‘‘(i) The number of families who have 
been contacted for review and conciliation 
prior to sanction under this part. 
‘‘(ii) The percentage of families at 
risk of sanction that are identified as hav-
ing been subjected to domestic or sexual 
violence. 
‘‘(iii) The results of review and concil-
iation. 
‘‘(iv) The percentage of sanctioned 
families for whom domestic or sexual vio-
lence was a factor leading to their inability 
to comply with program requirements. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY’S
REPORT.—Not later than 
June of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall review 
and publish the State reports submitted under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(3) USE OF DATA.—For each State for which 
the data submitted under paragraph (1) dem-
onstrates racial inequalities and disparities in imple-
mentation and impact, the Secretary shall initiate a 
review of State practices funded under this part and 
shall work with the State to devise programs and 
practices to ensure that the provisions of this part
equitably improve the circumstances of all applicants 
and recipients.’’. 
(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 413 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 613), as amended by section 
4(d)(2), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
shall make an award to a national victim services or-
ganization or organizations to identify and provide 
technical assistance with respect to model standards 
and procedures, practices, and training designed to 
comprehensively address domestic or sexual violence, 
including for survivors of such violence with multiple 
barriers, and move individuals subjected to domestic 
or sexual violence into employment without compro-
mising the safety of the individual or of any child of 
the individual. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS TO STATES.—The Secretary shall 
provide grants to States and localities to contract 
with a State or tribal domestic or sexual violence co-
alition or joint domestic or sexual violence coalition 
to—
‘‘(A) provide training to caseworkers and 
technical assistance regarding screening, assess-
ing, and providing services to address domestic
or sexual violence, modifying or waiving eligi-
bility or program requirements or prohibitions, 
and assisting individuals subjected to domestic 
or sexual violence to secure and retain employ-
ment; and 
‘‘(B) develop and implement demonstration 
projects to promote best practices in serving in-
dividuals who have been subjected to domestic 
or sexual violence, with priority given to pro-
grams that contract with qualified profes-
sionals. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary—
‘‘(A) 
to 
carry 
out 
paragraph 
(1), 
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and 
‘‘(B) to carry out paragraph (2), not more 
than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 
through 2008.’’. 
SEC. 6. CARING FOR A CHILD OR OTHER RELATIVE. 
(a) INCLUSION OF CARE FOR A CHILD OR OTHER 
RELATIVE WITH A SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION OR A 
DISABILITY
AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ADDRESS 
BARRIERS IN WORK ACTIVITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 407 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)—
(i) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or (12)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘(12), or 
(14)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), as amended by 
section 5(d), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) CARING
FOR
A
CHILD
OR
OTHER 
RELATIVE WHO HAS A SERIOUS HEALTH CONDI-
TION OR A DISABILITY.—For purposes of deter-
mining monthly participation rates under sub-
section (b)(1)(B)(i), a recipient who is engaged 
in the provision of appropriate care to a child 
or other relative who has a serious health condi-
tion or a disability, in accordance with sub-
section (d)(13)(B), shall be deemed to be en-
gaged in work for a month.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)—
(i) in paragraph (11), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (12), by striking the 
period and inserting a semicolon; and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(13) the provision of care to—
‘‘(A) one’s own child who has not attained 
age 1 (or at State option, up to age 3); or 
‘‘(B) one’s own child or other relative who 
has a serious health condition or a disability; 
and 
‘‘(14) attending health appointments or service 
plan meetings for a child or other relative with a se-
rious health condition or a disability, or partici-
pating in training regarding care of a child or other 
relative with a serious health condition or a dis-
ability.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
407(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
607(b)), is amended by striking paragraph (5). 
(b) SCREENING, REFERRAL, AND ADJUSTMENT OF 
WORK REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF INDIVIDUAL RESPON-
SIBILITY PLANS.—Section 408(b)(2)(A) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 608(b)(2)(A)), as amended by sec-
tion 5(b)(2), is amended—
(1) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (vii), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(viii) includes screening, referral for 
appropriate services, including child care 
needs (subject to clause (vii)), or adjust-
ment of work requirements for an indi-
vidual who cares for a child or other rel-
ative with a serious health condition or a 
disability or has unmet child care needs.’’. 
(c) LIMITATION ON WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR PAR-
ENTS WITH CHILDREN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 407(c)(2)(B) of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
607(c)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION
ON
WORK
REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR PARENTS WITH CHILDREN.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an 
individual who is a single custodial parent, 
the following rules shall apply for purposes 
of determining monthly participation rates 
under subsection (b)(1)(B)(i): 
‘‘(I) SINGLE CUSTODIAL PARENT 
WITH CHILD UNDER AGE 6.—A single
custodial parent of a child who has at-
tained age 1 but has not attained age
6 is deemed to be engaged in work for 
a month if the recipient is engaged in 
work for an average of at least 20 
hours per week during the month. 
‘‘(II) SINGLE
CUSTODIAL
PAR-
ENT WITHOUT ACCESS TO BEFORE OR 
AFTER
SCHOOL
CARE
FOR
A
CHILD 
AGE 6 TO 13.—A single custodial par-
ent who has certified a lack of mean-
ingful access to before or after school 
care for a child who has attained age 
6 but has not attained age 13 is 
deemed to be engaged in work for a 
month if the recipient is engaged in 
work for an average of at least 20 
hours per week during the month. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITION OF SINGLE CUSTO-
DIAL PARENT.—For purposes of this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘single custodial par-
ent’ means a custodial parent (biological or 
adopted) who is the only able-bodied adult 
in the household. 
