Subchapter IV: GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES
Part A: Block Grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- Section 601: Purpose
- Section 602: Eligible States; State plan
- Section 603: Grants to States
- Section 603a: Transferred
- Section 604: Use of grants
- Section 604a: Services provided by charitable, religious, or private organizations
- Section 605: Administrative provisions
- Section 606: Federal loans for State welfare programs
- Section 607: Mandatory work requirements
- Section 608: Prohibitions; requirements
- Section 608a: Fraud under means-tested welfare and public assistance programs
- Section 609: Penalties
- Section 610: Appeal of adverse decision
- Section 611: Data collection and reporting
- Section 611a: State required to provide certain information
- Section 612: Direct funding and administration by Indian tribes
- Section 613: Evaluation of temporary assistance for needy families and related programs
- Section 614: Repealed. Pub. L. 113–235, div. G, title II, § 228(f), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2492
- Section 615: Waivers
- Section 616: Administration
- Section 617: Limitation on Federal authority
- Section 618: Funding for child care
- Section 619: Definitions
Part B: Child and Family Services
- Subpart 1: stephanie tubbs jones child welfare services program
- Section 620: Repealed. Pub. L. 109–288, § 6(a), Sept. 28, 2006, 120 Stat. 1244
- Section 621: Purpose
- Section 622: State plans for child welfare services
- Section 623: Allotments to States
- Section 624: Payment to States
- Section 625: Limitations on authorization of appropriations
- Section 626: Research, training, or demonstration projects
- Section 627: Family connection grants
- Section 628: Payments to Indian tribal organizations
- Section 628a: Transferred
- Section 628b: National random sample study of child welfare
- Subpart 2: promoting safe and stable families
- Section 629: Purpose
- Section 629a: Definitions
- Section 629b: State plans
- Section 629c: Allotments to States
- Section 629d: Payments to States
- Section 629e: Evaluations; research; technical assistance
- Section 629f: Authorization of appropriations; reservation of certain amounts
- Section 629g: Discretionary and targeted grants
- Section 629h: Entitlement funding for State courts to assess and improve handling of proceedings relating to foster care and adoption
- Section 629i: Grants for programs for mentoring children of prisoners
- Subpart 3: common provisions
Part C: Work Incentive Program for Recipients of Aid Under State Plan Approved Under Part A
- Section 630 to 632: Repealed. Pub. L. 100–485, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2377
- Section 632a: Omitted
- Section 633 to 645: Repealed. Pub. L. 100–485, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 2377
Part D: Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
- Section 651: Authorization of appropriations
- Section 652: Duties of Secretary
- Section 653: Federal Parent Locator Service
- Section 653a: State Directory of New Hires
- Section 654: State plan for child and spousal support
- Section 654a: Automated data processing
- Section 654b: Collection and disbursement of support payments
- Section 655: Payments to States
- Section 655a: Provision for reimbursement of expenses
- Section 656: Support obligation as obligation to State; amount; discharge in bankruptcy
- Section 657: Distribution of collected support
- Section 658: Repealed. Pub. L. 105–200, title II, § 201(f)(1), July 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 657
- Section 658a: Incentive payments to States
- Section 659: Consent by United States to income withholding, garnishment, and similar proceedings for enforcement of child support and alimony obligations
- Section 659a: International support enforcement
- Section 660: Civil action to enforce child support obligations; jurisdiction of district courts
- Section 661, 662: Repealed. Pub. L. 104–193, title III, § 362(b)(1), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2246
- Section 663: Use of Federal Parent Locator Service in connection with enforcement or determination of child custody in cases of parental kidnaping of child
- Section 664: Collection of past-due support from Federal tax refunds
- Section 665: Allotments from pay for child and spousal support owed by members of uniformed services on active duty
- Section 666: Requirement of statutorily prescribed procedures to improve effectiveness of child support enforcement
- Section 667: State guidelines for child support awards
- Section 668: Encouragement of States to adopt civil procedure for establishing paternity in contested cases
- Section 669: Collection and reporting of child support enforcement data
- Section 669a: Nonliability for financial institutions providing financial records to State child support enforcement agencies in child support cases
- Section 669b: Grants to States for access and visitation programs
Part E: Federal Payments for Foster Care, Prevention, and Permanency
- Section 670: Congressional declaration of purpose; authorization of appropriations
- Section 671: State plan for foster care and adoption assistance
- Section 672: Foster care maintenance payments program
- Section 673: Adoption and guardianship assistance program
- Section 673a: Interstate compacts
- Section 673b: Adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments
- Section 673c: Repealed. Pub. L. 109–239, § 4(c), July 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 512
- Section 674: Payments to States
- Section 675: Definitions
- Section 675a: Additional case plan and case review system requirements
- Section 676: Administration
- Section 677: John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood
- Section 678: Rule of construction
- Section 679: Collection of data relating to adoption and foster care
- Section 679a: National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
- Section 679b: Annual report
- Section 679c: Programs operated by Indian tribal organizations
Part F: Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program
- Section 681 to 687: Repealed. Pub. L. 104–193, title I, § 108(e), Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2167