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[CITE: 42USC629b]

 
                 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. 629b. State plans


(a) Plan requirements

    A State plan meets the requirements of this subsection if the plan--
        (1) provides that the State agency shall administer, or 
    supervise the administration of, the State program under this 
    subpart;
        (2)(A)(i) sets forth the goals intended to be accomplished under 
    the plan by the end of the 5th fiscal year in which the plan is in 
    operation in the State, and (ii) is updated periodically to set 
    forth the goals intended to be accomplished under the plan by the 
    end of each 5th fiscal year thereafter;
        (B) describes the methods to be used in measuring progress 
    toward accomplishment of the goals;
        (C) contains assurances that the State--
            (i) after the end of each of the 1st 4 fiscal years covered 
        by a set of goals, will perform an interim review of progress 
        toward accomplishment of the goals, and on the basis of the 
        interim review will revise the statement of goals in the plan, 
        if necessary, to reflect changed circumstances; and
            (ii) after the end of the last fiscal year covered by a set 
        of goals, will perform a final review of progress toward 
        accomplishment of the goals, and on the basis of the final 
        review (I) will prepare, transmit to the Secretary, and make 
        available to the public a final report on progress toward 
        accomplishment of the goals, and (II) will develop (in 
        consultation with the entities required to be consulted pursuant 
        to subsection (b) of this section) and add to the plan a 
        statement of the goals intended to be accomplished by the end of 
        the 5th succeeding fiscal year;

        (3) provides for coordination, to the extent feasible and 
    appropriate, of the provision of services under the plan and the 
    provision of services or benefits under other Federal or federally 
    assisted programs serving the same populations;
        (4) contains assurances that not more than 10 percent of 
    expenditures under the plan for any fiscal year with respect to 
    which the State is eligible for payment under section 629d of this 
    title for the fiscal year shall be for administrative costs, and 
    that the remaining expenditures shall be for programs of family 
    preservation services, community-based family support services, 
    time-limited family reunification services, and adoption promotion 
    and support services, with significant portions of such expenditures 
    for each such program;
        (5) contains assurances that the State will--
            (A) annually prepare, furnish to the Secretary, and make 
        available to the public a description (including separate 
        descriptions with respect to family preservation services, 
        community-based family support services, time-limited family 
        reunification services, and adoption promotion and support 
        services) of--
                (i) the service programs to be made available under the 
            plan in the immediately succeeding fiscal year;
                (ii) the populations which the programs will serve; and
                (iii) the geographic areas in the State in which the 
            services will be available; and

            (B) perform the activities described in subparagraph (A)--
                (i) in the case of the 1st fiscal year under the plan, 
            at the time the State submits its initial plan; and
                (ii) in the case of each succeeding fiscal year, by the 
            end of the 3rd quarter of the immediately preceding fiscal 
            year;

        (6) provides for such methods of administration as the Secretary 
    finds to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the 
    plan;
        (7)(A) contains assurances that Federal funds provided to the 
    State under this subpart will not be used to supplant Federal or 
    non-Federal funds for existing services and activities which promote 
    the purposes of this subpart; and
        (B) provides that the State will furnish reports to the 
    Secretary, at such times, in such format, and containing such 
    information as the Secretary may require, that demonstrate the 
    State's compliance with the prohibition contained in subparagraph 
    (A);
        (8) provides that the State agency will furnish such reports, 
    containing such information, and participate in such evaluations, as 
    the Secretary may require; and
        (9) contains assurances that in administering and conducting 
    service programs under the plan, the safety of the children to be 
    served shall be of paramount concern.

(b) Approval of plans

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall approve a plan that meets the requirements 
    of subsection (a) of this section only if the plan was developed 
    jointly by the Secretary and the State, after consultation by the 
    State agency with appropriate public and nonprofit private agencies 
    and community-based organizations with experience in administering 
    programs of services for children and families (including family 
    preservation, family support, time-limited family reunification, and 
    adoption promotion and support services).

                     (2) Plans of Indian tribes

        (A) Exemption from inappropriate requirements

            The Secretary may exempt a plan submitted by an Indian tribe 
        from any requirement of this section that the Secretary 
        determines would be inappropriate to apply to the Indian tribe, 
        taking into account the resources, needs, and other 
        circumstances of the Indian tribe.

        (B) Special rule

            Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the 
        Secretary may not approve a plan of an Indian tribe under this 
        subpart to which (but for this subparagraph) an allotment of 
        less than $10,000 would be made under section 629c(a) of this 
        title if allotments were made under section 629c(a) of this 
        title to all Indian tribes with plans approved under this 
        subpart with the same or larger numbers of children.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 432, as added Pub. L. 103-66, 
title XIII, Sec. 13711(a)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 651; amended Pub. 
L. 105-89, title III, Sec. 305(b)(1), (c)(1), Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 
2130, 2131; Pub. L. 105-200, title IV, Sec. 410(c), July 16, 1998, 112 
Stat. 673.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 432 of act Aug. 14, 1935, was classified to section 
632 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-485.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 105-200 inserted ``; and'' at end.
    1997--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(b)(1)(A)(i), 
substituted ``, community-based family support services, time-limited 
family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support 
services,'' for ``and community-based family support services''.
    Subsec. (a)(5)(A). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(b)(1)(A)(ii), 
substituted ``, community-based family support services, time-limited 
family reunification services, and adoption promotion and support 
services'' for ``and community-based family support services''.
    Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(c)(1), added par. (9).
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105-89, Sec. 305(b)(1)(B), substituted ``, 
family support, time-limited family reunification, and adoption 
promotion and support'' for ``and family support''.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by 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 Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 629d of this title.
