Sec. 103. Funding for the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood
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Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, for the purpose of providing payments to States, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia to carry out programs under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood under section 477 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677 ) in accordance with this section. Such amounts shall be in addition to other amounts made available for such purposes.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall do the following: Subject to subparagraph (B), from the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall reserve $750,000 for making an allotment for each Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium that receives an allotment for fiscal year 2020 under subsection
(j)of such section 477 in an amount that bears the same proportion as the amount allotted to each such Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium under such section 477(j) from the total amount available for such allotments for fiscal year 2020 under the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ). The Secretary shall establish an expedited process for Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia that were eligible to apply for an allotment under such section 477(j) but which did not receive an allotment under that section for fiscal year 2020, to apply for an allotment under this section for fiscal year 2020 from the amount reserved under subparagraph (A). To the extent the Secretary makes any allotments under this paragraph for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall make pro rata reductions in the amount of the allotments determined under subparagraph
(A)for fiscal year 2020 as necessary to ensure that the total amount of allotments awarded under this paragraph for such fiscal year does not exceed the amount reserved under subparagraph
(A)for the fiscal year. From the amount appropriated under subsection
(a)that remains after the application of paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall allot to each State that receives a general program allotment for fiscal year 2020 under subsection (c)(1) of such section 477, an amount that bears the same proportion as the general program allotment determined for the State under such section 477(c)(1) bears to the total amount available for such general program allotments for fiscal year 2020 under the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 ). The Secretary shall make the first payment to each State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, and tribal consortium for which an allotment is determined under paragraph
(1)or (2). Each subsequent payment shall be made on a quarterly basis no later than the beginning of the quarter involved. Except to the extent otherwise provided in this section, a State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium shall use the funds paid under this section to carry out programs under section 477 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677 ) and in accordance with the requirements that apply to that section. A State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium may use the funds paid under this section to make recurring cash payments directly to children and youth who are eligible for services and assistance under such section 477 (including after the application of subsection
(e)of this section) to meet basic needs, including costs for food, transportation, technology, work readiness, and other costs to be determined by the youth or on behalf of the child involved, and to address and avoid emergencies. A State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium paid funds under this section may spend up to 1/3 of the funds paid under this section to carry out State educational and training voucher programs under subsection
(i)of such section 477 (in accordance with subsection
(e)of this section). A State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium shall use the funds paid under this section to conduct a public awareness campaign on the moratorium on youth aging out of foster care imposed under section 202, the option for youth who have aged out of foster care to re-enter foster care, and to provide resource navigation assistance, and education on other emergency support made available under this section. The Secretary shall not impose any cash or in-kind matching requirement or require an application from a State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium as a condition for being paid the amounts allotted to the State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium under this section. No funds paid from an allotment under this section shall be used to satisfy a matching contribution requirement of a federally funded program. Subject to subsection (f), funds from an allotment determined under this section shall remain available for expenditure by a State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium (as applicable) through September 30, 2023 (September 30, 2024, in the case of any funds redistributed under subsection (f)). During the period that begins on February 1, 2020, and ends on September 30, 2022, the following rules shall apply to programs carried out under such section 477: A child may be eligible for services and assistance under section 477 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677 ) for up to 12 months after the month in which the child would otherwise no longer be eligible for such services and assistance solely by reason of the child's age attained, notwithstanding any contrary certification made under such section 477. Notwithstanding subsections (b)(3)(B) and (b)(3)(C) of such section 477, a State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium may use more than 30 percent of the funds paid from its allotment under subsection
(c)or
(j)of such section 477 (as applicable) for fiscal year 2020 or from its allotment under this section for such fiscal year for room or board and may use any such funds for youth eligible for services under such section 477 who have attained 18 years of age and who experienced foster care at 14 years of age or older. Subsection (i)(3) of such section 477 shall have no force or effect except that eligible youth must be enrolled in a postsecondary education or training program. Paragraph
(5)of section 477(d) of the Social Security Act shall apply to amounts from the allotments made under this section for fiscal year 2020 that remain unobligated on October 1, 2022, in the same manner as that paragraph applies to amounts paid to States under such section 477 in a fiscal year that remain unexpended by the States at the end of the succeeding fiscal year except that, for purposes of redistributing such unobligated amounts, subparagraph
(A)of section 477(d)(5) of such Act shall be applied by substituting shall for may . Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, and tribal consortium paid funds from an allotment made under this section shall submit a report to the Secretary detailing how the State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium plans to use the funds in accordance with the requirements of this section. The report required under this subsection shall be in addition to, and may be combined with, other reports required under this Act or reports required under section 477 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677 ). The Secretary shall not delay making any payments (including the first payment required within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act) to States, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia from the allotments made under this section because of the report required under this paragraph. Each State, Indian tribe, tribal organization, and tribal consortium shall report on the actual expenditures made in a fiscal year using funds from a payment made under this section (including any payments of amounts reallotted). Each report on a fiscal year shall be submitted not later than June 30 of the succeeding fiscal year and shall include such information as the Secretary shall require regarding the actual expenditures of such funds. The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a summary of the reports submitted under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)not later than 60 days after the date on which the reports are due. The summaries required under this paragraph may be combined with the other summaries required to be submitted to such committees under this Act.
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Funding for the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood
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