103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2000

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1995

and for other purposes.and the Community Services Block Grant Act,through 1998 to carry out the Head Start Act
103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2000

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1995 through

1998 to carry out the Head Start Act and the Community Services Block Grant Act, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 TITLE I—HEAD START

4 PROGRAMS

5 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN TITLE.

6 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the

7 ‘‘Head Start Act Amendments of 1994’’.
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1 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise specifically

2 provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal

3 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal

4 of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be con5 sidered to be made to a section or other provision of the

6 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).

7 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

8 Section 637 (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended—

9 (1) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5);

10 (2) by striking paragraph (9) and inserting the

11 following new paragraph:

12 ‘‘(9) The term ‘poverty line’ means the income

13 official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Man14 agement and Budget, and revised annually in ac15 cordance with section 673(2) of the Community

16 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) appli17 cable to a family of the size involved.’’;

18 (3) by adding after paragraph (11) the follow19 ing new paragraphs:

20 ‘‘(12) The term ‘family literacy services’ in21 cludes activities including interactive literacy activi22 ties between parents and their children, training for

23 parents on techniques for being the primary teacher

24 of their children and full partners in the education
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1 of their children, parent literacy training, and early

2 childhood education.

3 ‘‘(13) The term ‘Indian tribe’ means any tribe,

4 band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or

5 community of Indians, including any Native village

6 described in section 3(c) of the Alaska Native

7 Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)) or estab8 lished pursuant to such Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et

9 seq.), that is recognized as eligible for the special

10 programs and services provided by the United States

11 to Indians because of their status as Indians.’’;

12 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8),

13 (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (7),

14 (8), (9), (11), (5), (6), (4), and (10), respectively;

15 and

16 (5)(A) by transferring paragraph (4), as so re17 designated, and inserting the paragraph after para18 graph (3);

19 (B) by transferring paragraphs (5) and (6), as

20 so redesignated, and inserting the paragraphs after

21 paragraph (4), as so redesignated; and

22 (C) by transferring paragraph (10), as so redes23 ignated, and inserting the paragraph after para24 graph (9), as so redesignated.
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1 SEC. 103. SERVICES.

2 Section 638(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 9833(a)(1)) is amended

3 by striking ‘‘health, nutritional, educational, social, and

4 other services’’ and inserting ‘‘health, education, parental

5 involvement, nutritional, social, and other services’’.

6 SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 Section 639 (42 U.S.C. 9834) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking all that follows

9 ‘‘subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be

10 necessary for fiscal year 1995 through 1998.’’; and

11 (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and in12 serting the following:

13 ‘‘(b) From the amount appropriated under subsection

14 (a), the Secretary shall make available—

15 ‘‘(1) $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

16 1995 through 1998 to—

17 ‘‘(A) carry out the Head Start Transition

18 Project Act; and

19 ‘‘(B) carry out activities authorized under

20 section 642(d); and

21 ‘‘(2) not more than $2,000,000 for fiscal year

22 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each

23 of the fiscal years 1996 through 1998, to carry out

24 longitudinal research under section 649(e).’’.
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1 SEC. 105. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

2 (a) ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS FOR QUALITY

3 IMPROVEMENT.—Section 640(a)(3) (42 U.S.C.

4 9835(a)(3)) is amended—

5 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and

6 (B) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;

7 (2) by striking ‘‘(3)(C)’’ and all that follows

8 through ‘‘quality improvement activities:’’ and in9 serting the following:

10 ‘‘(3)(A)(i) In order to provide assistance for activities

11 specified in subparagraph (C) directed at the goals speci12 fied in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall reserve, from

13 the amount (if any) by which the funds appropriated

14 under section 639(a) for a fiscal year exceed the adjusted

15 prior year appropriation, a share equal to the sum of—

16 ‘‘(I) 25 percent of such excess amount; and

17 ‘‘(II) any additional amount the Secretary may

18 find necessary to address a demonstrated need for

19 such activities.

20 ‘‘(ii) As used in clause (i), the term ‘adjusted prior

21 year appropriation’ means, with respect to a fiscal year,

22 the amount appropriated pursuant to section 639(a) for

23 the preceding fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the percent24 age change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban

25 Consumers (issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics)

26 during such preceding fiscal year.
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1 ‘‘(B) Funds reserved under this paragraph (referred

2 to in this paragraph as ‘quality improvement funds’) shall

3 be used to accomplish any or all of the following goals:

4 ‘‘(i) Ensuring that Head Start programs meet

5 or exceed performance standards pursuant to section

6 641A(a)(1)(A).

7 ‘‘(ii) Ensuring that such programs have ade8 quate qualified staff, and that such staff are fur9 nished adequate training.

10 ‘‘(iii) Ensuring that salary levels and benefits

11 are adequate to attract and retain qualified staff for

12 such programs.

13 ‘‘(iv) Using salary increases to improve staff

14 qualifications, and to assist with the implementation

15 of career development programs, for the staff of

16 Head Start programs.

17 ‘‘(v) Improving community-wide strategic plan18 ning and needs assessments for such programs.

19 ‘‘(vi) Ensuring that the physical environments

20 of Head Start programs are conducive to providing

21 effective program services to children and families.

22 ‘‘(vii) Making such other improvements in the

23 quality of such programs as the Secretary may des24 ignate.
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1 ‘‘(C) Quality improvement funds shall be used to

2 carry out any or all of the following activities:’’;

3 (3) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated in

4 paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following

5 new clause:

6 ‘‘(vii) Such other activities as the Secretary

7 may designate.’’; and

8 (4) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated in

9 paragraph (1)—

10 (A) in clause (i)—

11 (i) in the matter preceding subclause

12 (I), by striking ‘‘for the first, second, and

13 third fiscal years for which funds are so re14 served’’; and

15 (ii) in subclause (II), by inserting

16 ‘‘and Indian and migrant Head Start pro17 grams,’’ after ‘‘States,’’;

18 (B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii);

19 (C) in clause (iv)—

20 (i) by striking ‘‘To be expended’’ and

21 all that follows, through ‘‘reserved, funds’’

22 and inserting ‘‘Funds’’;

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ the first

24 place it appears and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’;
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1 (iii) by inserting before the period at

2 the end of the first sentence, ‘‘, for expend3 iture for activities specified in subpara4 graph (C)’’; and

5 (iv) by striking the second sentence;

6 (D) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘paragraphs

7 (2), (4), and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)

8 or (4)’’; and

9 (E) by striking clause (v) and redesignat10 ing clauses (iv) and (vi) as clauses (ii) and (iii),

11 respectively.

12 (b) FUNDS SET-ASIDE.—Section 640(a) (42 U.S.C.

13 9835(a)) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘through (5).’’

