Aid to Families With Dependent Children Program; Certain Provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990

Résumé

These final rules apply to State agencies administering the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. They implement three provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA 90), Public Law 101- 508. The changes delete all references to income-deeming by legal guardians in minor parent cases; expand State agency responsibility for reporting, to an appropriate agency or official, known or suspected instances of child abuse and neglect of a child receiving AFDC; and add an explicit reference to title IV-E on the list of programs for which information about AFDC applicants and recipients may be made available. In addition, the reference to tile IV-C from 45 CFR 205.50(a)(1)(A) was deleted since the WIN program is no longer operative. The regulatory provisions contained in these final rules reflect a direct implementation of the statutory requirements and do not include any changes to the interim final rules previously published on September 22, 1993.