(2) REQUIREMENT
TO
EXEMPT
RELATIVE 
CARETAKERS FROM WORK REQUIREMENTS AND TO 
MAKE SUCH CARETAKERS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS
TO THE SAME EXTENT AS OTHER ADULT RECIPI-
ENTS.—Section 408(a) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 608(a)), as amended by section 5(c) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) REQUIREMENT
TO
EXEMPT
RELATIVE 
CARETAKERS FROM WORK REQUIREMENTS AND TO 
MAKE SUCH CARETAKERS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS 
TO THE SAME EXTENT AS OTHER ADULT RECIPI-
ENTS.—A State to which a grant is made under sec-
tion 403 shall—
‘‘(A) exempt any caretaker who is a rel-
ative of a child eligible for assistance under this 
part (other than a parent of the child) from any 
work requirement imposed under this part; 
‘‘(B) not consider a family that includes 
such a relative caretaker as a family receiving 
assistance under the State program funded 
under this part for purposes of determining 
monthly 
participation 
rates 
under 
section 
407(b) unless the relative caretaker is volun-
tarily working, and the State has assessed the 
needs of the kinship care family and provided 
the family with, or referred the family for, ap-
propriate services, in which case the State may
opt to include such caretaker in the calculation 
of such rates; and 
‘‘(C) make such a relative caretaker eligi-
ble for any benefit or service funded under this 
part to the same extent as other adult recipi-
ents of assistance under the State program 
funded under this part are eligible for such ben-
efits or services.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
TO
TIME 
LIMIT FOR RECEIPT OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 
408(a)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 608(a)(7)(A)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘who is the birth or adoptive parent of a child 
in the family and’’ after ‘‘adult’’. 
(d) PROTECTIONS FOR FAMILIES.—Section 407(e)(2) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(e)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR LACK OF CHILD CARE.—
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State may not re-
duce or terminate assistance under the State pro-
gram funded under this part based on a refusal of 
an individual to engage in work required in accord-
ance with this section if the individual is a single 
custodial 
parent 
(as 
defined 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(B)(ii)) caring for a child who has not yet at-
tained age 13 and certifies that the individual does 
not have meaningful access to safe, appropriate, af-
fordable and quality care for the child.’’. 
(e) TREATMENT OF CARE FOR A CHILD’S OR OTHER 
RELATIVE’S HEALTH NEEDS AS A WORK ACTIVITY.—
Section 407(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
607(c)(2)), as amended by subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii), is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) ALLOWANCE
FOR
CARE
FOR
A 
CHILD’S
OR
OTHER
RELATIVE’S
HEALTH 
NEEDS.—For purposes of determining monthly 
participation 
rates 
under 
subsection 
(b)(1)(B)(i), the State may, in determining 
hours of participation—
‘‘(i) make reasonable allowances for 
absences of a participant necessary to care 
for a child’s or other relative’s health 
needs, or the health needs of the partici-
pant; and 
‘‘(ii) make such other reasonable al-
lowances for absences of a participant as 
the State determines appropriate, in a 
manner consistent with the State’s leave
policies generally applicable to State em-
ployees.’’.
(f) EXCEPTION TO TIME LIMIT FOR FAMILIES CAR-
ING FOR A CHILD OR OTHER RELATIVE WITH A SERIOUS 
HEALTH
CONDITION
OR
A
DISABILITY.—Section 
408(a)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)(7)), as amended by section 4(c), is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) EXCEPTION TO TIME LIMIT FOR FAMI-
LIES CARING FOR SERIOUSLY ILL OR DISABLED 
CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), a benefit provided to a 
family during a month under the State program 
funded under this part shall not be considered 
assistance under the program if, during the 
month, the parent or caretaker relative for the 
family was engaged in caring for a child or 
other relative who has a serious health condi-
tion or a disability.’’. 
(g) NOTICE.—Section 408(b)(2)(A) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 608(b)(2)(A)), as amended by sub-
section (b), is amended—
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (viii), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(ix) documents the individual’s re-
ceipt of adequate notice of any child care 
assistance and any child care-related pro-
tections or exemptions from program re-
quirements for which the individual may be 
eligible.’’. 
(h) CHILD CARE REVIEW AND CONCILIATION.—Sec-
tion 408(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)), 
as amended by section 6(c)(2), is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(15) REVIEW
AND
CONCILIATION
PROCESS 
FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WHERE LACK OF MEANING-
FUL ACCESS TO CHILD CARE IS A SIGNIFICANT CON-
TRIBUTING FACTOR.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a 
grant is made under section 403 shall not im-
pose a sanction or penalty against an individual 
under the State program funded under this 
part on the basis of noncompliance by an indi-
vidual or family with a program requirement, 
where lack of meaningful access to child care is 
a significant contributing factor in the non-
compliance. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Prior to imposing a 
sanction or penalty against an individual under
the State program funded under this part, the 
State shall—
‘‘(i) specifically consider whether the 
individual lacks access to safe, appropriate, 
affordable, quality child care; 
‘‘(ii) if a lack of access to child care 
is identified, provide information regarding 
child care assistance for which the indi-
vidual or family may be eligible; and 
‘‘(iii) modify or waive program re-
quirements as necessary with respect to 
the individual or family.’’. 
SEC. 7. ELIMINATION OF FULL-FAMILY SANCTIONS. 
Section 407(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 607(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘the State 
shall’’ and all that follows through the period and insert-
ing the following ‘‘the State shall reduce the amount of 
assistance otherwise payable to the family pro rata with 
respect to any period during a month in which the indi-
vidual so refuses, subject to such good cause and other 
exceptions as the State may establish.’’. 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act take effect on Oc-
tober 1, 2003.
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