15 and inserting ‘‘through (4), and subject to para16 graphs (5) and (6).’’;

17 (2) in paragraph (2)—

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

19 ‘‘1990’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’; and

20 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting

21 ‘‘(including payments for all costs (other than

22 compensation of Federal employees) of reviews

23 of Head Start agencies and programs under

24 section 641A(c), and of activities related to the

25 development and implementation of quality im-
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1 provement plans under section 641A(d)(2))’’

2 after ‘‘Secretary’’;

3 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraph

4 (5)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph

5 (4)’’;

6 (4) by striking paragraph (4), and redesignat7 ing paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and

8 (7), respectively;

9 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated in para10 graph (4), by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject

11 to section 639(b), the’’; and

12 (6) by adding after paragraph (4), as redesig13 nated in paragraph (4), the following new para14 graphs:

15 ‘‘(5)(A) From amounts reserved and allotted pursu16 ant to paragraph (4), the Secretary shall reserve such

17 sums as may be necessary to award the collaboration

18 grants described in subparagraph (B).

19 ‘‘(B) From the reserved sums, the Secretary may

20 award a collaboration grant to each State to facilitate col21 laboration regarding activities carried out in the State

22 under this subchapter, and other activities carried out in,

23 and by, the State that are targeted to low-income children

24 and families.
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1 ‘‘(C) A State that receives a grant under subpara2 graph (B) shall—

3 ‘‘(i) appoint an individual to serve as a State li4 aison between—

5 ‘‘(I) agencies and individuals carrying out

6 Head Start programs in the State; and

7 ‘‘(II) agencies and entities carrying out

8 programs serving low-income children and fami9 lies;

10 ‘‘(ii) involve the State Head Start Association

11 in the selection of the individual, and involve the as12 sociation in determinations relating to the ongoing

13 direction of the collaboration;

14 ‘‘(iii) ensure that the individual holds a position

15 with sufficient authority and access to ensure that

16 the collaboration described in subparagraph (B) is

17 effective and involves a range of State agencies; and

18 ‘‘(iv) ensure that the collaboration described in

19 subparagraph (B) involves coordination of Head

20 Start services with health care, welfare, child care,

21 education, and national service activities, and activi22 ties relating to children with disabilities.

23 ‘‘(D) As used in this paragraph, the term ‘low-in24 come’, used with respect to children or families, shall not

25 be considered to refer only to children or families that
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1 meet the low-income criteria prescribed pursuant to sec2 tion 645(a)(1)(A).

3 ‘‘(6) From amounts reserved and allotted pursuant

4 to paragraphs (2) and (4), the Secretary shall use, for

5 grants for programs described in section 645A(a), a por6 tion of the combined total of such amounts equal to 3 per7 cent for fiscal year 1995, 4 percent for each of fiscal years

8 1996 and 1997, and 5 percent for fiscal year 1998, of

9 the amount appropriated pursuant to section 639(a).’’.

10 (c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

11 FOR PROGRAM EXPANSION.—Section 640(g) (42 U.S.C.

12 9835(g)) is amended—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)’’;

14 and

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new

16 paragraphs:

17 ‘‘(2) For the purpose of expanding Head Start pro18 grams, in allocating funds to an applicant within a State,

19 from amounts allotted to a State pursuant to subsection

20 (a)(4), the Secretary shall take into consideration—

21 ‘‘(A) the quality of the applicant’s programs

22 (including Head Start and other child care or child

23 development programs) in existence on the date of

24 the allocation, including, in the case of Head Start

25 programs in existence on the date of the allocation,
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1 the extent to which such programs meet or exceed

2 performance standards and other requirements

3 under this subchapter;

4 ‘‘(B) the applicant’s capacity to expand services

5 (including, in the case of Head Start programs in

6 existence on the date of the allocation, whether the

7 applicant accomplished any prior expansions in an

8 effective and timely manner);

9 ‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant has un10 dertaken community-wide strategic planning and

11 needs assessments involving other community orga12 nizations serving children and families;

13 ‘‘(D) the numbers of eligible children in each

14 community who are not participating in a Head

15 Start program; and

16 ‘‘(E) the concentration of low-income families in

17 each community.

18 ‘‘(3) In determining the amount of funds reserved

19 pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2)

20 to be used for expanding Head Start programs under this

21 subchapter, the Secretary shall take into consideration, to

22 the extent appropriate, the factors specified in paragraph

23 (2).’’.

24 (d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 640(h) (42

25 U.S.C. 9835(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘Each Head Start
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1 program may’’ and inserting ‘‘Financial assistance pro2 vided under this subchapter may be used by each Head

3 Start program to’’.

4 (e) COMPENSATION.—Section 640 (42 U.S.C. 9835)

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section:

7 ‘‘(j) Any agency that receives financial assistance

8 under this subchapter to improve the compensation of

9 staff who provide services under this Act shall use the fi10 nancial assistance to improve the compensation of such

11 staff, regardless of whether the agency has the ability to

12 improve the compensation of staff employed by the agency

13 who do not provide Head Start services.’’.

14 SEC. 106. REPORT.

15 Section 640A (42 U.S.C. 9835a) is repealed.

16 SEC. 107. DESIGNATION.

17 (a) INDIAN RESERVATIONS.—Section 641(b) (42

18 U.S.C. 9836(b)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Indian

19 reservation’’ the following: ‘‘(including members of Indian

20 tribes living near the reservation)’’.

21 (b) DESIGNATION OF AGENCIES—Section 641(c) (42

22 U.S.C. 9836(c)) is amended—

23 (1) by striking paragraphs (2) through (4);

24 (2) in the first sentence—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘(subject to paragraph

2 (2))’’ before ‘‘, the Secretary shall give prior3 ity’’; and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘unless’’ and all that fol5 lows through the end of subparagraph (A) and

6 inserting the following: ‘‘unless the Secretary

7 makes a finding that the agency involved fails

8 to meet program, financial management, and

9 other requirements established by the Sec10 retary.’’;

11 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as para12 graph (2);

13 (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘except that, if’’ and in15 serting ‘‘If’’; and

16 (B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and

17 inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;

18 (5) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding any other pro19 vision of this paragraph’’ and inserting the follow20 ing:

21 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of

22 this subsection’’; and

23 (6) by aligning the margins of paragraph (2)

24 with the margins of paragraph (3).
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1 (c) CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNATING NEW HEAD

2 START AGENCIES.—Section 641(d) (42 U.S.C. 9836(d))

3 is amended—

4 (1) in the first sentence, by striking all that

5 precedes ‘‘then the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘If no

6 entity in a community is entitled to the priority

7 specified in subsection (c),’’;

8 (2) by striking the second sentence;

9 (3) in the third sentence—

10 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),

11 by striking ‘‘and subject to the preceding sen12 tence’’; and

13 (B) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(4) the plan of such applicant—

15 ‘‘(A) to seek the involvement of parents of

16 participating children in activities designed to

17 help such parents become full partners in the

18 education of their children;

19 ‘‘(B) to afford such parents the oppor20 tunity to participate in the development, con21 duct, and overall performance of the program

22 at the local level;

23 ‘‘(C) to offer (directly or through referral

24 to local entities, such as entities carrying out

25 Even Start programs under part B of chapter
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1 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary

2 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2741 et

3 seq.)) to such parents—

4 ‘‘(i) family literacy services; and

5 ‘‘(ii) parenting skills training;

6 ‘‘(D) at the option of such applicant, to

7 offer (directly or through referral to local enti8 ties) to such parents—

9 ‘‘(i) parental social self-sufficiency

10 training;

11 ‘‘(ii) substance abuse counseling; or

12 ‘‘(iii) any other activity designed to

13 help such parents become full partners in

14 the education of their children; and

15 ‘‘(E) to provide, with respect to each par16 ticipating family, a family needs assessment

17 that includes consultation with such parents

18 about the benefits of parent involvement and

19 about the activities described in subparagraphs

20 (C) and (D) in which such parents may choose

21 to become involved (taking into consideration

22 their specific family needs, work schedules, and

23 other responsibilities);’’;

24 (4) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after

25 the semicolon;
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1 (5) by striking paragraph (8); and

2 (6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para3 graph (8).

