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[CITE: 42USC669b]

 
                 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 D--Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
 
Sec. 669b. Grants to States for access and visitation programs


(a) In general

    The Administration for Children and Families shall make grants under 
this section to enable States to establish and administer programs to 
support and facilitate noncustodial parents' access to and visitation of 
their children, by means of activities including mediation (both 
voluntary and mandatory), counseling, education, development of 
parenting plans, visitation enforcement (including monitoring, 
supervision and neutral drop-off and pickup), and development of 
guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements.

(b) Amount of grant

    The amount of the grant to be made to a State under this section for 
a fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the lesser of--
        (1) 90 percent of State expenditures during the fiscal year for 
    activities described in subsection (a) of this section; or
        (2) the allotment of the State under subsection (c) of this 
    section for the fiscal year.

(c) Allotments to States

                           (1) In general

        The allotment of a State for a fiscal year is the amount that 
    bears the same ratio to $10,000,000 for grants under this section 
    for the fiscal year as the number of children in the State living 
    with only 1 biological parent bears to the total number of such 
    children in all States.

                        (2) Minimum allotment

        The Administration for Children and Families shall adjust 
    allotments to States under paragraph (1) as necessary to ensure that 
    no State is allotted less than--
            (A) $50,000 for fiscal year 1997 or 1998; or
            (B) $100,000 for any succeeding fiscal year.

(d) No supplantation of State expenditures for similar activities

    A State to which a grant is made under this section may not use the 
grant to supplant expenditures by the State for activities specified in 
subsection (a) of this section, but shall use the grant to supplement 
such expenditures at a level at least equal to the level of such 
expenditures for fiscal year 1995.

(e) State administration

    Each State to which a grant is made under this section--
        (1) may administer State programs funded with the grant, 
    directly or through grants to or contracts with courts, local public 
    agencies, or nonprofit private entities;
        (2) shall not be required to operate such programs on a 
    statewide basis; and
        (3) shall monitor, evaluate, and report on such programs in 
    accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 469B, as added Pub. L. 104-193, 
title III, Sec. 391, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2258.)


                             Effective Date

    For effective date of section, see section 395(a)-(c) of Pub. L. 
104-193, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under 
section 654 of this title.
