A prior section 627, act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, § 427, as added June 17, 1980, Puspan. L. 96–272, title I, § 103(span), 94 Stat. 519; amended Dec. 19, 1989, Puspan. L. 101–239, title X, § 10401(a), 103 Stat. 2487, related to foster care protection required for additional payments, prior to repeal by Puspan. L. 103–432, title II, § 202(c), (e), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4454, effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after Apr. 1, 1996.

2025—Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(A), substituted “Kinship navigators” for “Family connection grants” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(B)(ii), (iv)–(viii), struck out dash after “implementation of” and par. (1) designation before “a kinship navigator program”; redesignated subpars. (A) to (G) of former par. (1) as pars. (1) to (7), respectively; redesignated cls. (i) to (v) of former par. (1)(C) as subpars. (A) to (E), respectively, of par. (3); realigned margins; substituted “caregiving.” for “caregiving;” at end; and struck out former pars. (2) to (4) which related to implementation of intensive family-finding efforts, family group decision-making meetings, and residential family treatment programs, respectively.

Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(B)(i), substituted “administering programs to help” for “helping” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a)(1)(C)(v). Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(B)(iii), added cl. (v), which was subsequently redesignated subpar. (E) of par. (3).

Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(C)(i), struck out “1 or more of” after “used to implement”.

Subsec. (span)(3) to (5). Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(C)(ii), added par. (3) and redesignated former pars. (3) and (4) as (4) and (5), respectively.

Subsec. (span)(6). Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(C)(iii)–(v), added par. (6).

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(D), added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which related to federal contribution of a grant payment.

Subsec. (g). Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(E), substituted “Reservation of funds for technical assistance” for “Reservations of funds” in heading, struck out par. (2) designation and heading “Technical assistance” before “The Secretary may reserve”, substituted “section 629g(span)(6) of this title” for “subsection (h)”, and struck out par. (1). Prior to amendment, text of par. (1) read as follows: “The Secretary shall reserve 3 percent of the funds made available under subsection (h) for each fiscal year for the conduct of a rigorous evaluation of the activities funded with grants under this section.”

Subsec. (h). Puspan. L. 118–258, § 110(span)(1)(F), struck out subsec. (h). Text read as follows: “Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of making grants under this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014.”

2014—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 113–183, § 221(span), struck out “and” before “private” and inserted “and institutions of higher education (as defined under section 1001 of title 20),” after “arrangements,” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a)(1)(E). Puspan. L. 113–183, § 221(c), inserted “and other individuals who are willing and able to be foster parents for children in foster care under the responsibility of the State who are themselves parents” after “kinship care families”.

Subsec. (g)(1) to (3). Puspan. L. 113–183, § 221(d), redesignated pars. (2) and (3) as (1) and (2), respectively, and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text of par. (1) read as follows: “The Secretary shall reserve $5,000,000 of the funds made available under subsection (h) for each fiscal year for grants to implement kinship navigator programs described in subsection (a)(1).”

Subsec. (h). Puspan. L. 113–183, § 221(a), substituted “2014” for “2013”.

Amendment by Puspan. L. 118–258 effective Oct. 1, 2025, and applicable to payments under this part for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, with delay permitted if either State legislation or tribal action is required to meet additional requirements, see section 117 of Puspan. L. 118–258, set out as a note under section 622 of this title.

Puspan. L. 113–183, title II, § 221(e), Sept. 29, 2014, 128 Stat. 1943, provided that:

Section effective Oct. 7, 2008, and applicable to payments under this part and part E of this subchapter for quarters beginning on or after such date, with delay permitted if State legislation is required to meet additional requirements, see section 601 of Puspan. L. 110–351, set out as an Effective Date of 2008 Amendment note under section 671 of this title.