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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Descriptions

93.674:  Independent Living

Objectives:  To assist States and localities in establishing and carrying out programs designed to assist youth, with respect to whom foster care maintenance payments are or have been made by the State and who have attained age 16, in making the transition from foster care to independent living.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

93.674 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:  State governments, including the 50 States and DC.

Beneficiary Eligibility:  Youth age 16 and over, on whose behalf foster care maintenance payments are being made ,or were made and discontinued, on or after their 16th birthday.

Credentials/Documentation:  Costs will be determined in accordance with 45 CFR, Part 74.

93.674 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  Applications must include the information and assurances required from the States. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure:  Applications must be submitted by a State to the appropriate Regional Administrator for the Administration for Children ( ACF).

Award Procedure:  Quarterly awards are made up to the amount of one-fourth of the State's annual allotment.

Deadlines:  January 31, of each year.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  Not applicable.

Appeals:  Appeals are processed in accordance with HHS regulations in 45 CFR, Part l6.

Renewals:  Not applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  States meeting requirements for entitlement funds will receive grants.

Examples of Funded Projects:  Not applicable.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  The range is from $13,032 to $12,481,777 or $8,378 to $8,023,99. (Not including additional amounts for matching.)

93.674 RELATED PROGRAMS:

• 93.550 Transitional Living for Homeless Youth;
• 93.556 Promoting Safe and Stable Families;
• 93.645 Child Welfare Services: State Grants;
• 93.658 Foster Care: Title IV-E.

93.674 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

93.674 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Type of Assistance:  Formula Grants.

Obligations:  (Formula Grants) FY 99 $70,000,000; FY 00 est $140,000,000; and FY 01 est $140,000,000.

Budget Account Number:  75-1545-0-1-506.

Authorization:  Social Security Act, Title IV-E, Section 477, as amended; Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, Public Law 99-272; Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988, Section 8104, Public Law 100-647; Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, Public Law 101-239; Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508, 42 U.S.C. 677; Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Public Law 103-66; Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, Public Law 105-89.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  Administration on Children, Youth and Families Program Instructions, last issued on December 10, 1993.

93.674 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  Contact Regional Administration for Children and Families. (See Appendix IV of the Catalog for addresses.)

Headquarters Office:  Terry Lewis, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, P.O. Box 1182, Washington, DC 20013. Phone: (202) 205-8740.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

93.674 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  Funds are awarded on an entitlement percentage basis. Funds over the basic amount require a 50 percent match. The base amount to which a State is entitled for each year is that amount which is the same ratio to $45,000,000 as such State's average number of children receiving foster care maintenance payments made in fiscal year 1984 bears to the total of the average number of children receiving payments for all States for fiscal year 1984. Additional amounts, which require a 50 percent match, are set at $15,000,000 for 1991 and $25,000,000 for any succeeding fiscal year.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  Grant awards are made quarterly on a fiscal year basis.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  Grants may be used on behalf of eligible youths for skill development, and education or training related to independent living, but not for room and board.

93.674 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  States are required to submit quarterly expenditure reports and annual program reports.

Audits:  Audits are conducted in accordance with the requirements in 45 CFR 74 and 92.

Records:  States are required to maintain supporting documentation of activities and adequate fiscal records.