4 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 641 (42

5 U.S.C. 9836) is amended—

6 (1) by striking subsection (f); and

7 (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub8 section (f).

9 SEC. 108. MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE.

10 The Act is amended by inserting after section 641

11 (42 U.S.C. 9836) the following new section:

12 ‘‘SEC. 641A. QUALITY STANDARDS; MONITORING OF HEAD

13 START AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.

14 ‘‘(a) QUALITY STANDARDS.—

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—The

16 Secretary shall establish by regulation standards ap17 plicable to Head Start agencies, programs, and

18 projects under this subchapter, including—

19 ‘‘(A) performance standards with respect

20 to services required to be provided, including

21 health, education, parental involvement, nutri22 tional, social, and other services;

23 ‘‘(B) administrative and financial manage24 ment standards;
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1 ‘‘(C) standards relating to the condition

2 and location of facilities for such agencies, pro3 grams, and projects; and

4 ‘‘(D) such other standards as the Sec5 retary finds to be appropriate.

6 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The regula7 tions promulgated under this subsection shall estab8 lish the minimum levels of overall accomplishment

9 that a Head Start agency shall achieve in order to

10 meet the standards specified in paragraph (1).

11 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPING STAND12 ARDS.—In developing the regulations required under

13 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—

14 ‘‘(A) consult with experts in the fields of

15 child development, early childhood education,

16 family services, administration, and financial

17 management, and with persons with experience

18 in the operation of Head Start programs;

19 ‘‘(B) take into consideration—

20 ‘‘(i) past experience with use of the

21 standards in effect under this subchapter

22 on the date of enactment of this section;

23 ‘‘(ii) changes over the period since the

24 date of enactment of this Act in the cir25 cumstances and problems typically facing
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1 children and families served by Head Start

2 agencies;

3 ‘‘(iii) developments concerning best

4 practices with respect to child development,

5 children with disabilities, family services,

6 program administration, and financial

7 management; and

8 ‘‘(iv) projected needs of an expanding

9 Head Start program; and

10 ‘‘(C)(i) not later than 1 year after the date

11 of enactment of this section, review and revise

12 as necessary the performance standards in ef13 fect under 651(b) on the day before the date of

14 enactment of this section; and

15 ‘‘(ii) ensure that any such revisions in the

16 performance standards will not result in the

17 elimination of or any reduction in the scope or

18 types of health, education, parental involve19 ment, nutritional, social, or other services re20 quired to be provided under such standards as

21 in effect on November 2, 1978.

22 ‘‘(4) STANDARDS RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS

23 TO DELEGATE AGENCIES.—In developing standards

24 under this subsection, the Secretary shall describe

25 the obligations of a Head Start agency to an agency
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1 (referred to in this subchapter as the ‘delegate agen2 cy’) to which the Head Start agency has delegated

3 responsibility for providing services under this sub4 chapter and determine whether the Head Start

5 agency complies with the standards. The Secretary

6 shall consider such compliance during the review de7 scribed in subsection (c)(1)(A) and in determining

8 whether to renew financial assistance to the Head

9 Start agency under this subchapter.

10 ‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after

12 the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary,

13 in consultation with representatives of Head Start

14 agencies and with experts in the fields of child devel15 opment, family services, and program management,

16 shall develop methods and procedures for measuring,

17 annually and over longer periods, the quality and ef18 fectiveness of programs operated by Head Start

19 agencies (referred to in this subchapter as ‘perform20 ance measures’).

21 ‘‘(2) DESIGN OF MEASURES.—The performance

22 measures developed under this subsection shall be

23 designed—

24 ‘‘(A) to assess the various services provided

25 by Head Start programs and, to the extent the
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1 Secretary finds appropriate, administrative and

2 financial management practices of such pro3 grams;

4 ‘‘(B) to be adaptable for use in self-assess5 ment and peer review of individual Head Start

6 agencies and programs; and

7 ‘‘(C) for other program purposes as deter8 mined by the Secretary.

9 ‘‘(3) USE OF MEASURES.—The Secretary shall

10 use the performance measures developed pursuant to

11 this subsection—

12 ‘‘(A) to identify strengths and weaknesses

13 in the operation of Head Start programs na14 tionally and by region; and

15 ‘‘(B) to identify problem areas that may

16 require additional training and technical assist17 ance resources.

18 ‘‘(c) MONITORING OF LOCAL AGENCIES AND PRO19 GRAMS.—

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to determine

21 whether Head Start agencies meet standards estab22 lished under this subchapter with respect to pro23 gram, administrative, financial management, and

24 other requirements, the Secretary shall conduct the

25 following reviews of designated Head Start agencies,
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1 and of the Head Start programs operated by such

2 agencies:

3 ‘‘(A) A full review of each such agency at

4 least once during each 3-year period.

5 ‘‘(B) A review of each newly designated

6 agency immediately after the completion of the

7 first year such agency carries out a Head Start

8 program.

9 ‘‘(C) Followup reviews including prompt

10 return visits to agencies and programs that fail

11 to meet the standards.

12 ‘‘(D) Other reviews as appropriate.

13 ‘‘(2) CONDUCT OF REVIEWS.—The Secretary

14 shall ensure that reviews described in subparagraphs

15 (A) through (C) of paragraph (1)—

16 ‘‘(A) are performed, to the maximum ex17 tent practicable, by employees of the Depart18 ment of Health and Human Services who are

19 knowledgeable about Head Start programs; and

20 ‘‘(B) are supervised by such an employee

21 at the site of such Head Start agency.

22 ‘‘(d) CORRECTIVE ACTION; TERMINATION.—

23 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION.—If the Secretary deter24 mines, on the basis of a review pursuant to sub25 section (c), that a Head Start agency designated
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1 pursuant to section 641 fails to meet the standards

2 described in subsection (c), the Secretary shall—

3 ‘‘(A) inform the agency of the deficiencies

4 that shall be corrected;

5 ‘‘(B) with respect to each identified defi6 ciency, require the agency—

7 ‘‘(i) to correct the deficiency imme8 diately; or

9 ‘‘(ii) at the discretion of the Secretary

10 (taking into consideration the seriousness

11 of the deficiency and the time reasonably

12 required to correct the deficiency), to com13 ply with the requirements of paragraph (2)

14 concerning a quality improvement plan;

15 and

16 ‘‘(C) initiate proceedings to terminate the

17 designation of the agency unless the agency cor18 rects the deficiency.

