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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-133 Section 102]
[CITE: 42USC629a]

 
                 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 2--promoting safe and stable families
 
Sec. 629a. Definitions


(a) In general

    As used in this subpart:

                  (1) Family preservation services

        The term ``family preservation services'' means services for 
    children and families designed to help families (including adoptive 
    and extended families) at risk or in crisis, including--
            (A) service programs designed to help children--
                (i) where safe and appropriate, return to families from 
            which they have been removed; or
                (ii) be placed for adoption, with a legal guardian, or, 
            if adoption or legal guardianship is determined not to be 
            safe and appropriate for a child, in some other planned, 
            permanent living arrangement;

            (B) preplacement preventive services programs, such as 
        intensive family preservation programs, designed to help 
        children at risk of foster care placement remain safely with 
        their families;
            (C) service programs designed to provide followup care to 
        families to whom a child has been returned after a foster care 
        placement;
            (D) respite care of children to provide temporary relief for 
        parents and other caregivers (including foster parents); and
            (E) services designed to improve parenting skills (by 
        reinforcing parents' confidence in their strengths, and helping 
        them to identify where improvement is needed and to obtain 
        assistance in improving those skills) with respect to matters 
        such as child development, family budgeting, coping with stress, 
        health, and nutrition.

                     (2) Family support services

        The term ``family support services'' means community-based 
    services to promote the safety and well-being of children and 
    families designed to increase the strength and stability of families 
    (including adoptive, foster, and extended families), to increase 
    parents' confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, to 
    afford children a safe, stable, and supportive family environment, 
    and otherwise to enhance child development.

                          (3) State agency

        The term ``State agency'' means the State agency responsible for 
    administering the program under subpart 1.

                              (4) State

        The term ``State'' includes an Indian tribe or tribal 
    organization, in addition to the meaning given such term for 
    purposes of subpart 1.

                       (5) Tribal organization

        The term ``tribal organization'' means the recognized governing 
    body of any Indian tribe.

                          (6) Indian tribe

        The term ``Indian tribe'' means any Indian tribe (as defined in 
    section 682(i)(5) of this title, as in effect before August 22, 
    1986) and any Alaska Native organization (as defined in section 
    682(i)(7)(A) of this title, as so in effect).

           (7) Time-limited family reunification services

        (A) In general

            The term ``time-limited family reunification services'' 
        means the services and activities described in subparagraph (B) 
        that are provided to a child that is removed from the child's 
        home and placed in a foster family home or a child care 
        institution and to the parents or primary caregiver of such a 
        child, in order to facilitate the reunification of the child 
        safely and appropriately within a timely fashion, but only 
        during the 15-month period that begins on the date that the 
        child, pursuant to section 675(5)(F) of this title, is 
        considered to have entered foster care.

        (B) Services and activities described

            The services and activities described in this subparagraph 
        are the following:
                (i) Individual, group, and family counseling.
                (ii) Inpatient, residential, or outpatient substance 
            abuse treatment services.
                (iii) Mental health services.
                (iv) Assistance to address domestic violence.
                (v) Services designed to provide temporary child care 
            and therapeutic services for families, including crisis 
            nurseries.
                (vi) Transportation to or from any of the services and 
            activities described in this subparagraph.

             (8) Adoption promotion and support services

        The term ``adoption promotion and support services'' means 
    services and activities designed to encourage more adoptions out of 
    the foster care system, when adoptions promote the best interests of 
    children, including such activities as pre- and post-adoptive 
    services and activities designed to expedite the adoption process 
    and support adoptive families.

                        (9) Non-Federal funds

        The term ``non-Federal funds'' means State funds, or at the 
    option of a State, State and local funds.

(b) Other terms

    For other definitions of other terms used in this subpart, see 
section 675 of this title.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 431, as added Pub. L. 103-66, 
title XIII, Sec. 13711(a)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 650; amended Pub. 
L. 105-89, title III, Sec. 305(b)(2), (c)(2), (d)(1), Nov. 19, 1997, 111 
Stat. 2131, 2132; Pub. L. 106-169, title IV, Sec. 401(e), Dec. 14, 1999, 
113 Stat. 1858.)

                       References in Text

    Section 682 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(6), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 104-193, title I, Sec. 108(e), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2167.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 431 of act Aug. 14, 1935, was classified to section 
631 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-485.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 106-169 inserted ``, as in effect 
before August 22, 1986'' after ``682(i)(5) of this title'' and ``, as so 
in effect'' after ``682(i)(7)(A) of this title''.
    1997--Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(c)(2)(A)(i), 
inserted ``safe and'' before ``appropriate'' in cls. (i) and (ii).
    Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(c)(2)(A)(ii), inserted 
``safely'' after ``remain''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(c)(2)(B), inserted ``safety 
and'' before ``well-being of children'' and substituted ``safe, stable, 
and supportive family'' for ``stable and supportive family''.
    Subsec. (a)(7), (8). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(b)(2), added pars. (7) 
and (8).
    Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(d)(1), added par. (9).


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-169 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, see section 401(q) of Pub. 
L. 106-169, set out as a note under section 602 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by section 305(b)(2), (c)(2) of Pub. L. 105-89 effective 
Nov. 19, 1997, except as otherwise provided, with delay permitted if 
State legislation is required, see section 501 of Pub. L. 105-89, set 
out as a note under section 622 of this title.
    Section 305(d)(2) of Pub. L. 105-89 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] takes effect as if 
included in the enactment of section 13711 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-33 [103-66]; 107 Stat. 
649).''
