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42 U.S.C. § 12302 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12302. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) Commissioner
The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under section 12311 of this title.
(2) Council
The term “Council” means the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under section 12314(a) of this title.
(3) Nonprofit
The term “‘nonprofit”, as applied to any agency, institution, or organization, means an agency, institution, or organization that is, or is owned and operated by, one or more corporations or associations, no part of the net earnings of which may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(4) Secretary
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(5) State
The term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(6) Young individual
The term “young individual” means any child or youth from birth to 21 years of age.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 903, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1262.)
heading: Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
text: For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
42 U.S.C. § 12311 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12311. Establishment of Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
(a) In general
There is established within the Department of Health and Human Services an Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.
(b) Commissioner
(1) Establishment
(A) In general
The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, as established under subsection (a) of this section, shall be headed by a Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families.
(B) Omitted
(2) Appointment
The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint the Commissioner.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 915, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1263.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is comprised of section 915 of Pub. L. 101–501. Subsec. (b)(1)(B) of section 915 of Pub. L. 101–501 amended section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
42 U.S.C. § 12313 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12313. Federal agency consultations
(a) In general
The Commissioner shall consult and cooperate with the heads of all appropriate Federal agencies or departments administering programs or services that are substantially related to the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Interagency agreements
To the extent practicable, the Commissioner shall facilitate cooperation through the entering into of interagency agreements.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 917, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1265.)
42 U.S.C. § 12314 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12314. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 918, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1265; Pub. L. 103–252, title IV, § 402(a), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 672, established the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families, and terminated the Council on Sept. 30, 1998.
42 U.S.C. § 12315 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12315. Administration
(a) Duties of Commissioner
In carrying out this subchapter, the Commissioner is authorized to—
(1) provide consultative services, technical assistance, and short-term training to the independent State bodies;
(2) conduct research and demonstrations;
(3) collect, prepare, publish, and disseminate special educational or informational materials, including reports of the projects for which funds are provided under this subchapter;
(4) provide staff and other technical assistance to the Council;
(5) evaluate the effectiveness of programs authorized under this subchapter and periodically publish analyses of the results of such evaluations; and
(6) not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year, prepare and submit, to the President and the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report concerning the activities carried out under this subchapter and concerning such other activities as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(b) Utilization of services and facilities
(1) In general
Subject to agreements made between the Commissioner and the head of such agency or organization, in carrying out the duties referred to in subsection (a) of this section the Commissioner may utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government and of any other public or nonprofit agency or organizations.1
(2) Payment
The Commissioner may pay for such services and facilities, in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be provided in such agreement.
(c) Reservation of funds
Of the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out this chapter in any fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent for salaries and expenses of the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families related to the administration of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 919, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1267.)
heading: Change of Name
text: Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999.
Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011.
42 U.S.C. § 12331 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12331. Purpose
It is the purpose of this part to encourage and assist State and local agencies to coordinate resources, reduce barriers to services, and develop new capacities to ensure that State and community services designed to serve children, youth, and families are more effective and comprehensive.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 925, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1268.)
42 U.S.C. § 12332 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12332. Definitions
As used in this part:
(1) Community referral services
The term “community referral services” means services to assist families in obtaining community resources, including health care, mental health care, employability development and job training, and other social services.
(2) Core services
The term “core services” means—
(A) educational and support services provided to assist parents in acquiring parenting skills, learning about child development, and responding appropriately to the behavior of their children; and
(B) the early developmental screening of children to assess any needs of such children and to identify specific types of support that may be provided;
(C) outreach services;
(D) community referral services; and
(E) follow up services.
(3) Follow up services
The term “follow up services” means services provided to ensure that necessary services are received by families and are effective in meeting their needs.
(4) Independent State body
The term “independent State body” means the entity established under section 12336 of this title.
(5) Lead agency
The term “lead agency” means an existing State agency, or other public or nonprofit private entity designated by the chief executive officer of the State as the agency responsible for the development and implementation of local family resource and support programs. Such agency shall have demonstrated ability to work with other State and community based agencies, to provide training and technical assistance, and shall also have a commitment to parental participation in the design and administration of family resource and support programs.
(6) Other services
The term “other services” and “other support services” includes—
(A) child care, early childhood development and intervention programs;
(B) employability development services (including skill training);
(C) educational services, such as scholastic tutoring, literacy training, and General Educational Degree (GED) services;
(D) nutritional education;
(E) life management skills training;
(F) peer counseling and crisis intervention, family violence counseling and referrals for such services;
(G) referral for substance abuse counseling and treatment referral; and
(H) referral for primary health and mental health services.