19 ‘‘(2) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—

20 ‘‘(A) AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.—In

21 order to retain a designation as a Head Start

22 agency under this subchapter, a Head Start

23 agency that is the subject of a determination

24 described in paragraph (1) (other than an agen-
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1 cy able to correct a deficiency immediately)

2 shall—

3 ‘‘(i) develop in a timely manner, ob4 tain the approval of the Secretary regard5 ing, and implement a quality improvement

6 plan that specifies—

7 ‘‘(I) the deficiencies to be cor8 rected;

9 ‘‘(II) the actions to be taken to

10 correct such deficiencies; and

11 ‘‘(III) the timetable for accom12 plishment of the corrective actions

13 specified; and

14 ‘‘(ii) eliminate each deficiency identi15 fied, not later than the date for elimination

16 of such deficiency specified in such plan

17 (which shall not be later than 1 year after

18 the date the agency received notice of the

19 determination and of the specific deficiency

20 to be corrected).

21 ‘‘(B) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Not

22 later than 30 days after receiving from a Head

23 Start agency a proposed quality improvement

24 plan pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Sec25 retary shall either approve such proposed plan
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1 or specify the reasons why the proposed plan

2 cannot be approved.

3 ‘‘(3) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

4 The Secretary shall provide training and technical

5 assistance to Head Start agencies with respect to

6 the development or implementation of such quality

7 improvement plans to the extent the Secretary finds

8 such provision to be feasible and appropriate given

9 available funding and other statutory responsibil10 ities.

11 ‘‘(e) SUMMARIES OF MONITORING OUTCOMES.—The

12 Secretary shall publish annually, following the end of each

13 fiscal year, a summary report on the findings of reviews

14 conducted under subsection (c), and on the outcomes of

15 quality improvement plans implemented under subsection

16 (d), during such fiscal year.’’.

17 SEC. 109. TRANSITION COORDINATION WITH SCHOOLS AND

18 PARENT INVOLVEMENT.

19 Section 642 (42 U.S.C. 9837) is amended—

20 (1) in subsection (b)—

21 (A) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(4) seek the involvement of parents of partici23 pating children in activities designed to help

24 such parents become full partners in the edu25 cation of their children, and to afford such par-
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1 ents the opportunity to participate in the devel2 opment, conduct, and overall performance of

3 the program at the local level;’’;

4 (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and’’

5 after the semicolon;

6 (C) by striking paragraph (6);

7 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and

8 (7) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and

9 (E) by inserting after paragraph (4) the

10 following new paragraphs: ‘‘(5) offer (directly

11 or through referral to local entities, such as en12 tities carrying out Even Start programs under

13 part B of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary

14 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20

15 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)), to parents of participat16 ing children, family literacy services and

17 parenting skills training; (6) at the option of

18 such agency, offer (directly or through referral

19 to local entities), to such parents, parental so20 cial self-sufficiency training, substance abuse

21 counseling, or any other activity designed to

22 help such parents become full partners in the

23 education of their children; (7) provide, with re24 spect to each participating family, a family

25 needs assessment that includes consultation
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1 with such parents about the benefits of parent

2 involvement and about the activities described

3 in paragraphs (4) through (6) in which such

4 parents may choose to be involved (taking into

5 consideration their specific family needs, work

6 schedules, and other responsibilities);’’;

7 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘schools that

8 will subsequently serve children in Head Start pro9 grams,’’; and

10 (3) by adding after subsection (c) the following

11 new subsection:

12 ‘‘(d)(1) Each Head Start agency shall carry out the

13 actions specified in this subsection, to the extent feasible

14 and appropriate in the circumstances (including the extent

15 to which such agency is able to secure the cooperation of

16 parents and schools) to enable children to maintain the

17 developmental gains achieved in Head Start programs and

18 to build upon such gains in further schooling.

19 ‘‘(2) The Head Start agency shall take steps to co20 ordinate with the local educational agency (as defined in

21 section 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu22 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)) serving the com23 munity involved and with schools in which children partici24 pating in a Head Start program operated by such agency

25 will enroll following such program, including—
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1 ‘‘(A) developing and implementing a systematic

2 procedure for transferring Head Start program

3 records for each participating child to the school in

4 which such child will enroll;

5 ‘‘(B) establishing channels of communication

6 between Head Start staff and their counterparts in

7 the schools (including teachers, social workers, and

8 health staff) to facilitate coordination of programs;

9 ‘‘(C) conducting meetings involving parents,

10 kindergarten or elementary school teachers, and

11 Head Start program teachers to discuss the devel12 opmental and other needs of individual children; and

13 ‘‘(D) organizing and participating in joint tran14 sition-related training of school staff and Head Start

15 staff.

16 ‘‘(3) In order to promote the continued involvement

17 of the parents of children that participate in Head Start

18 programs in the education of their children upon transi19 tion to school, the Head Start agency shall—

20 ‘‘(A) provide training to the parents—

21 ‘‘(i) to inform the parents about their

22 rights and responsibilities concerning the edu23 cation of their children; and

24 ‘‘(ii) to enable the parents to understand

25 and work with schools in order to communicate
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1 with teachers and other school personnel, to

2 support the school work of their children, and

3 to participate as appropriate in decisions relat4 ing to the education of their children; and

5 ‘‘(B) take other actions, as appropriate and fea6 sible, to support the active involvement of the par7 ents with schools, school personnel, and school-relat8 ed organizations.

9 ‘‘(4) The Secretary of Health and Human Services

10 and the Secretary of Education shall assess the results

11 of the activities funded under the Head Start Transition

12 Project Act (42 U.S.C. 9855 et seq.) and shall work to13 gether to provide technical assistance to enable commu14 nities to implement proposed practices emerging from the

15 activities, to improve the Head Start programs and pro16 grams of the schools.’’.

17 SEC. 110. FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIRE18 MENTS.

19 Section 644 (42 U.S.C. 9839) is amended—

20 (1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘guidelines,

21 instructions,’’;

22 (2) in subsection (f)—

23 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking

24 ‘‘640(a)(3)(A)(v)’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘640(a)(3)(C)(v)’’; and
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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(3) Upon a determination by the Secretary that

4 suitable facilities are not otherwise available to Indian

5 tribes to carry out Head Start programs, and that the lack

6 of suitable facilities will inhibit the operation of such pro7 grams, the Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary,

8 may authorize the use of financial assistance, from the

9 amount reserved under section 640(a)(2)(A), to make pay10 ments for the purchase of facilities owned by such tribes.

