Sec. 7. Technical assistance for child welfare agencies
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On request of a State agency responsible for administering, or supervising the administration of, a State program authorized by part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide the State agency with technical assistance in carrying out the amendments made by this Act, including guidance for informing non-State representative payees of children in foster care under the responsibility of the State who are recipients of benefits under title II of such Act or supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of such Act of the availability of appropriate savings vehicles for any part of the benefits not required to meet the immediate needs of the children.
To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2017, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.