Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/567

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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-272—JUNE 17, 1980 years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce. Such promulgation shall be conclusive for each of the two fiscal years in the period beginning October 1 next succeeding such promulgation. "(d) For purposes of this section, the term 'United States' means the fifty Stat^ and the District of Columbia.

94 STAT. 517

"United States.

STATE PLANS FOR CHILD WELFARE SERVICES

"SEC. 422. (a) In order to be eligible for payment under this part, 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)(l)> and which meets the requirements of subsection (b). "(b) Each plan for child welfare services under this part shall— "(1) provide that (A) the individual or agency designated pursuant to section 2003(d)(l)(C) to administer or supervise the administration of the State'services program will administer or supervise the administration of the plan (except as otherwise provided in section 103(d) of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980), and (B) to the extent that child welfare services are furnished by the staff of the State agency or local agency administering the plan, a single organizational unit in such State or local agency, as the case may be, will be responsible for furnishing such child welfare services; "(2) provide for coordination between the services provided for children under the plan and the services and assistance provided under title XX, under the State plan approved under part A of this title, under the State plan approved under part E of this title, and under other State programs having a relationship to the program under this part, with a view to provision of welfare and related services which will best promote the welfare of such children and their families; "(3) provide that the standards and requirements imposed with respect to child day care under title XX shall apply with respect to day Care services under this part, except insofar as eligibility for such services is involved; "(4) provide for the training and effective use of paid paraprofessional staff, with particular emphasis on the full-time or parttime employment of persons of low income, as community service aides, in the administration of the plan, and for the use of nonpaid or partially paid volunteers in providing services and in assisting any advisory committees established by the State agency; "(5) contain a description of the services to be provided and specify the geographic areas where such services will be available; "(6) contain a description of the steps which the State will take to provide child welfare services and to make progress in— "(A) covering additional political subdivisions, "(B) reaching additional children in need of services, and "(C) expanding and strengthening the range of existing services and developing new types of services, along with a description of the State's child welfare services staff development and training plans; "(7) provide, in the development of services for children, for utilization of the facilities and experience of voluntary agencies

42 USC 622. Post, p. 521.

42 USC 1397b.

Ante, p. 516.

42 USC 1397. 42 USC 601. Ante, p. 501.

Paraprofessionals and volunteers.

Voluntary agencies, utilization.