11 The amount of such a payment for such a facility shall

12 not exceed the fair market value of the facility.’’; and

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub14 sections:

15 ‘‘(g)(1) Upon a determination by the Secretary that

16 suitable facilities (including public school facilities) are not

17 otherwise available to Indian tribes, rural communities,

18 and other low-income communities to carry out Head

19 Start programs, that the lack of suitable facilities will in20 hibit the operation of such programs, and that construc21 tion of such facilities is more cost effective than purchase

22 of available facilities or renovation, the Secretary, in the

23 discretion of the Secretary, may authorize the use of fi24 nancial assistance under this subchapter to make pay25 ments for capital expenditures related to facilities that will
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1 be used to carry out such programs. The Secretary shall

2 establish uniform procedures for Head Start agencies to

3 request approval for such payments, and shall promote,

4 the extent practicable, the collocation of Head Start pro5 grams with other programs serving low-income children

6 and families.

7 ‘‘(2) Such payments may be used for capital expendi8 tures (including paying the cost of amortizing the prin9 cipal, and paying interest on, loans) such as expenditures

10 for—

11 ‘‘(A) construction of facilities that are not in

12 existence on the date of the determination;

13 ‘‘(B) major renovation of facilities in existence

14 on such date; and

15 ‘‘(C) purchase of vehicles used for programs

16 conducted at the Head Start facilities.

17 ‘‘(3) All laborers and mechanics employed by contrac18 tors or subcontractors in the construction or renovation

19 of facilities to be used to carry out Head Start programs

20 shall be paid wages at not less than those prevailing on

21 similar construction in the locality, as determined by the

22 Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March

23 3, 1931, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a et seq., commonly

24 known as the ‘Davis-Bacon Act’).
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1 ‘‘(h) In all personnel actions of the American Indian

2 Programs Branch of the Head Start Bureau of the Ad3 ministration for Children and Families, the Secretary shall

4 give the same preference to individuals who are members

5 of an Indian tribe as the Secretary gives to a disabled vet6 eran, as defined in section 2108(3)(C) of title 5, United

7 States Code. The Secretary shall take such additional ac8 tions as may be necessary to promote recruitment of such

9 individuals for employment in the Administration.’’.

10 SEC. 111. PARTICIPATION.

11 Section 645 (42 U.S.C. 9840) is amended

12 (1) in subsection (c)—

13 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘may

14 provide’’ and all that follows and inserting

15 ‘‘shall be permitted to provide more than 1 year

16 of Head Start services to eligible children in the

17 State.’’; and

18 (B) by striking the second sentence; and

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub20 section:

21 ‘‘(d)(1) An Indian tribe that—

22 ‘‘(A) operates a Head Start program;

23 ‘‘(B) enrolls as participants in the program all

24 children in the community served by the tribe (in25 cluding a community with a near-reservation des-
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1 ignation, as defined by the Bureau of Indian Af2 fairs) from families that meet the low-income cri3 teria prescribed under subsection (a)(1)(A); and

4 ‘‘(C) has the resources to enroll additional chil5 dren in the community who do not meet the low-in6 come criteria;

7 may enroll such additional children in a Head Start pro8 gram, in accordance with this subsection, if the program

9 predominantly serves children who meet the low-income

10 criteria.

11 ‘‘(2) The Indian tribe shall enroll the children in the

12 Head Start program in accordance with such requirements

13 as the Secretary may specify by regulation promulgated

14 after consultation with Indian tribes.

15 ‘‘(3) In providing services through a Head Start pro16 gram to such children, the Indian tribe may not use funds

17 that the Secretary has determined, in accordance with sec18 tion 640(g)(3), are to be used for expanding Head Start

19 programs under this subchapter.’’.

20 SEC. 112. INITIATIVE ON FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND

21 TODDLERS.

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Act is amended by add23 ing after section 645 (42 U.S.C. 9840) the following new

24 section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 645A. PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND

2 TODDLERS.

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make

4 grants, in accordance with the provisions of this section

5 for—

6 ‘‘(1) programs providing family-centered serv7 ices for low-income families with very young children

8 designed to promote the development of the children,

9 and to enable their parents to fulfill their roles as

10 parents and to move toward self-sufficiency; and

11 ‘‘(2) provision of training and technical assist12 ance to entities carrying out programs, and evalua13 tion of programs, that were supported under the

14 Comprehensive Child Development Act (42 U.S.C.

15 9881 et seq.), as in effect on the day before the date

16 of enactment of this section.

17 ‘‘(b) SCOPE AND DESIGN OF PROGRAMS.—In carry18 ing out a program described in subsection (a), an entity

19 receiving assistance under this section shall—

20 ‘‘(1) provide, either directly or through referral,

21 early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child

22 development and family support services that will

23 enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellec24 tual development of participating children;
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1 ‘‘(2) ensure that the level of services provided

2 to families responds to their needs and cir3 cumstances;

4 ‘‘(3) promote positive parent-child interactions;

5 ‘‘(4) provide services to parents to support their

6 role as parents and to help the families move toward

7 self-sufficiency (including educational and employ8 ment services as appropriate);

9 ‘‘(5) coordinate services with services provided

10 by programs in the State and programs in the com11 munity to ensure a comprehensive array of services

12 (such as health and mental health services);

13 ‘‘(6) ensure formal linkages with local Head

14 Start programs in order to provide for continuity of

15 services for children and families;

16 ‘‘(7) in the case of a Head Start agency that

17 operates a program and that also provides Head

18 Start services through the age of mandatory school

19 attendance, ensure that children and families partici20 pating in the program receive such services through

21 such age; and

22 ‘‘(8) meet such other requirements concerning

23 design and operation of the program described in

24 subsection (a) as the Secretary may establish.
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1 ‘‘(c) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.—Persons

2 who may participate in programs described in subsection

3 (a)(1) include—

4 ‘‘(1) pregnant women; and

5 ‘‘(2) families with children under age 3 (or

6 under age 5, in the case of children served by an en7 tity specified in subsection (e)(3));

8 who meet the income criteria specified for families in sec9 tion 645(a)(1).

10 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—To be eligible

11 to receive assistance under this section, an entity shall

12 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in

13 such manner, and containing such information as the Sec14 retary may require. Entities that may apply to carry out

15 activities under this section include—

16 ‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs

17 under this subchapter;

18 ‘‘(2) entities that, on the day before the date of

19 enactment of this section, were operating—

20 ‘‘(A) Parent-Child Centers receiving finan21 cial assistance under section 640(a)(4), as in ef22 fect on such date; or

23 ‘‘(B) programs receiving financial assist24 ance under the Comprehensive Child Develop25 ment Act, as in effect on such date; and
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1 ‘‘(3) other public entities, and nonprofit private

2 entities, capable of providing child and family serv3 ices that meet the standards for participation in pro4 grams under this subchapter and meet such other

5 appropriate requirements relating to the activities

6 under this section as the Secretary may establish.

7 ‘‘(e) TIME-LIMITED PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN ENTI8 TIES.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts allotted

10 pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (4) of section

11 640(a), the Secretary shall provide financial assist12 ance in accordance with paragraphs (2) through (4).

