Implementation of Section 403(a)(2) of Social Security Act; Bonus To Reward Decrease in Illegitimacy Ratio
other · US Department of Health and Human Services · Rule · Published 1999-04-14 · Effective 1999-06-14 · 64 FR 18484
Document
Document number
99-8866
Federal Register citation
64 FR 18484
CFR reference
45 CFR 283
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Health and Human Services
Publication date
1999-04-14
Effective date
1999-06-14
Abstract
The Administration for Children and Families is issuing a final rule describing how we will award a bonus to those States that experience the largest decreases in out-of-wedlock childbearing and also reduce their abortion rates. The total amount of the bonus will be up to $100 million in each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002, and the award for each eligible State in a given year will be $25 million or less. This incentive provision is a part of the welfare reform block grant program enacted in 1996--the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, program.