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 110 STAT. 2154 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 In ranking States under this subsection, the Secretary shall take into account the average number of minor children living at home in families in the State that have incomes below the poverty line and the amount of funding provided each State for such families. " (2) ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOST AND LEAST SUCCESSFUL WORK PROGRAMS. —The Secretary shall review the programs of the 3 States most recently ranked highest under paragraph (1) and the 3 States most recently ranked lowest under paragraph (1) that provide parents with work experience, assistance in finding employment, and other work preparation activities and support services to enable the families of such parents to leave the program and become self-sufficient. " (e) ANNUAL RANKING OF STATES AND REVIEW OF ISSUES RELAT- ING TO OuT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS. — " (1) ANNUAL RANKING OF STATES.— "(A) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall annually rank States to which grants are made under section 403 based on the following ranking factors: "(i) ABSOLUTE OUT-OF-WEDLOCK RATIOS.— The ratio represented by— "(I) the total number of out-of-wedlock births in families receiving assistance under the State program under this part in the State for the most recent fiscal year for which information is available; over "(II) the total number of births in families receiving assistance under the State program under this part in the State for such year, "(ii) NET CHANGES IN THE OUT-OF-WEDLOCK RATIO.— The difference between the ratio described in subparagraph (A)(i) with respect to a State for the most recent fiscal year for which such information is available and the ratio with respect to the State for the immediately preceding year. "(2) ANNUAL REVIEW. —The Secretary shall review the programs of the 5 States most recently ranked highest under paragraph (1) and the 5 States most recently ranked the lowest under paragraph (1). " (f) STATE-INITIATED EVALUATIONS. —A State shall be eligible to receive funding to evaluate the State program funded under this part if— "(1) the State submits a proposal to the Secretary for the evaluation; "(2) the Secretary determines that the design and approach of the evaluation is rigorous and is likely to yield information that is credible and will be useful to other States; and "(3) unless otherwise waived by the Secretary, the State contributes to the cost of the evaluation, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to at least 10 percent of the cost of the evaluation. "(g) REPORT ON CIRCUMSTANCES OF CERTAIN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —Beginning 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ways and Means and on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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