➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway
US: Trump 2019 Budget: Flexibility Beyond Family First Act, But with a Catch (Commentary)
Chronicle of Social Change – February 16, 2018
The White House budget offers a “flexible funding option for states and tribes to expand allowable uses of foster care maintenance and administration payments.” Under this structure, states could use IV-E money for any of the purposes and services authorized under IV-E and IV-B, which is a block grant states can use for the prevention of abuse and neglect, family preservation and the types of services permitted under the Family First Act.
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/youth-services-insider/trump-budget-flexibility-beyond-family-first-act-with-catch/29973