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42 U.S.C. § 627 — Kinship navigators
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make matching grants to State, local, or tribal child welfare agencies, private nonprofit organizations that have experience in working with foster children or children in kinship care arrangements, and institutions of higher education (as defined under [section 1001 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim)), for the purpose of administering programs to help children who are in, or at risk of entering, foster care reconnect with family members through the implementation of a kinship navigator program to assist kinship caregivers in learning about, finding, and using programs and services to meet the needs of the children they are raising and their own needs, and to promote effective partnerships among public and private agencies to ensure kinship caregiver families are served, which program—
(1) shall be coordinated with other State or local agencies that promote service coordination or provide information and referral services, including the entities that provide 2–1–1 or 3–1–1 information systems where available, to avoid duplication or fragmentation of services to kinship care families;
(2) shall be planned and operated in consultation with kinship caregivers and organizations representing them, youth raised by kinship caregivers, relevant government agencies, and relevant community-based or faith-based organizations;
(3) shall establish information and referral systems that link (via toll-free access) kinship caregivers, kinship support group facilitators, and kinship service providers to—
(A) each other;
(B) eligibility and enrollment information for Federal, State, and local benefits;
(C) relevant training to assi
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make matching grants to State, local, or tribal child welfare agencies, private nonprofit organizations that have experience in working with foster children or children in kinship care arrangements, and institutions of higher education (as defined under [section 1001 of title 20](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim)), for the purpose of administering programs to help children who are in, or at risk of entering, foster care reconnect with family members through the implementation of a kinship navigator program to assist kinship caregivers in learning about, finding, and using programs and services to meet the needs of the children they are raising and their own needs, and to promote effective partnerships among public and private agencies to ensure kinship caregiver families are served, which program—
(1) shall be coordinated with other State or local agencies that promote service coordination or provide information and referral services, including the entities that provide 2–1–1 or 3–1–1 information systems where available, to avoid duplication or fragmentation of services to kinship care families;
(2) shall be planned and operated in consultation with kinship caregivers and organizations representing them, youth raised by kinship caregivers, relevant government agencies, and relevant community-based or faith-based organizations;
(3) shall establish information and referral systems that link (via toll-free access) kinship caregivers, kinship support group facilitators, and kinship service providers to—
(A) each other;
(B) eligibility and enrollment information for Federal, State, and local benefits;
(C) relevant training to assist kinship caregivers in caregiving and in obtaining benefits and services;
(D) relevant legal assistance and help in obtaining legal services; and
(E) connections to individualized assistance, as needed;
(4) shall provide outreach to kinship care families, including by establishing, distributing, and updating a kinship care website, or other relevant guides or outreach materials;
(5) shall promote partnerships between public and private agencies, including schools, community based or faith-based organizations, and relevant government agencies, to increase their knowledge of the needs of kinship care families and other individuals who are willing and able to be foster parents for children in foster care under the responsibility of the State who are themselves parents to promote better services for those families;
(6) may establish and support a kinship care ombudsman with authority to intervene and help kinship caregivers access services; and
(7) may support any other activities designed to assist kinship caregivers in obtaining benefits and services to improve their caregiving.
**(b) Applications** An entity desiring to receive a matching grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including—
(1) a description of how the grant will be used to implement the activities described in subsection (a);
(2) a description of the types of children and families to be served, including how the children and families will be identified and recruited, and an initial projection of the number of children and families to be served;
(3) a description of how the entity will directly fund, or provide data to the Secretary for, an evaluation which will publish and submit information to the clearinghouse described in [section 676(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section676/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim) and which is designed to meet the requirements of [section 671(e)(4)(C) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section671/e/4/C&num=0&edition=prelim), or a description of how the funds will be used to help the State transition to a program for which the State will seek reimbursement under [section 674(a)(7) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section674/a/7&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) if the entity is a private organization—
(A) documentation of support from the relevant local or State child welfare agency; or
(B) a description of how the organization plans to coordinate its services and activities with those offered by the relevant local or State child welfare agency;
(5) an assurance that the entity will cooperate fully with any evaluation provided for by the Secretary under this section; and
(6) if the entity is a State, local or tribal child welfare agency—
(A) documentation of support from a relevant community-based organization with experience serving kinship families when applicable; or
(B) a description of how the organization plans to coordinate its services and activities with those offered by the relevant community-based organizations.
