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[CITE: 42USC626]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
              WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES
 
                    Part B--Child and Family Services
 
                    subpart 1--child welfare services
 
Sec. 626. Research, training, or demonstration projects


(a) Authorization of appropriations

    There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year 
such sums as the Congress may determine--
        (1) for grants by the Secretary--
            (A) to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher 
        learning, and to public or other nonprofit agencies and 
        organizations engaged in research or child-welfare activities, 
        for special research or demonstration projects in the field of 
        child welfare which are of regional or national significance and 
        for special projects for the demonstration of new methods or 
        facilities which show promise of substantial contribution to the 
        advancement of child welfare;
            (B) to State or local public agencies responsible for 
        administering, or supervising the administration of, the plan 
        under this part, for projects for the demonstration of the 
        utilization of research (including findings resulting therefrom) 
        in the field of child welfare in order to encourage experimental 
        and special types of welfare services; and
            (C) to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher 
        learning for special projects for training personnel for work in 
        the field of child welfare, including traineeships described in 
        section 628a of this title with such stipends and allowances as 
        may be permitted by the Secretary; and

        (2) for contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements 
    with States and public and other organizations and agencies for the 
    conduct of research, special projects, or demonstration projects 
    relating to such matters.

(b) Appropriations for demonstration projects for development of 
        alternate care arrangements for infants not requiring 
        hospitalization

    (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990 for grants by the Secretary to 
public or private nonprofit entities submitting applications under this 
subsection for the purpose of conducting demonstration projects under 
this subsection to develop alternative care arrangements for infants who 
do not have health conditions that require hospitalization and who would 
otherwise remain in inappropriate hospital settings.
    (2) The demonstration projects conducted under this section may 
include--
        (A) multidisciplinary projects designed to prevent the 
    inappropriate hospitalization of infants and to allow infants 
    described in paragraph (1) to remain with or return to a parent in a 
    residential setting, where appropriate care for the infant and 
    suitable treatment for the parent (including treatment for drug or 
    alcohol addiction) may be assured, with the goal (where possible) of 
    rehabilitating the parent and eliminating the need for such care for 
    the infant;
        (B) multidisciplinary projects that assure appropriate, 
    individualized care for such infants in a foster home or other non-
    medical residential setting in cases where such infant does not 
    require hospitalization and would otherwise remain in inappropriate 
    hospital settings, including projects to demonstrate methods to 
    recruit, train, and retain foster care families; and
        (C) such other projects as the Secretary determines will best 
    serve the interests of such infants and will serve as models for 
    projects that agencies or organizations in other communities may 
    wish to develop.

    (3) In the case of any project which includes the use of funds 
authorized under this subsection for the care of infants in foster homes 
or other non-medical residential settings away from their parents, there 
shall be developed for each such infant a case plan of the type 
described in section 675(1) of this title (to the extent that such 
infant is not otherwise covered by such a plan), and each such project 
shall include a case review system of the type described in section 
675(5) of this title (covering each such infant who is not otherwise 
subject to such a system).
    (4) In evaluating applications from entities proposing to conduct 
demonstration projects under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 
priority to those projects that serve areas most in need of alternative 
care arrangements for infants described in paragraph (1).
    (5) No project may be funded unless the application therefor 
contains assurances that it will--
        (A) provide for adequate evaluation;
        (B) provide for coordination with local governments;
        (C) provide for community education regarding the inappropriate 
    hospitalization of infants;
        (D) use, to the extent practical, other available private, 
    local, State, and Federal sources for the provision of direct 
    services; and
        (E) meet such other criteria as the Secretary may prescribe.

    (6) Grants may be used to pay the costs of maintenance and of 
necessary medical and social services (to the extent that these costs 
are not otherwise paid for under other subchapters of this chapter), and 
for such other purposes as the Secretary may allow.
    (7) The Secretary shall provide training and technical assistance to 
grantees, as requested.

(c) Payments; advances or reimbursements; installments; conditions

    Payments of grants or under contracts or cooperative arrangements 
under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement, 
and in such installments, as the Secretary may determine; and shall be 
made on such conditions as the Secretary finds necessary to carry out 
the purposes of the grants, contracts, or other arrangements.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 426, as added Pub. L. 90-248, 
title II, Sec. 240(c), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 915; amended Pub. L. 100-
203, title IX, Sec. 9137, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-319; Pub. L. 
103-432, title II, Sec. 205(b), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4457.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 103-432 inserted ``described in 
section 628a of this title'' after ``including traineeships''.
    1987--Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 100-203 added subsec. (b) and 
redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Section 205(c) of Pub. L. 103-432 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [enacting section 628a of this title and amending 
this section] shall apply to grants awarded on or after October 1, 
1995.''


                        Appropriations or Grants

    Section 240(g) of Pub. L. 90-248 provided that any appropriations or 
grants made pursuant to section 726 of this title, as in effect prior to 
Jan. 2, 1968, were to be deemed to have been appropriated or made under 
this section.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 628a of this title.
