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42 USC § 629a - Definitions
In general As used in this subpart:
Family preservation services The term “family preservation services” means services for children and families designed to help families (including adoptive and extended families) at risk or in crisis, including—
service programs designed to help children—
where safe and appropriate, return to families from which they have been removed; or
be placed for adoption, with a legal guardian, or, if adoption or legal guardianship is determined not to be safe and appropriate for a child, in some other planned, permanent living arrangement;
preplacement preventive services programs, such as intensive family preservation programs, designed to help children at risk of foster care placement remain safely with their families;
service programs designed to provide followup care to families to whom a child has been returned after a foster care placement;
respite care of children to provide temporary relief for parents and other caregivers (including foster parents);
services designed to improve parenting skills (by reinforcing parents’ confidence in their strengths, and helping them to identify where improvement is needed and to obtain assistance in improving those skills) with respect to matters such as child development, family budgeting, coping with stress, health, and nutrition; and
Family support services (A)
In general The term “family support services” means community-based services designed to carry out the purposes described in subparagraph (B).
Purposes described The purposes described in this subparagraph are the following:
To promote the safety and well-being of children and families.
To increase the strength and stability of families (including adoptive, foster, and extended families).
To increase parents’ confidence and competence in their parenting abilities.
To afford children a safe, stable, and supportive family environment.
To strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy marriages.
To enhance child development, including through mentoring (as defined in section 629i
State agency The term “State agency” means the State agency responsible for administering the program under subpart 1.
State The term “State” includes an Indian tribe or tribal organization, in addition to the meaning given such term for purposes of subpart 1.
Indian tribe The term “Indian tribe” has the meaning given the term in section 628
Tribal organization The term “tribal organization” has the meaning given the term in section 628
Time-limited family reunification services (A)
In general The term “time-limited family reunification services” means the services and activities described in subparagraph (B) that are provided to a child that is removed from the child’s home and placed in a foster family home or a child care institution and to the parents or primary caregiver of such a child, in order to facilitate the reunification of the child safely and appropriately within a timely fashion, but only during the 15-month period that begins on the date that the child, pursuant to section 675
(5)(F) of this title, is considered to have entered foster care.
Services and activities described The services and activities described in this subparagraph are the following:
Inpatient, residential, or outpatient substance abuse treatment services.
Assistance to address domestic violence.
Services designed to provide temporary child care and therapeutic services for families, including crisis nurseries.
Peer-to-peer mentoring and support groups for parents and primary caregivers.
Services and activities designed to facilitate access to and visitation of children by parents and siblings.
Transportation to or from any of the services and activities described in this subparagraph.
Adoption promotion and support services The term “adoption promotion and support services” means services and activities designed to encourage more adoptions out of the foster care system, when adoptions promote the best interests of children, including such activities as pre- and post-adoptive services and activities designed to expedite the adoption process and support adoptive families.
Non-Federal funds The term “non-Federal funds” means State funds, or at the option of a State, State and local funds.
Other terms For other definitions of other terms used in this subpart, see section 675 of this title.
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 431, as added Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13711(a)(2),Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 650; amended Pub. L. 105–89, title III, § 305(b)(2), (c)(2), (d)(1),Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 2131, 2132; Pub. L. 106–169, title IV, § 401(e),Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1858; Pub. L. 107–133, title I, § 102,Jan. 17, 2002, 115 Stat. 2415; Pub. L. 109–288, § 11(c),Sept. 28, 2006, 120 Stat. 1255; Pub. L. 112–34, title I, § 102(c), (d),Sept. 30, 2011, 125 Stat. 371, 372.)
2011—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 112–34, § 102(c)(1), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘family support services’ means community-based services to promote the safety and well-being of children and families designed to increase the strength and stability of families (including adoptive, foster, and extended families), to increase parents’ confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, to afford children a safe, stable, and supportive family environment, to strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy marriages, and otherwise to enhance child development.”
Subsec. (a)(5), (6). Pub. L. 112–34, § 102(d), added pars. (5) and (6) and struck out former pars. (5) and (6) which read as follows:
“(5) Tribal organization.—The term ‘tribal organization’ means the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe.
“(6) Indian tribe.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ means any Indian tribe (as defined in section 682
(i)(5) of this title, as in effect before August 22, 1996) and any Alaska Native organization (as defined in section 682
(i)(7)(A) of this title, as so in effect).”
Subsec. (a)(7)(B)(vi) to (viii). Pub. L. 112–34, § 102(c)(2), added cls. (vi) and (vii) and redesignated former cl. (vi) as (viii).
2006—Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 109–288substituted “1996” for “1986”.
2002—Subsec. (a)(1)(F). Pub. L. 107–133, § 102(a), added subpar. (F).
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 107–133, § 102(b), inserted “to strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy marriages,” after “environment,”.
1999—Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 106–169inserted “, as in effect before August 22, 1986” after “682(i)(5) of this title” and “, as so in effect” after “682(i)(7)(A) of this title”.
1997—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105–89, § 305(c)(2)(A)(i), inserted “safe and” before “appropriate” in cls. (i) and (ii).
Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105–89, § 305(c)(2)(A)(ii), inserted “safely” after “remain”.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105–89, § 305(c)(2)(B), inserted “safety and” before “well-being of children” and substituted “safe, stable, and supportive family” for “stable and supportive family”.
Subsec. (a)(7), (8). Pub. L. 105–89, § 305(b)(2), added pars. (7) and (8).
Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 105–89, § 305(d)(1), added par. (9).
Amendment by section 305(b)(2), (c)(2) ofPub. L. 105–89effective Nov. 19, 1997, except as otherwise provided, with delay permitted if State legislation is required, see section 501 ofPub. L. 105–89, set out as a note under section 622 of this title.
Section 305(d)(2) ofPub. L. 105–89provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] takes effect as if included in the enactment of section 13711 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–33 [103–66]; 107 Stat. 649).”