(7) Outreach services
The term “outreach services” means services provided to ensure (through home visits or other methods) that parents are aware of and able to participate in family resource and support program activities.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 926, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1268.)
42 U.S.C. § 12333 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12333. Establishment of programs
The Commissioner shall make grants—
(1) in each State under section 12337 of this title to improve State planning and coordination of services, and under section 12338 of this title to expand supportive services, in order to promote the availability of developmental, preventive, and remedial services to children, youth and their families that are designed to ensure—
(A) adequate and safe physical shelter whether in their own homes or, if necessary, in out-of-home programs;
(B) high quality physical and mental health care;
(C) the enhancement of the development of children to ensure that children enter school prepared and ready to learn;
(D) highest quality educational opportunity;
(E) effective training and apprenticeships to increase the likelihood of employment;
(F) opportunities for community service and productive employment, and for participation by children and youth in decisions affecting the lives of such children and youth; and
(G) a wide range of civic, cultural, and recreational activities that recognize young individuals as resources and promote self-esteem and a sense of community; and
(2) to States on a competitive basis under section 12339 1 of this title to establish family resource programs (including family support centers) in order to enhance the ability of families to remain together and to thrive through the provision of community based services that—
(A) promote and build family and parenting skills;
(B) promote and assist families in the use of formal and informal family support services;
(C) create a support network to strengthen and reinforce good parenting; and
(D) are closely linked with, but not duplicative of, other community resources.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 927, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1269.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 12339 of this title, referred to in par. (2), was repealed by Pub. L. 103–252, title IV, § 401(b)(1), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 672.
42 U.S.C. § 12334 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12334. Administration
(a) In general
The Commissioner shall administer programs under this part through the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.
(b) Technical assistance
In carrying out this part, the Commissioner may request the technical assistance and cooperation of the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Director of the Office of Community Services, and such other agencies and departments of the Federal Government as may be appropriate.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 928, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1269.)
42 U.S.C. § 12335 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12335. State plan
(a) Submission of plan
The chief executive officer of a State, in order to be eligible for grants from an allotment under section 12337, 12338, or 12339 1 of this title for any fiscal year, shall prepare and submit to the Commissioner a State plan for a 3-year period.
(b) Revisions of plan
Each chief executive officer of a State may make annual revisions of the State plan referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Content of plan
The chief executive officer of a State shall include within the State plan of that State assurances as required under sections 2 12337, 12338, or 12339 1 of this title, and a description of the proposed multi-year plans of the State for program development and implementation.
(d) Type of application
A State may apply for funds under one or more of the following categories:
(1) section 12337 of this title;
(2) sections 12337 and 12338 of this title jointly; or
(3) section 12339 1 of this title.
In the case of each category, the State application and plan shall comply only with the requirements of the appropriate section.
(e) Approval of plan
(1) In general
The Commissioner shall approve any State plan under sections 12337 and 12338 of this title that the Commissioner determines meets the requirements of such sections.
(2) Notice and opportunity to correct deficiencies
The Commissioner shall not make a final determination disapproving any State plan, modifying such plan, or declaring a State to be ineligible to receive funds under sections 12337 and 12338 of this title without previously affording such State reasonable notice and opportunity to correct deficiencies in its application.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 929, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1270.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 12339 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a), (c), and (d)(3), was repealed by Pub. L. 103–252, title IV, § 401(b)(1), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 672.
42 U.S.C. § 12338 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12338. Supportive services
(a) Authority
The Commissioner shall carry out a program for making grants to a State, that has designated an independent State body under section 12336 of this title and provided for coordinated services under section 12337 of this title, for distribution by the chief executive officer under a State plan approved under section 12337 of this title to demonstrate successful program approaches to fill service gaps identified through State planning and advocacy efforts for any of the areas specified in paragraph (2).
(b) Eligible services
The services eligible to be provided under subsection (a) of this section are services—
(1) that are designed to facilitate the provision of comprehensive community based services that are efficient, coordinated, and readily available through such activities as case planning, case management, intake and assessment, and information and referral; and
(2) that serve any of the following purposes—
(A) provide adequate and safe physical shelter to young individuals and the families of such individuals, especially in emergency circumstances;
(B) provide transitional living services to young individuals who are homeless;
(C) enable young individuals to attain and maintain physical and mental well-being;
(D) provide health screening to detect or prevent illnesses, or both, that occur most frequently in young individuals as well as better treatment and counseling;
(E) enhance the development of children to ensure that such children enter school prepared and ready to learn;
(F) promote the highest quality of educational opportunity, especially through drop-out prevention programs, remediation for young individuals who have dropped out of school, and vocational education;
(G) provide effective training apprenticeships and employment opportunities;
(H) promote participation in community service and civic, cultural, and recreational activities that value young individuals as resources and promote self-esteem and a stake in the community;
(I) promote the participation of young individuals in decisions concerning planning and managing the lives of such individuals;
(J) encourage young individuals and the families of such individuals to use any community facilities and services that are available to such individuals;
(K) ensure that young individuals who are unable to live with the biological families of such individuals have a safe place to live until such individuals can return home or move into independent adult life; and
(L) prevent the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of young individuals.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 932, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1273.)
