(II) in the case of the earned income of a person with respect to whom subparagraph (A)(iv) has been applied for four consecutive months, shall not apply the provisions of subparagraph (A) (iv) for so long as he continues to receive aid under the plan and shall not apply such provisions to any month thereafter until the expiration of an additional period of twelve consecutive months during which he is not a recipient of such aid;1 (9) provide safeguards which restrict the use of disclosure of information concerning applicants or recipients to purposes directly connected with (A) the administration of the plan of the State approved under this part, the plan or program of the State under part B, C, or D of this title or under title I, X, XIV, XVI, XIX, or XX, or the supplemental security income program established by title XVI, (B) any investigation, prosecution, or criminal or civil proceeding, conducted in connection with the administration of any such plan or program, (C) the administration of any other Federal or federally assigned program which provides assistance, in cash or in kind, or services, directly to individuals on the basis of need, and (D) any audit or similar activity conducted in connection with the administration of any such plan or program by any governmental entity which is authorized by law to conduct such audit or activity; and the safeguards so provided shall prohibit disclosure, to any committee or legislative body (other than an entity referred to in clause (D) with respect to an activity referred to in such clause), of any information which identifies by name or address any such applicant or recipient; (10) (A) provide that all individuals wishing to make application for aid to families with dependent children shall have opportunity to do So, and that aid to families with dependent children shall, subject to paragraphs (25) and (26), be furnished with reasonable promptness to all eligible individuals; 3 and

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(B) provide than an application for aid under the plan will be effective no earlier than the date such application is filed with the State agency or local agency responsible for the administration of the State plan, and the amount payable for the month in which the application becomes effective, if such application becomes effective after the first day of such month, shall bear the same ratio to the amount which would be payable if the application had been effective on the first day of such month as the number of days in the month including and following the effective date of the application bears to the total number of days in such month; *

1 Sec. 402(a) (8) was amended by sec. 2301 of P.L. 97-35.

Sec. 402 (a) (9) was amended by P.L. 93-647, 94-88, and (effective Sept. 1, 1980) by sec. 403 of P.L. 96-265.

Secs. 402 (a) (10) and 402(a) (11) were amended by P.L. 93-647.

Par. (10) was amended by sec, 152 of P.L. 97-248.

(11) provide for prompt notice (including the transmittal of all relevant information) to the State child support collection agency (established pursuant to part D of this title) of the furnishing of aid to families with dependent children with respect to a child who has been deserted or abandoned by a parent (including a child born out of wedlock without regard to whether the paternity of such child has been established); 1

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(17) provide that if a person specified in paragraph (8) (A) (i) or (ii) receives in any month an amount of income which, together

of with all other income for that month not excluded under paragraph (8), exceeds the State's standard of need applicable to the family of which he is a member

(A) such amount of income shall be considered income to such individual in the month received, and the family of which such person is a member shall be ineligible for aid under the plan for the whole number of months that equals (i) the sum of such amount and all other income received in such month, not excluded under paragraph (8), divided by (ii) the standard of need applicable to such family, and

(B) any income remaining (which amount is less than the applicable monthly standard) shall be treated as income received in the first month following the period of ineligibility specified in subparagraph (A);

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(18) provide that no family shall be eligible for aid under the plan for any month if, for that month, the total income of the family (other than payments under the plan), without application of paragraph (8), other than paragraph 8(A)(v), exceeds 150 percent of the State's standard of need for a family of the same composition; 2

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(A) that every individual, as a condition of eligibility for aid under this part, shall register for manpower services, training, employment, and other employment-related activities (including employment search, not to exceed eight weeks in total in each year) with the Secretary of Labor as provided by regulations issued by him, unless such individual is

(i) a child who is under age 16 or attending, full-time, an elementary, secondary, or vocational (or technical) school; (ii) a person who is ill, incapacitated, or of advanced age; (iii) a person so remote from a work incentive project that his effective participation is precluded;

(iv) a person whose presence in the home is required because of illness or incapacity of another member of the household;

(v) the parent or other relative of a child under the age of six who is personally providing care for the child with only very brief and infrequent absences from the child;

