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PUBLIC LAW 90-248-JAN. 2, 1968

[81 STAT.

the United States; except that (1) the allotment percentage shall in no case be less than 80 per centmn or more than TO per centum, and (2) the allotment percentage shall be 70 per centnm in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. "(b) The 'Federal share' for any State for any tiscal year shall be 100 per centum less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centnm as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the United States, except that (1) in no case shall the Federal share be less than 331/^ per centum or more than 66% per centum, and (2) the Federal share shall be 66% per centum in the c^ise of Puerto Rico, the Virgm Islands, and Guam. " (c) The Federal share and the allotment percentage for each State shall be promulgated by the Secretary between July 1 and August 31 of each even-numbered year, on the basis of the average per capita income of each State and of the United States for the three most recent calendar 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 July 1 next succeeding such promulgation: Provided, That the Federal shares and allotment percentages promulgated under section 524(c) of the Social 42 USC 7 24. Security Act in 1966 shall be effective for purposes of this section for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1968, and June 30, 1969. "United states." " (d) For purposes of this section, the term 'United States' means the fifty States and the District of Columbia. aKEALLOTMENT

Ante, p. 912.

"SEC. 42-1. The amount of any allotment to a State under section 421 for any fiscal year which the State certifies to the Secretary will not be required for carrying out the State plan developed as provided in such section shall be available for reallotment from time to time, oai such dates as the Secretary may fix, to other States which the Secretary determines (1) have need in carrying out their State plans so developed for sums in excess of those previously allotted to them under that section and (2) will be able to use such excess amounts during such fiscal year. Such reallotments shall be made on the basis of the State plans so developed, after taking into consideration the population under the age of twenty-one, and the per capita income of each such State as compared with the population under the age of twenty-one, and the per capita income of all such States with respect to which such a determination by the Secretary has been made. Any amount so reallotted to a State shall he. deemed part of its allotment under section 421. "DEFINITION

"Child-welfare services.

"SEC. 425. For purposes of this title, the term 'child-welfare services' means public social services which supplement, or substitute for, parental care and supervision for the purpose of (1) preventing or remedying, or assisting in the solution of problems which may result in, the neglect, abuse, exploitation, or delinquency of children, (2) protecting and caring for homeless, dependent, or neglected children, (3) protecting and promoting the welfare of children of working mothers, and (4) otherwise protecting and promoting the welfare of children, including the strengthening of their own homes where possible or, where needed, the provision of adequate care of children away from their homes in foster family homes or day-care or other child-care facilities.

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