42 U.S.C. § 12339 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12339. Repealed. Pub. L. 103–252, title IV, § 401(b)(1), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 672
text: Section, Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 933, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1274, related to grants to States for purpose of implementing family resource and support programs.
42 U.S.C. § 12351 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12351. Findings and purpose
(a) Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) fundamental changes in the demographics and economics of family life in the United States over the past 20 years have had a profound effect on children and their parents;
(2) since 1966, the number of women working outside the home has increased by 92 percent and the number of two earner families has increased by over 50 percent;
(3) 61 percent of the children born today will live in a single-parent family before reaching the age of 20, with one out of every three single female heads of households living on income below the Federal poverty level;
(4) one out of every four children under the age of 6 in the United States currently lives below the Federal poverty level;
(5) over the past 10 years, parents have increasingly come together with other parents to organize family resource and support programs that promote healthy child development and increase parental competency, particularly families at risk; and
(6) Federal investment in promoting the development of family resource and support programs will reap long-term benefits for individual families and the nation as a whole.
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this part 1 to—
(1) stimulate the development and expansion of family resource and support programs that are prevention oriented;
(2) encourage early intervention of such programs with families to ameliorate problem situations before such situations become crises; and
(3) assist parents in enhancing their children’s development to ensure that their children enter school prepared and ready to learn.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 956, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1278.)
heading: References in Text
text: This part, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, and was translated as reading “this chapter”, meaning chapter 3 (§§ 955–960) of subtitle A of title IX of Pub. L. 101–501, known as the Family Resources Act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
42 U.S.C. § 12352 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12352. “Family resource and support programs” defined
As used in this part, the term “family resource and support programs” means community-based services that offer sustained assistance to families at various stages in their development. Such services shall promote parental competencies and behaviors that will lead to the healthy and positive personal development of parents and children through—
(1) the provision of assistance to build family skills and assist parents in improving their capacities to be supportive and nurturing parents;
(2) the provision of assistance to families to enable such families to use other formal and informal resources and opportunities for assistance that are available within the communities of such families; and
(3) the creation of supportive networks to enhance the childrearing capacity of parents and assist in compensating for the increased social isolation and vulnerability of families.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 957, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1278.)
42 U.S.C. § 12353 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12353. Establishment of National Center on Family Resource and Support Programs
(a) Establishment
The Commissioner shall establish, through grant or contract, a national center for the collection and provision of programmatic information and technical assistance that relates to all types of family resource and support programs, to be known as the “National Center on Family Resource and Support Programs”.
(b) Functions
The national center established under subsection (a) of this section shall serve as a national information and data clearinghouse, training, technical assistance, and material development source for family resource and support programs. Such center shall—
(1) develop and maintain a system for disseminating information on all types of family resource and support programs and on the state of family resource and support program development, including information concerning the most effective model programs;
(2) develop and sponsor a variety of training institutes and curricula for family resource and support program staff;
(3) identify several programs representing the various types of family resource and support programs to develop technical assistance materials and activities to assist other agencies in establishing family resource and support programs; and
(4) develop State-wide networks of family resource and support programs for the purpose of sharing and disseminating information.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 958, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1279; Pub. L. 103–252, title IV, § 403(a), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 673.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1994—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 103–252 substituted “several programs” for “several model programs”.
42 U.S.C. § 12354 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12354. Evaluation
The Commissioner shall, through grants or contracts awarded or entered into with independent auditors, conduct evaluations and related activities, of family resource and support programs, including—
(1) evaluations of on-going programs;
(2) process evaluations focusing on implementation strategies; and
(3) the development of simple evaluation models for use by local family resource and support programs.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 959, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1279.)
42 U.S.C. § 12355 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 12355. Authorization of appropriations
(a) Establishment of Center
To carry out section 12353 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.
(b) Evaluation
To carry out section 12354 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1998.
(Pub. L. 101–501, title IX, § 960, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1279; Pub. L. 103–252, title IV, § 403(b), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 673.)
heading: Amendments
text: 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–252, § 403(b)(1), substituted “$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998” for “$2,300,000 for fiscal year 1991, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1994”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–252, § 403(b)(2), substituted “$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1998” for “$700,000 for fiscal year 1991, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1994”.