1 Par. (17) was added by sec. 2304 of P.L. 97-35. See also sec. 159 of P.L. 97-248.

2 Par. (18) was added by sec. 2303 of P.L. 97-35 and amended by sec. 503(b) of P.L. 7-300.

(vi) the parent or other caretaker of a child who is deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental incapacity of a parent, if another adult relative is in the home and not excluded by clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this subparagraph (unless he has failed to register as required by this subparagraph, or has been found by the Secretary of Labor to have refused without good cause to participate under a work incentive program or accept employment as described in subparagraph (F) of this paragraph);

(vii) a person who is working not less than 30 hours per week; or

(viii) the parent of a child who is deprived of parental support or care by reason of the unemployment of a parent, if the other parent (who is the principal earner, as defined in section 407(d)) is not excluded by the preceding clauses of this subparagraph;

and that any individual referred to in clause (v) shall be advised of his or her option to register, if he or she so desires, pursuant to this paragraph, and shall be informed of the child care services (if any) which will be available to him or her in the event he or she should decide so to register;1

(B) that aid to families with dependent children under the plan will not be denied by reason of such registration or the individual's certification to the Secretary of Labor under subparagraph (G) of this paragraph, or by reason of an individual's participation on a project under the program established by section 432 (b) (2) or (3); *

(C) for arrangements to assure that there will be made a non-Federal contribution to the work incentive programs established by part C by appropriate agencies of the State or private organizations of 10 per centum of the cost of such programs, as specified in section 435 (b);

(D) that (i) training incentives authorized under section 434 shall be disregarded in determining the needs of an individual under section 402 (a) (7), and (ii) in determining such individual's needs the additional expenses attributable to his participation in a program established by section 432 (b) (2) or (3) shall be taken into account; 3

(E) [Repealed.]

1 Subpar. (A) was amended by sec. 401 of P.L. 96-265 effective Sept. 30, 1980 and secs. 2313 and 2314 of P.L. 97-35.

Subpar. (B) was amended by sec. 401 of P.L. 96-265 effective Sept. 30, 1980. * Subpar. (D) was amended by sec. 401 of P.L. 96-265.

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(30) at the option of the State, provide for the establishment and operation, in accordance with an (initial and annually updated) advance automatic data processing planning document approved under subsection (d), of an automated statewide management information system designed effectively and efficiently, to assist management in the administration of the State plan for aid to families with dependent children approved under this part, so as (A) to control and account for (i) all the factors in the total eligibility determination process under such plan for aid (including but not limited to (I) identifiable correlation factors (such as social security numbers, names, dates of birth, home addresses, and mailing addresses (including postal ZIP codes), of all applicants and recipients of such aid and the relative with whom any child who is such an applicant or recipient is living) Dar to assure sufficient compatibility among the systems of different jurisdictions to permit periodic screening to determine whether an individual is or has been receiving benefits from more than one jurisdiction, (II) checking records of applicants and recipients of such aid on a periodic basis with other agencies, both intra- and inter-State, for determination and verification of eligibility and payment pursuant ito requirements imposed by other provisions of this Act), (ii) the costs, quality, and delivery of funds and services furnished to applicants for and recipients of such aid, (B) to notify the appropriate officials of child support, food stamp, social service, and medical assistance programs approved under title XIX whenever the case becomes ineligible or the amount of aid or services is changed, and (C) p to provide for security against unauthorized access to, or use of, the ip data in such system; 1

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(31) provide that, in making the determination for any month under paragraph (7), the State agency shall take into consideration so much of the income of the dependent child's stepparent living in the same home as such child as exceeds the sum of (A) the first $75 of the total of such stepparent's earned income for such month (or such desser amount as the Secretary may prescribe in the case of an individJal not engaged in full-time employment or not employed throughout the month), (B) the State's standard of need under such plan for a family of the same composition as the stepparent and those other individuals living in the same household as the dependent child and laimed by such stepparent as dependents for purposes of determining is Federal personal income tax liability but whose needs are not taken nto account in making the determination under paragraph (7), (C) mounts paid by the stepparent to individuals not living in such houseold and claimed by him as dependents for purposes of determining his Federal personal income tax liability, and (D) payments by such

1 Par. (30) was added by sec. 406 of P.L. 96-265 effective July 1, 1981.