Sec. 202. Temporary additional funding for foster parent recruitment and increasing quality family and residential care settings
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Section 436 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 629f ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In addition to any amounts otherwise made available to carry out this subpart, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2021. The Secretary shall reserve 3 percent of the amounts appropriated under subparagraph
(A)for a fiscal year for allotment to Indian tribes or tribal consortia under paragraph (2)(A). From the amounts reserved under paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each Indian tribe or tribal consortia with a plan approved under this subpart an amount determined in the same manner as amounts are allotted to Indian tribes or tribal consortia under section 433(a). From the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1)(A) for a fiscal year that remain after applying subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph, the Secretary shall allot— to each of the jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, an amount determined in the same manner as the allotment to each of such jurisdictions is determined under section 433(b); and to each State other than an Indian tribe or a jurisdiction specified in clause (i), an amount determined in the same manner as the allotment to each such State is determined under section 433(c). States and Indian tribes or tribal consortia shall use the allotments made under paragraph
(2)for 1 or more of the following purposes: To increase the recruitment, training, and retention of foster parents, particularly, foster parents for special populations such as sibling groups, children and youth with special physical or behavioral health needs, infants prenatally exposed to substances, medically fragile children, adolescent and teen populations, older youth, and victims of sex trafficking, including through costs attributable to training on child development, child trauma, and caring for children with special health care needs. To improve State capacity to offer therapeutic treatment foster family homes with well-trained and well-supported caregivers, licensed residential family-based treatment facilities for substance abuse that satisfy the requirements of section 472(j), and placement settings described in section 472(k)(2), including through costs attributable to meeting licensing standards and the accreditation of programs and care settings, costs attributable to training on child development, child trauma, and caring for children with special health care needs and training for families of origin, adoptive families, and foster family home caregivers, and costs attributable to supporting a child's transition to or from placement in a care setting. To improve State implementation of plans required under section 422(b)(15) for the ongoing oversight and coordination of health care services for any child in a foster care, to better address the health needs of children in foster care and prevent placement disruption and foster parent turnover, including through consultation with pediatric medical experts, improved health data sharing and coordination activities, and employing or contracting for pediatrician medical directors to serve within child welfare agencies who have expertise in child physical and mental health, child development, and child trauma. Each State that has a plan approved under section 432 and each Indian tribe or tribal consortia with a plan approved under this subpart shall be entitled to payment for a fiscal year of 100 percent of the amounts allotted to the State or Indian tribe or tribal consortia under paragraph
(2)for the fiscal year. Amounts allotted to a State or Indian tribe or tribal consortia under paragraph
(2)for a fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure by the State or Indian tribe or tribal consortia through the end of the third succeeding fiscal year. Any amounts reallotted shall remain available only through the end of the fiscal year in which such amounts are distributed. The rules of section 433(d) subsections
(c)and
(d)of section 434 shall apply in like manner to the amounts allotted under paragraph
(2)of this subsection. Each State and Indian tribe or tribal consortia provided an allotment under this subsection shall submit a report to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, on the activities carried out with the amounts allotted. The Secretary may modify the reporting requirement under subparagraph
(A)for an Indian tribe or tribal consortia in accordance with section 428(d). .
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Temporary additional funding for foster parent recruitment and increasing quality family and residential care settings
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