13 ‘‘(2) PARENT-CHILD CENTERS.—The Secretary

14 shall make financial assistance available under this

15 section for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and

16 1997 to any entity that—

17 ‘‘(A) complies with subsection (b); and

18 ‘‘(B) received funding as a Parent-Child

19 Center pursuant to section 640(a)(4), as in ef20 fect on the day before the date of enactment of

21 this section, for fiscal year 1994.

22 ‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT

23 CENTERS.—

24 ‘‘(A) In the case of an entity that received

25 a grant for fiscal year 1994 to operate a project
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1 under the Comprehensive Child Development

2 Act, the Secretary—

3 ‘‘(i) shall make financial assistance

4 available under this section, in a com5 parable amount and scope to the assistance

6 provided for fiscal year 1994, for the dura7 tion of the project period specified in the

8 grant award to such entity under such Act;

9 and

10 ‘‘(ii) shall permit such entity, in car11 rying out activities assisted under this sec12 tion, to serve children from birth through

13 age 5.

14 ‘‘(B) In the case of an entity that received

15 a grant for fiscal year 1989 to operate a project

16 under the Comprehensive Child Development

17 Act, the Secretary shall make assistance avail18 able under this section for each of fiscal years

19 1995, 1996, and 1997 to any entity that com20 plies with subsection (b).

21 ‘‘(4) EVALUATIONS, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL

22 ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall make financial

23 assistance available under this section as necessary

24 to provide for the evaluation of, and furnishing of
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1 training and technical assistance to, programs speci2 fied in paragraph (3)(A).

3 ‘‘(f) SELECTION OF OTHER GRANT RECIPIENTS.—

4 From the balance remaining of the portion specified in

5 section 640(a)(6), after making grants to the eligible enti6 ties specified in subsection (e), the Secretary shall award

7 grants under this subsection on a competitive basis to ap8 plicants meeting the criteria specified in subsection (d)

9 (giving priority to entities with a record of providing early,

10 continuous, and comprehensive childhood development and

11 family services).

12 ‘‘(g) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants to eligible

13 applicants under this section, the Secretary shall—

14 ‘‘(1) ensure an equitable national geographic

15 distribution of the grants; and

16 ‘‘(2) award grants to applicants proposing to

17 serve communities in rural areas and to applicants

18 proposing to serve communities in urban areas.

19 ‘‘(h) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—

20 ‘‘(1) GUIDELINES.—Not later than September

21 30, 1994, the Secretary shall develop program

22 guidelines concerning the content and operation of

23 programs assisted under this section—
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1 ‘‘(A) in consultation with experts in early

2 childhood development, experts in health, and

3 experts in family services; and

4 ‘‘(B) taking into consideration the knowl5 edge and experience gained from other early

6 childhood programs, including programs under

7 the Comprehensive Child Development Act.

8 ‘‘(2) STANDARDS.—Not later than December

9 30, 1994, the Secretary shall develop and publish

10 performance standards for programs assisted under

11 this section, and a grant announcement based on the

12 guidelines developed under paragraph (1).

13 ‘‘(3) MONITORING, TRAINING, TECHNICAL AS14 SISTANCE, AND EVALUATION.—In order to ensure

15 the successful operation of programs assisted under

16 this section, the Secretary shall use funds from the

17 balance described in subsection (f) to monitor the

18 operation of such programs, evaluate their effective19 ness, and provide training and technical assistance

20 tailored to the particular needs of such programs.’’.

21 (b) CONSOLIDATION.—In recognition that the Com22 prehensive Child Development Centers Act has dem23 onstrated positive results, and that its purposes and func24 tions have been consolidated into section 645A of the

25 Head Start Act, the Comprehensive Child Development
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1 Centers Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) and the Com2 prehensive Child Development Act (42 U.S.C. 9881 et

3 seq.) are repealed.

4 SEC. 113. APPEALS, NOTICE, AND HEARING.

5 (a) MEDIATION AND HEARING FOR DISPUTES WITH

6 DELEGATE AGENCIES.—Section 646(a) (42 U.S.C.

7 9841(a)) is amended—

8 (1) at the end of paragraph (2), by striking

9 ‘‘and’’;

10 (2) at the end of paragraph (3), by striking the

11 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new

13 paragraph:

14 ‘‘(4) the Secretary shall develop and publish

15 procedures (including mediation procedures) to be

16 used in order to—

17 ‘‘(A) resolve in a timely manner conflicts

18 potentially leading to adverse action between—

19 ‘‘(i) recipients of financial assistance

20 under this subchapter; and

21 ‘‘(ii) delegate agencies or Head Start

22 Parent Policy Councils; and

23 ‘‘(B) avoid the need for an administrative

24 hearing.’’.
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1 (b) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION NOT STAYED

2 PENDING APPEAL.—Section 646 (42 U.S.C. 9841) is fur3 ther amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

4 following new subsection:

5 ‘‘(b) In prescribing procedures for the mediation de6 scribed in subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall specify—

7 ‘‘(1) the date by which a Head Start agency en8 gaged in a conflict described in subsection (a)(4) will

9 notify the appropriate regional office of the Depart10 ment of the conflict;

11 ‘‘(2) a reasonable period for the mediation;

12 ‘‘(3) a timeline for an administrative hearing, if

13 necessary, to resolve the conflict; and

14 ‘‘(4) a timeline by which the person conducting

15 the administrative hearing shall issue a decision

16 based on the hearing.

17 ‘‘(c) In any case in which a termination, reduction,

18 or suspension of financial assistance under this subchapter

19 is upheld in an administrative hearing under this section,

20 such termination, reduction, or suspension shall not be

21 stayed pending any judicial appeal of such administrative

22 decision.

23 ‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary shall by regulation specify a

24 process by which an Indian tribe may identify and estab25 lish an alternative agency, and request that the alternative
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1 agency be designated under section 641 as the Head Start

2 agency providing services to the tribe, if—

3 ‘‘(A) the Secretary terminates financial assist4 ance under section 646 to the only agency that was

5 receiving financial assistance to provide Head Start

6 services to the Indian tribe; and

7 ‘‘(B) the tribe would otherwise be precluded

8 from providing such services to the members of the

9 tribe.

