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PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
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PUBLIC LAW 87-543-JULY 25, 1962

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Public Law 87-543 July 25, 1962 [H. R. 10606]

Public Welfare Amendments of

AN ACT To extend and improve the public assistance and child welfare services programs of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act, with ^j^^ following table of conteiits, may be cited as the "Public Welfare Amendments of 1962". TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE I—PUBIJC WELFARE AMENDMENTS PABT A—IMPROVEMENT I N SERVICES TO PREVENT OR REDUCE DEPENDENCY

Sec. 101. Services and other administrative costs under public assistance programs. (a) Federal ^nancial participation in costs of services. (b) Requirements for full Federal matching of State administrative expenditures. Sec. 102. Expansion and improvement of child welfare services. (a) Increase in authorization of appropriations. (b) Coordination with dependent children program and extension of child welfare services. (c) Allotments for day care. (d) Definition of child-welfare services. See. 103. Welfare services for each child under dependent children program. Sec. 104. Technical amendments to reflect emphasis on rehabilitation and other, services. Sec. 105. Community work and training programs. Sec. 103. Incentives for employment through consideration of expenses in earning income, and provision for future needs of dependent children. Sec. 107. Use of payments for benefit of child. Sec. 108. Protective payments under dependent children program. Sec. 109. Aid for both parents of dependent child. PART B

IMPROVEMENT I N ADMINISTRATION THROUGH DEMONSTRATIONS, AND PUBLIC ADVISORY GROUPS

TRAINING,

Sec. 121. Advisory council on public welfare. Sec. 122. Waiver of State plan requirements for demonstrations. Sec. 123. Increase in adequately trained welfare personnel. PART C IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS THROUGH EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY PROVISION'S AND INCREASE I N FEDERAL SHARE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS

Sec. 131. Extension of aid with respect to dependent children of unemployed parents or in foster family homes., (a) Extension with respect to children of unemployed parents. (b) Extension with respect to foster family home care. Sec. 132. Increase in Federal share of public assistance payments. Sec. 133. Extension of assistance to repatriated American citizens. Sec. 134. Refusal of unemployed parent to accept retraining. Sec. 135. Federal payments for foster care in child-care institutions. Sec. 136. Certain State plans not meeting income and resources requirements for the blind. PART D—SIMPLIFICATION OF CATEGORIES

Sec. 141. Optional combined State plan for aged, blind, and disabled. PART E

MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

Sec. 151. Increase in limitation on total public assistance payments to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. Sec. 152. Payments to relative of child when child is dependent. Sec. 153. Definitions of "State" and "United States". Sec. 154. Income and resources to be disregarded in determining need of individual for aid to the blind.