A title IV-E plan is required by
section 471, part IV-E of the Social Security Act (the Act) for
each public child welfare agency requesting Federal funding for
foster care, adoption assistance and guardianship assistance under
the Act. Section 479B of the Act provides for an Indian tribe,
tribal organization or tribal consortium (Tribe) to operate a title
IV-E program in the same manner as a State with minimal exceptions.
The Tribe must have an approved title IV-E Plan. The title IV-E
plan provides assurances the programs will be administered in
conformity with the specific regulatory, or policy references and
citations for each requirement as well as supporting documentation.
The plan must include all applicable State or Tribal statutory,
regulatory, or policy references and citations for each requirement
as well as supporting documentation. A title IV-E agency may use
the pre-print format prepared by the Children’s Bureau of the
Administration for Children and Families or a different format, on
the condition that the format used includes all of the title IV-E
plan requirements of the law. The FFPSA authorized new optional
title IV–E funding for time-limited (one year) prevention services
for mental health/substance abuse and in-home parent skill-based
programs for: (1) A child who is a candidate for foster care (as
defined in section 475(13) of the Act), (2) pregnant/parenting
foster youth, and (3) the parents/kin caregivers of those children
and youth (sections 471(e), 474(a)(6), and 475(13) of the Act).
Title IV–E prevention services must be rated as promising,
supported, or well supported in accordance with HHS criteria and be
approved by HHS (section 471(e)(4)(C) of the Act) as part of the
title IV–E Prevention Services Clearinghouse (section 476(d)(2) of
the Act). A state or tribal title IV–E agency electing to
participate in the program must submit a five-year title IV–E
prevention program plan that meets the statutory requirements. (See
Program Instructions ACYF–CB–PI–18–09 and ACYF–CB–PI–18–10 for more
information.) The FFPSA also amended Section 474(a)(7) of the Act
to reimburse state and tribal IV–E agencies for a portion of the
costs of operating kinship navigator programs that meet certain
criteria. To qualify for funding under the title IV– E Kinship
Navigator program, the program must meet the requirements of a
kinship navigator program described in section 427(a)(1) of the
Act. The kinship navigator program must also meet practice criteria
of promising, supported, or well-supported in accordance with HHS
criteria and be approved by HHS (section 471(e)(4)(C) of the Act).
To begin participation in the title IV–E Kinship Navigator Program,
a title IV–E agency must submit an attachment to its title IV–E
plan that specifies the Kinship Navigator model it has chosen to
implement, the date on which the provision of program services
began or will begin, and that provides an assurance that the model
meets the requirements of section 427(a)(1) of the Act as well as a
brief narrative describing how the program will be operated.
(Please see Program Instruction ACYF–CB–PI–18–11 for additional
information.) In addition, as stated in the Transitional Payments
for the Title IV-E Prevention and Family Services and Programs
program instructions (ACYF-CB-PI-19-06) a state must complete and
submit the checklist in Attachment B of the PI, with all required
documentation, to request transitional payments for a title IV-E
prevention program or service which has not yet been rated by the
Clearinghouse. This request for a revision includes the addition of
the title IV-E prevention services plan and the title IV-E plan
attachment for the title IV-E kinship navigator program to the
title IV-E plan information collection. There are no changes to the
previously approved information collection.
This information collection was
last re-authorized 04/02/2019. Since then, changes to title IV–E
necessitated by passage of Public Law 115–123, which included the
Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and requires the
addition of the title IV-E prevention services plan and the title
IV-E plan attachment for the title IV-E kinship navigator program
to the title IV-E plan information collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
pi1906.pdf
Supporting statement 10-04-2019.docx
Title IV-E Kinship Navigator Program