42 U.S.C. § 1397a : US Code - Section 1397A: Payments to States

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1397a : US Code - Section 1397A: Payments to States

(a) Amount; covered services
(1) Each State shall be entitled to payment under this subchapter
for each fiscal year in an amount equal to its allotment for such
fiscal year, to be used by such State for services directed at the
goals set forth in section 1397 of this title, subject to the
requirements of this subchapter.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) -
(A) services which are directed at the goals set forth in
section 1397 of this title include, but are not limited to, child
care services, protective services for children and adults,
services for children and adults in foster care, services related
to the management and maintenance of the home, day care services
for adults, transportation services, family planning services,
training and related services, employment services, information,
referral, and counseling services, the preparation and delivery
of meals, health support services and appropriate combinations of
services designed to meet the special needs of children, the
aged, the mentally retarded, the blind, the emotionally
disturbed, the physically handicapped, and alcoholics and drug
addicts; and
(B) expenditures for such services may include expenditures for
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(i) administration (including planning and evaluation);
(ii) personnel training and retraining directly related to
the provision of those services (including both short- and long-
term training at educational institutions through grants to
such institutions or by direct financial assistance to students
enrolled in such institutions); and
(iii) conferences or workshops, and training or retraining
through grants to nonprofit organizations within the meaning of
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or to
individuals with social services expertise, or through
financial assistance to individuals participating in such
conferences, workshops, and training or retraining (and this
clause shall apply with respect to all persons involved in the
delivery of such services).
(b) Funding requirements
The Secretary shall make payments in accordance with section 6503
of title 31 to each State from its allotment for use under this
subchapter.
(c) Expenditure of funds
Payments to a State from its allotment for any fiscal year must
be expended by the State in such fiscal year or in the succeeding
fiscal year.
(d) Transfers of funds
A State may transfer up to 10 percent of its allotment under
section 1397b of this title for any fiscal year for its use for
that year under other provisions of Federal law providing block
grants for support of health services, health promotion and disease
prevention activities, or low-income home energy assistance (or any
combination of those activities). Amounts allotted to a State under
any provisions of Federal law referred to in the preceding sentence
and transferred by a State for use in carrying out the purposes of
this subchapter shall be treated as if they were paid to the State
under this subchapter but shall not affect the computation of the
State's allotment under this subchapter. The State shall inform the
Secretary of any such transfer of funds.
(e) Use of portion of funds
A State may use a portion of the amounts described in subsection
(a) of this section for the purpose of purchasing technical
assistance from public or private entities if the State determines
that such assistance is required in developing, implementing, or
administering programs funded under this subchapter.
(f) Authority to use vouchers
A State may use funds provided under this subchapter to provide
vouchers, for services directed at the goals set forth in section
1397 of this title, to families, including -
(1) families who have become ineligible for assistance under a
State program funded under part A of subchapter IV of this
chapter by reason of a durational limit on the provision of such
assistance; and
(2) families denied cash assistance under the State program
funded under part A of subchapter IV of this chapter for a child
who is born to a member of the family who is -
(A) a recipient of assistance under the program; or
(B) a person who received such assistance at any time during
the 10-month period ending with the birth of the child.