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42 USC 601. 42 USC 1201.

42 USC 1351.

PUBLIC LAW 87-543-JULY 25, 1962

[76 STAT.

assistance to aged needy individuals, (b) of enabling each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to furnish medical assistance on behalf of aged individuals who are not recipients of oldage assistance but whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical services, and (c) of encouraging each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to furnish rehabilitation and other services to help individuals referred to in clause (a) or (b) to attain or retain capability for self-care, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this title." (2) The first sentence of section 401 of such Act is amended (A) by inserting "and rehabilitation" after "financial assistance", and (B) by inserting "or retain capability for" after "attain". (3) The first sentence of section 1001 of such Act is amended (A) by inserting "to furnish rehabilitation and other services" before "to help such individuals", and (B) by inserting "or retain capability for" after "attain". (4) The first sentence of section 1401 of such Act is amended (A) by inserting "to furnish rehabilitation and other services" before "to help such individuals", and (B) by inserting "or retain capability for" after "attain". COMMUNITY WORK AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

42 USC 601-608.

SEC. 105. (a) Title IV of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: ((COMMUNITY

WORK AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

"SEC. 409. (a) For the purpose of assisting the States in encouraging, through community work and training programs of a constructive nature, the conservation of work skills and the development of new skills for individuals who have attained the age of 18 and are receiving aid to families with dependent children, under conditions which are designed to assure protection of the health and welfare of such individuals and the dependent children involved, expenditures (other than for medical or any other type of remedial care) for any month with respect to a dependent child (including payments to meet the needs of any relative or relatives, specified in section 406(a), with whom he is living) under a State plan approved under section 402 shall not be excluded from aid to families with dependent children because such expenditures are made in the form of payments for work performed in such month by any one or more of the relatives with whom such child is living if such work is performed for the State agency or any other public agency under a program (which need not be in effect in all political subdivisions of the State) administered by or under the supervision of such State agency, if there is State financial participation in such expenditures, and if such State plan includes— "(1) provisions which, in the judgment of the Secretary, provide reasonable assurance that— " (A) appropriate standards for health, safety, and other conditions applicable to the performance of such work by such relatives are established and maintained; " (B) payments for such work are at rates not less than the minimum rate (if any) provided by or under State law for the same type of work and not less than the rates prevailing on similar work in the community; " (C) such work is performed on projects which serve a useful public purpose, do not result either in displacement

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