Sec. 307. Support for older foster youth
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The dollar amount specified in section 477(h)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677(h)(1) ) for fiscal year 2020 is deemed to be $193,000,000. During the COVID–19 public health emergency: The Secretary may allow a State to waive the applicability of the requirement in section 477(i)(3) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677(i)(3) ) that a youth must be enrolled in a postsecondary education or training program or making satisfactory progress toward completion of that program if a youth is unable to meet these requirements due to the public health emergency.
Notwithstanding subsections (b)(3)(B) and (b)(3)(C) of section 477 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677 ), a State may— use more than 30 percent of the amounts paid to the State from its allotment under subsection
(c)of such section for a fiscal year for room or board payments; and expend amounts paid to the State from its allotment under subsection
(c)of such section for a fiscal year for room or board for youth who have attained age 18, are no longer in foster care or otherwise eligible for services under such section, and experienced foster care at 14 years of age or older. With respect to the amount allotted to a State under section 477(c)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677(c)(1) ) for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall apply section 474(a)(4)(A)(i) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 674(a)(4)(A)(i) ) to the additional amount of such allotment resulting from the deemed increase in the dollar amount specified in section 477(h)(1) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677(h)(1) ) for fiscal year 2020 under subsection
(a)by substituting 100 percent for 80 percent . Section 477(g)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677(g)(2) ) shall not apply to the portion of the deemed dollar amount for section 477(h)(1) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 677(h)(1) ) for fiscal year 2020 under subsection
(a)that exceeds the dollar amount specified in that section for such fiscal year. In this section: The term COVID–19 public health emergency means the public health emergency declared by the Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act on January 31, 2020, entitled Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and includes any renewal of such declaration pursuant to such section 319. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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