**(c) Limitations**
(1) **Grant duration** — The Secretary may award a grant under this section for a period of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
(2) **Number of new grantees per year** — The Secretary may not award a grant under this section to more than 30 new grantees each fiscal year.
**(d) Federal share** An entity to which a grant is made under this section may use the grant to pay not more than 75 percent of the cost of the activities to be carried out by the entity pursuant to this section.
**(e) Form of grantee contribution** A grantee under this section may provide not more than 50 percent of the amount which the grantee is required to expend to carry out the activities for which a grant is awarded under this section in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services.
**(f) Use of grant** A grantee under this section shall use the grant in accordance with the approved application for the grant.
**(g) Reservation of funds for technical assistance** The Secretary may reserve 2 percent of the funds made available under [section 629g(b)(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section629g/b/6&num=0&edition=prelim) for each fiscal year to provide technical assistance to recipients of grants under this section.
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**(a) Joint development** In order to be eligible for payment under this subpart, a State must have a plan for child welfare services which has been developed jointly by the Secretary and the State agency designated pursuant to subsection (b)(1), and which meets the requirements of subsection (b).
**(b) Requisite features of State plans** Each plan for child welfare services under this subpart shall—
(1) provide that a State agency will administer or supervise the administration of the plan under this subpart;
(2) provide for coordination between the services provided for children under the plan and the services and assistance provided under division A 11 See References in Text note below. of subchapter XX, under the State program funded under part A, under the State plan approved under subpart 2 of this part, under the State plan approved under the State plan approved 22 So in original. under part E, and under other State programs having a relationship to the program under this subpart, with a view to provision of welfare and related services which will best promote the welfare of such children and their families;
(3) include a description of the services and activities which the State will fund under the State program carried out pursuant to this subpart, and how the services and activities will achieve the purpose of this subpart;
(4) contain a description of—
(A) the steps the State will take to provide child welfare services statewide and to expand and strengthen the range of existing services and develop and implement services to improve child outcomes;
(B) the child welfare services staff development and training plans of the State; and
(C) the steps that the State will take to ensure that, with respect to any judicial proceeding involving a child a
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**(a) Requisite features of State plan** In order for a State to be eligible for payments under this part, it shall have a plan approved by the Secretary which—
(1) provides for foster care maintenance payments in accordance with [section 672 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section672&num=0&edition=prelim), adoption assistance in accordance with [section 673 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section673&num=0&edition=prelim), and, at the option of the State, services or programs specified in subsection (e)(1) of this section for children who are candidates for foster care or who are pregnant or parenting foster youth and the parents or kin caregivers of the children, in accordance with the requirements of that subsection;
(2) provides that the State agency responsible for administering the program authorized by subpart 1 of part B of this subchapter shall administer, or supervise the administration of, the program authorized by this part;
(3) provides that the plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State, and, if administered by them, be mandatory upon them;
(4) provides that the State shall assure that the programs at the local level assisted under this part will be coordinated with the programs at the State or local level assisted under parts A and B of this subchapter, under division A 11 See References in Text note below. of subchapter XX of this chapter, and under any other appropriate provision of Federal law;
(5) provides that the State will, in the administration of its programs under this part, use such methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis as are found by the Secretary to be nece
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**(a) Institution of higher education** For purposes of this chapter, other than subchapter IV, the term “institution of higher education” means an educational institution in any State that—
(1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, or persons who meet the requirements of [section 1091(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1091/d&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;
(3) provides an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or provides not less than a 2-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or awards a degree that is acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional degree program, subject to review and approval by the Secretary;
(4) is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
(5) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, or if not so accredited, is an institution that has been granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that has been recognized by the Secretary for the granting of preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has determined that there is satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time.
**(b) Additional institutions included** For purposes of this chapter, other than subchapter IV, the term “institution of higher education” also includes—
(1) any school that provides not less than a 1-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a re
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**(a) Authority to approve demonstration projects**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may authorize States to conduct demonstration projects pursuant to this section which the Secretary finds are likely to promote the objectives of part B or E of subchapter IV.
(2) **Limitation** — During fiscal years 2012 through 2014, the Secretary may authorize demonstration projects described in paragraph (1), with not more than 10 demonstration projects to be authorized in each fiscal year.