10 ‘‘(2) The regulation required by this subsection shall

11 prohibit such designation of an alternative agency that in12 cludes an employee who—

13 ‘‘(A) served on the administrative staff or pro14 gram staff of the agency described in paragraph

15 (1)(A); and

16 ‘‘(B) was responsible for a deficiency that—

17 ‘‘(i) relates to the performance standards

18 or financial management standards described in

19 section 641A(a)(1); and

20 ‘‘(ii) was the basis for the termination of

21 financial assistance described in paragraph

22 (1)(A);

23 as determined by the Secretary after providing the

24 notice and opportunity described in subsection

25 (a)(3).’’.
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1 SEC. 114. GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR TRAINING AND

2 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

3 Section 648 (42 U.S.C. 9843) is amended—

4 (1) in the section heading to read as follows:

5 ‘‘TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING’’;

6 (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Head

7 Start programs, including’’ and inserting ‘‘Head

8 Start programs, in accordance with the process, and

9 the provisions for allocating resources, set forth in

10 subsections (b) and (c). The Secretary shall provide,

11 either directly or through grants or other arrange12 ments,’’;

13 (3)(A) by redesignating the final sentence of

14 subsection (a), as amended by paragraph (2), as

15 subsection (e);

16 (B) by transferring such subsection to the end

17 of the section; and

18 (C) by indenting such subsection and aligning

19 the margins of such subsection with the margins of

20 subsection (d);

21 (4) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and

22 (5) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow23 ing new subsections:

24 ‘‘(b) The process for determining the technical assist25 ance and training activities to be carried out under this

26 section shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) ensure that the needs of local Head Start

2 agencies and programs relating to improving pro3 gram quality and to program expansion are ad4 dressed to the maximum extent feasible; and

5 ‘‘(2) incorporate mechanisms to ensure respon6 siveness to local needs, including an ongoing proce7 dure for obtaining input from the individuals and

8 agencies carrying out Head Start programs.

9 ‘‘(c) In allocating resources for technical assistance

10 and training under this section, the Secretary shall—

11 ‘‘(1) give priority consideration to activities to

12 correct program and management deficiencies identi13 fied through reviews pursuant to section 641A(c)

14 (including the provision of assistance to local pro15 grams in the development of quality improvement

16 plans under section 641A(d)(2));

17 ‘‘(2) address the training and career develop18 ment needs of classroom staff (including instruction

19 for providing services to children with disabilities)

20 and nonclassroom staff, including home visitors and

21 other staff working directly with families, including

22 training relating to increasing parent involvement

23 and services designed to increase family literacy and

24 improve parenting skills;
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1 ‘‘(3) assist Head Start agencies and programs

2 in conducting and participating in communitywide

3 strategic planning and needs assessment;

4 ‘‘(4) assist Head Start agencies and programs

5 in the development of sound management practices,

6 including financial management procedures; and

7 ‘‘(5) assist in efforts to secure and maintain

8 adequate facilities for Head Start programs.’’.

9 SEC. 115. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

10 The Head Start Act is amended by inserting after

11 section 648 (42 U.S.C. 9843) the following new section:

12 ‘‘SEC. 648A. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

13 ‘‘(a) CLASSROOM TEACHERS.—

14 ‘‘(1) DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary

15 shall ensure that not later than September 30, 1996,

16 each Head Start classroom in a center-based pro17 gram is assigned one teacher who has—

18 ‘‘(A) a child development associate (CDA)

19 credential that is appropriate to the age of the

20 children being served in center-based programs;

21 ‘‘(B) a State-awarded certificate for pre22 school teachers that meets or exceeds the re23 quirements for a child development associate

24 credential;
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1 ‘‘(C) an associate, a baccalaureate, or an

2 advanced degree in early childhood education;

3 or

4 ‘‘(D) a degree in a field related to early

5 childhood education with experience in teaching

6 preschool children and a State-awarded certifi7 cate to teach in a preschool program.

8 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—On request, the Secretary shall

9 grant a 180-day waiver of the requirements of para10 graph (1) with respect to an individual who—

11 ‘‘(A) is first employed after September 30,

12 1996, by a Head Start agency as a teacher for

13 a Head Start classroom;

14 ‘‘(B) is enrolled in a program that grants

15 any credential, certificate, or degree specified in

16 subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of para17 graph (1); and

18 ‘‘(C) will receive such credential under the

19 terms of such program not later than 180 days

20 after beginning employment as a teacher with

21 such agency.

22 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not

23 grant more than one such waiver with respect to

24 such individual.

25 ‘‘(b) MENTOR TEACHERS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION; FUNCTION.—For purposes of

2 this subsection, the term ‘mentor teacher’ means an

3 individual responsible for observing and assessing

4 the classroom activities of a Head Start program

5 and providing on-the-job guidance and training to

6 the Head Start program staff and volunteers, in

7 order to improve the qualifications and training of

8 classroom staff, to maintain high quality education

9 services, and to promote career development, in

10 Head Start programs.

11 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—In order to assist Head

12 Start agencies in establishing positions for mentor

13 teachers, the Secretary shall—

14 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance and

15 training to enable Head Start agencies to estab16 lish such positions;

17 ‘‘(B) give priority consideration, in provid18 ing assistance pursuant to subparagraph (A), to

19 Head Start programs that have substantial

20 numbers of new classroom staff or that are ex21 periencing difficulty in meeting applicable edu22 cation standards; and

23 ‘‘(C) encourage Head Start programs to

24 give priority consideration for such positions to
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1 Head Start teachers at the appropriate level of

2 career advancement in such programs.

3 ‘‘(c) FAMILY SERVICE WORKERS.—In order to im4 prove the quality and effectiveness of staff providing in5 home and other services (including needs assessment, de6 velopment of service plans, family advocacy, and coordina7 tion of service delivery) to families of children participat8 ing in Head Start programs, the Secretary, in coordina9 tion with concerned public and private agencies and orga10 nizations examining the issues of standards and training

11 for family service workers, shall—

12 ‘‘(1) review and, as necessary, revise or develop

13 new qualification standards for Head Start staff

14 providing such services;

15 ‘‘(2) promote the development of model curric16 ula (on subjects including parenting training and

17 family literacy) designed to ensure the attainment of

18 appropriate competencies by individuals working or

19 planning to work in the field of early childhood and

20 family services; and

21 ‘‘(3) promote the establishment of a credential

22 that indicates attainment of the competencies and

23 that is accepted nationwide.

24 ‘‘(d) HEAD START FELLOWSHIPS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may establish

2 a program of fellowships, to be known as ‘Head

3 Start Fellowships’, in accordance with this sub4 section. The Secretary may award the fellowships to

5 individuals, to be known as ‘Head Start Fellows’,

6 who are staff in local Head Start programs or other

7 individuals working in the field of child development

8 and family services.

9 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The fellowship program estab10 lished under this subsection shall be designed to en11 hance the ability of Head Start Fellows to make sig12 nificant contributions to programs authorized under

13 this subchapter, by providing opportunities to ex14 pand their knowledge and experience through expo15 sure to activities, issues, resources, and new ap16 proaches, in the field of child development and fam17 ily services.

18 ‘‘(3) ASSIGNMENTS OF FELLOWS.—

19 ‘‘(A) PLACEMENT SITES.—Fellowship posi20 tions under the fellowship program may be lo21 cated (subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C))—

22 ‘‘(i) in agencies of the Department of

23 Health and Human Services administering

24 programs authorized under this subchapter
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1 (in national or regional offices of such

2 agencies);

3 ‘‘(ii) in local Head Start agencies and

4 programs;

5 ‘‘(iii) in institutions of higher edu6 cation;

7 ‘‘(iv) in public or private entities and

8 organizations concerned with services to

9 children and families; and

10 ‘‘(v) in other appropriate settings.

