title: Implementation of section 403(a)(2) of Social Security Act; bonus to reward decrease in illegitimacy ratio.  Administration for Children and Families, HHS.  Final rule.
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.
mesh_terms: D004608:Eligibility Determination; D006801:Humans; D007086:Illegitimacy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010290:Parents; D012943:Social Security / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States