(3) **Conditions for State eligibility** — For purposes of a new demonstration project under this section that is initially approved in any of fiscal years 2012 through 2014, a State shall be authorized to conduct such demonstration project only if the State satisfies the following conditions:
(A) *Identify 1 or more goals*
(i) *In general* — The State shall demonstrate that the demonstration project is designed to accomplish 1 or more of the following goals:
(I) Increase permanency for all infants, children, and youth by reducing the time in foster placements when possible and promoting a successful transition to adulthood for older youth.
(II) Increase positive outcomes for infants, children, youth, and families in their homes and communities, including tribal communities, and improve the safety and well-being of infants, children, and youth.
(III) Prevent child abuse and neglect and the re-entry of infants, children, and youth into foster care.
(ii) *Long-term therapeutic family treatment centers; addressing domestic violence* — With respect to a demonstration project that is designed to accomplish 1 or more of the goals described in clause (i), the State may elect to establish a program—
(I) to permit foster care maintenance payments to be made un
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**(a) Payment schedule** From the sums appropriated therefor and the allotment under this subpart, subject to the conditions set forth in this section, the Secretary shall from time to time pay to each State that has a plan developed in accordance with [section 622 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section622&num=0&edition=prelim) an amount equal to 75 percent of the total sum expended under the plan (including the cost of administration of the plan) in meeting the costs of State, district, county, or other local child welfare services.
**(b) Computation and method of payment** The method of computing and making payments under this section shall be as follows:
(1) The Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each period for which a payment is to be made, estimate the amount to be paid to the State for such period under the provisions of this section.
(2) From the allotment available therefor, the Secretary shall pay the amount so estimated, reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this section) by which he finds that his estimate of the amount to be paid the State for any prior period under this section was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such prior period under this section.
**(c) Limitation on use of Federal funds for child care, foster care maintenance payments, or adoption assistance payments** The total amount of Federal payments under this subpart for a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2007, that may be used by a State for expenditures for child care, foster care maintenance payments, or adoption assistance payments shall not exceed the total amount of such payments for fiscal year 2005 that were so used by the St
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**(a) Limitations on authorization of appropriations** In addition to any amount appropriated pursuant to [section 629f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section629f&num=0&edition=prelim), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
**(b) Reservation of certain amounts** From the amount (if any) appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve amounts as follows:
(1) **Evaluation, research, training, and technical assistance** — The Secretary shall reserve 3.3 percent for expenditure by the Secretary for the activities described in [section 629e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section629e&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **State court improvements** — The Secretary shall reserve 3.3 percent for grants under [section 629h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section629h&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Indian tribes or tribal consortia** — The Secretary shall reserve 3 percent for allotment to Indian tribes or tribal consortia in accordance with subsection (c)(1).
(4) **Improving the interstate placement of children** — The Secretary shall reserve $5,000,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 2018 for grants under subsection (g), and the amount so reserved shall remain available through fiscal year 2022.
(5) **Preventive services evaluation partnerships** — The Secretary shall reserve $5,000,000 for grants under [section 629e(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section629e/f&num=0&edition=prelim) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029.
(6) **Kinship
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 627
1 See References in Text note below.
scribed in section 628a 1 of this title with
such stipends and allowances as may be per-
mitted by the Secretary; and
(2) for contracts or jointly financed coopera-
tive arrangements with States and public and
other organizations and agencies for the con-
duct of research, special projects, or dem-
onstration projects relating to such matters.
(b) Payments; advances or reimbursements; in-
stallments; conditions
Payments of grants or under contracts or co-
operative 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 ar-
rangements.
(c) Child welfare traineeships
The Secretary may approve an application for
a grant to a public or nonprofit institution for
higher learning to provide traineeships with sti-
pends under subsection (a)(1)(C) only if the ap-
plication—
(1) provides assurances that each individual
who receives a stipend with such traineeship
(in this section referred to as a ‘‘recipient’’)
will enter into an agreement with the institu-
tion under which the recipient agrees—
(A) to participate in training at a public or
private nonprofit child welfare agency on a
regular basis (as determined by the Sec-
retary) for the period of the traineeship;
(B) to be employed for a period of years
equivalent to the period of the traineeship,
in a public or private nonprofit child welfare
agency in any State, within a period of time
(determined by the Secretary in accordance
with regulations) after completing the post-
secondary
education
for
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