2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 43 - INFANTS AND JUVENILES
43-4514 Department; submit amended state plan amendment to seek federal funding; department; duties; rules and regulations; references to United States Code; how construed.
43-4514. Department; submit amended state plan amendment to seek federal funding; department; duties; rules and regulations; references to United States Code; how construed.
(1) The department shall submit an amended state plan amendment by October 15, 2015, to seek federal Title IV-E funding under 42 U.S.C. 672 for newly eligible young adults with respect to whom a kinship guardianship assistance agreement was in effect pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 673 if the child had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective or with respect to whom a state-funded guardianship assistance agreement was in effect if the child had attained sixteen years of age before the agreement became effective pursuant to subdivision (2)(b) of section 43-4504.
(2) The department shall implement the bridge to independence program, extended guardianship assistance described in section 43-4511, and extended adoption assistance described in section 43-4512 in accordance with the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, 42 U.S.C. 673 and 42 U.S.C. 675(8)(B) and in accordance with requirements necessary to obtain federal Title IV-E funding under 42 U.S.C. 672 and 42 U.S.C. 673.
(3) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as needed to carry out this section by October 15, 2015.
(4) All references to the United States Code in the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act refer to sections of the code as such sections existed on January 1, 2015.
Source
- Laws 2013, LB216, § 14;
- Laws 2014, LB853, § 44;
- Laws 2015, LB243, § 24.
