Sec. 104. Grants to States for family strengthening commissions
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Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make grants to States under this section to enable States to establish and support commissions to identify methods of expanding access to family strengthening services. In this section, the term State means any State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization (as defined in subsections
(e)and
(l)of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b )), having in effect a plan approved under this part. In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. The commissions described in subsection
(a)shall focus on providing family strengthening services that include— family and relationship counseling; relationship and parenting education; and assistance with developing and implementing parenting time arrangements. The commissions described in subsection
(a)shall focus on serving varying types of families, including— families seeking to preserve a marriage or other adult relationship; families seeking a divorce or separation and working to maintain coparenting and parent-child relationships; families seeking to maintain or rebuild family relationships affected by incarceration; families seeking to build a support system around a child who has experienced trauma, including— witnessing violence; experiencing sexual or physical abuse; or having a parent who is experiencing challenges with mental health or substance abuse; and families below 250 percent of poverty guidelines applicable to a family of the size involved. A State seeking a grant under this section shall demonstrate that a family strengthening commission funded by such grant will consist of relevant government and private actors, including— State government agency officials from departments of health, human services, child support, education, youth services, or corrections; local government agency officials from departments of health, human services, child support, education, youth services, or corrections; access to Justice Commissions, bar associations, judicial associations, courts, or other representatives of the legal system; associations of social workers, counselors, psychologists, and other mental health professionals; associations of mediators and others who deliver alternative dispute resolution services; healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood programs; youth-serving programs; and academics and researchers. A commission funded by a grant under this section shall— identify the need for potential policy changes; determine methods of leveraging existing resources and growing new resources; and explore methods of improving service delivery, including the training of service providers. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020. .
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