct themselves in accord-
ance with such rules as the facility establishes in accord-
ance with State requirements related to the licensing of
the facility. To the extent practicable, parenting classes
and family counseling at such a facility should include the
other parent or prospective parent of any child of a quali-
fied minor, and other members of the family of such a
minor.
‘‘(w) ‘Qualified minor’ means, with respect to a State,
an individual who is less than 18 years of age, is a parent
or pregnant, is not married, and is eligible for aid to fami-
lies with dependent children under the State plan ap-
proved under part A of title IV of the Social Security
Act.’’.
(b) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.—Section 6 of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) No household that includes a qualified minor
shall be eligible to participate in the food stamp program
unless such household—
‘‘(1) includes a parent, other adult relative, or
legal guardian of such minor;
‘‘(2) is the foster home of such minor;
‘‘(3) is a Home for Single Dependent Minor
Parents; or
‘‘(4) is an adult-supervised living arrange-
ment.’’.
(c) REDEMPTION OF COUPONS.—Section 10 of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended
by—
(1) striking ‘‘or public’’ and inserting ‘‘public’’;
and
(2) inserting ‘‘or Homes for Single Dependent
Minor Parents’’ after ‘‘addresses’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION
OF AMEND-
MENTS.—
(1) GENERAL
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Except as
provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments
made by this section shall take effect on the 1st day
of the 1st month beginning more than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) 
APPLICATION
OF
AMENDMENTS.—The
amendments made by this section shall not apply
with respect to certification periods beginning before
the effective date of the amendments made by this
section.
TITLE 
II—REHABILITATION
GRANTS FOR HOUSING AND
SERVICES FACILITIES
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall carry out a program to provide assistance under this
title to eligible nonprofit entities for rehabilitation of exist-
ing structures for use as facilities to provide housing and
services to pregnant women and to single dependent minor
parents and their children.
SEC. 202. AUTHORITY AND APPLICATIONS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may make grants
under the program under this title to eligible nonprofit
entities to rehabilitate existing structures for use as hous-
ing and services facilities for pregnant women and for sin-
gle dependent minor parents and their children.
(b) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary may make grants
only to nonprofit entities that submit applications for
grants under this title in the form and manner that the
Secretary shall prescribe, which shall include assurances
that grant amounts will be used to provide a housing and
services facility for pregnant women and for single de-
pendent minor parents and their children.
SEC. 203. GRANT LIMITATIONS.
(a) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant under this
title may not be in an amount greater than $1,000,000.
An eligible nonprofit entity may not receive more than 1
grant under this title in any fiscal year.
(b) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Secretary
may not make grants under this title to more than 100
eligible nonprofit entities in any fiscal year.
(c) USE OF GRANTS FOR REHABILITATION ACTIVI-
TIES.—Any eligible nonprofit entity that receives a grant
under this title shall use the grant amounts for the acqui-
sition or rehabilitation (or both) of existing structures for
use as housing and services facilities for pregnant women
and for single dependent minor parents and their children,
which may include planning and development costs, pro-
fessional fees, and administrative costs related to such ac-
quisition or rehabilitation.
SEC. 204. REPORTS.
The Secretary shall require each eligible nonprofit en-
tity that receives a grant under this title to submit to the
Secretary a report, at such times and including such infor-
mation as the Secretary shall determine, describing the
activities carried out by the eligible nonprofit entity with
the grant amounts.
SEC. 205. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title:
(1) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—The term
‘‘eligible nonprofit entity’’ means any organization
that—
(A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt
from taxation under subtitle A of such Code;
and
(B) has submitted an application under
section 202(b) of this Act for a grant under
this title.
(2) HOUSING
AND
SERVICES
FACILITY.—The
term ‘‘housing and services facility’’ means a facility
licensed or otherwise approved by the State in which
the facility is located to serve as a residence for not
fewer than 4 pregnant women during pregnancy or
for single dependent minor parents and their chil-
dren, as the Secretary may determine, that provides
such individuals with appropriate supportive serv-
ices, which may include the following services:
(A) Room and board.
(B) Medical care for the parent and child,
including prenatal, delivery, post-delivery, and
preventive care.
(C) Comprehensive social work and case
management services on a ratio of 1 social
worker for every 10 clients, and appropriate fol-
low-up services.
(D) Instruction and counseling regarding
future health care for the parent and child.
(E) Nutrition services and nutrition coun-
seling.
(F) Counseling and education concerning
all aspects of prenatal care, childbirth, and
parenting.
(G) General family counseling, including
child and family development counseling.
(H) Vocational and educational counseling
and services.
(I) Education and practical experience in
managing household finances.
(J) Basic transportation services.
(K) Child care.
(L) Transitional services including counsel-
ing, housing, and case management.
(M) Any other appropriate supportive serv-
ices.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
SEC. 206. REGULATIONS AND CONSULTATION WITH ADVI-
SORY COUNCIL.
The Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary
to carry out this title.
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