Sec. 7. State support plans for grandparents caring for grandchildren
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Not later than the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, from amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to States for purposes of developing State support plans for grandparents caring for grandchildren and other relatives caring for relative children. A State support plan for grandparents caring for grandchildren and other relatives caring for relative children that is funded by a grant under this section shall include the following:
An initial assessment of the state of grandparents caring for grandchildren and other relatives caring for relative children in the State. A plan for how appropriate State agencies can collaborate in their efforts to provide financial support, housing services, and other services and supports to grandparents caring for grandchildren and other relatives caring for relative children. Steps that the State proposes to take over the next 5 years to ensure that grandparents caring for grandchildren and other relatives caring for relative children have necessary resources.
A plan to simplify or combine application requirements for State public assistance programs to reduce administrative burdens on recipients, with a focus on families consisting of grandparents or other older caregiver relatives raising relative children. A plan to incorporate in the State support plan— at least 1 recommendation from the most recent report to Congress of the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (provided that such report was released not more than 5 years before the date on which the State is awarded a grant under this section); or least 1 recommendation from the Administration for Community Living.
The National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families established under section 2922 of the American Rescue Plan Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3020g ) is encouraged to coordinate with States on the development of State support plans funded by grants under this section. There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.
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