11 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION FOR FELLOWS OTHER

12 THAN HEAD START EMPLOYEES.—A Head

13 Start Fellow who is not an employee of a local

14 Head Start agency or program may be placed

15 only in a fellowship position located in an agen16 cy or program specified in clause (i) or (ii) of

17 subparagraph (A).

18 ‘‘(C) NO PLACEMENT IN LOBBYING ORGA19 NIZATIONS.—Head Start Fellowship positions

20 may not be located in any agency whose pri21 mary purpose, or one of whose major purposes,

22 is to influence Federal, State, or local legisla23 tion.

24 ‘‘(4) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—Head Start

25 Fellowships shall be awarded on a competitive basis
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1 to individuals (other than Federal employees) se2 lected from among applicants who are working, on

3 the date of application, in local Head Start pro4 grams or otherwise working in the field of child de5 velopment and children and family services.

6 ‘‘(5) DURATION.—Head Start Fellowships shall

7 be for terms of 1 year, and may be renewed for a

8 term of 1 additional year.

9 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—From

10 amounts appropriated under this subchapter and al11 lotted under section 640(a)(2)(D), the Secretary is

12 authorized to make expenditures of not to exceed

13 $1,000,000 for any fiscal year, for stipends and

14 other reasonable expenses of the fellowship program.

15 ‘‘(7) STATUS OF FELLOWS.—Except as other16 wise provided in this paragraph, Head Start Fellows

17 shall not be considered to be employees or otherwise

18 in the service or employment of the Federal Govern19 ment. Head Start Fellows shall be considered to be

20 employees for purposes of compensation for injuries

21 under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code.

22 Head Start Fellows assigned to positions located in

23 agencies specified in paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall be

24 considered employees in the executive branch of the

25 Federal Government for the purposes of chapter 11
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1 of title 18, United States Code, and for purposes of

2 any administrative standards of conduct applicable

3 to the employees of the agency to which they are as4 signed.

5 ‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro6 mulgate regulations to carry out this subsection.

7 ‘‘(e) MODEL STAFFING PLANS.—Not later than 1

8 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the

9 Secretary, in consultation with appropriate public agen10 cies, private agencies, and organizations and with individ11 uals with expertise in the field of children and family serv12 ices, shall develop model staffing plans to provide guidance

13 to local Head Start agencies and programs on the num14 bers, types, responsibilities, and qualifications of staff re15 quired to operate a Head Start program.’’.

16 SEC. 116. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, EVALUATION.

17 Section 649 (42 U.S.C. 9844) is amended to read as

18 follows:

19 ‘‘SEC. 649. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUA20 TION.

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

22 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT; GENERAL PURPOSES.—

23 The Secretary shall carry out a continuing program

24 of research, demonstration, and evaluation activities,

25 in order to—
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1 ‘‘(A) foster continuous improvement in the

2 quality of the Head Start programs under this

3 subchapter and in their effectiveness in ena4 bling participating children and their families to

5 succeed in school and otherwise; and

6 ‘‘(B) use the Head Start programs to de7 velop, test, and disseminate new ideas and ap8 proaches for addressing the needs of low-income

9 preschool children (including children with dis10 abilities) and their families and communities,

11 and otherwise to further the purposes of this

12 subchapter.

13 ‘‘(2) PLAN.—The Secretary shall develop, and

14 periodically update, a plan governing the research,

15 demonstration, and evaluation activities under this

16 section.

17 ‘‘(b) CONDUCT OF RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATION,

18 AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary, in order

19 to conduct research, demonstration, and evaluation activi20 ties under this section—

21 ‘‘(1) may carry out such activities directly, or

22 through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agree23 ments with, public or private entities;

24 ‘‘(2) shall, to the extent appropriate, undertake

25 such activities in collaboration with other Federal
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1 agencies, and with non-Federal agencies, conducting

2 similar activities;

3 ‘‘(3) shall ensure that evaluation of activities in

4 a specific program or project is conducted by per5 sons not directly involved in the operation of such

6 program or project;

7 ‘‘(4) may require Head Start agencies to pro8 vide for independent evaluations;

9 ‘‘(5) may approve, in appropriate cases, com10 munity-based cooperative research and evaluation ef11 forts to enable Head Start programs to collaborate

12 with qualified researchers not directly involved in

13 program administration or operation; and

14 ‘‘(6) may collaborate with organizations with

15 expertise in inclusive educational strategies for pre16 schoolers with disabilities.

17 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION.—In car18 rying out activities under this section, the Secretary

19 shall—

20 ‘‘(1) consult with—

21 ‘‘(A) individuals from relevant academic

22 disciplines;

23 ‘‘(B) individuals who are involved in the

24 operation of Head Start programs and individ-
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1 uals who are involved in the operation of other

2 child and family service programs; and

3 ‘‘(C) individuals from other Federal agen4 cies, and individuals from organizations, in5 volved with children and families, ensuring that

6 the individuals described in this subparagraph

7 reflect the multicultural nature of the children

8 and families served by the Head Start pro9 grams and the multidisciplinary nature of the

10 Head Start programs;

11 ‘‘(2) whenever feasible and appropriate, obtain

12 the views of persons participating in and served by

13 programs and projects assisted under this sub14 chapter with respect to activities under this section;

15 and

16 ‘‘(3) establish, to the extent appropriate, work17 ing relationships with the faculties of institutions of

18 higher education, as defined in section 1201(a) of

19 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

20 1141(a)), located in the area in which any evalua21 tion under this section is being conducted, unless

22 there is no such institution of higher education will23 ing and able to participate in such evaluation.
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1 ‘‘(d) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES.—The research, dem2 onstration, and evaluation activities under this subchapter

3 shall include components designed to—

4 ‘‘(1) permit ongoing assessment of the quality

5 and effectiveness of the programs under this sub6 chapter;

7 ‘‘(2) contribute to developing knowledge con8 cerning factors associated with the quality and effec9 tiveness of Head Start programs and in identifying

10 ways in which services provided under this sub11 chapter may be improved;

12 ‘‘(3) assist in developing knowledge concerning

13 the factors that promote or inhibit healthy develop14 ment and effective functioning of children and their

15 families both during and following participation in a

16 Head Start program;

17 ‘‘(4) permit comparisons of children and fami18 lies participating in Head Start programs with chil19 dren and families receiving other child care, early

20 childhood education, or child development services

21 and with other appropriate control groups;

22 ‘‘(5) contribute to understanding the character23 istics and needs of population groups eligible for

24 services provided under this subchapter and the im-
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1 pact of such services on the individuals served and

2 the communities in which such services are provided;

3 ‘‘(6) provide for disseminating and promoting

4 the use of the findings from such research, dem5 onstration, and evaluation activities; and

6 ‘‘(7) promote exploration of areas in which

7 knowledge is insufficient, and that will otherwise

8 contribute to fulfilling the purposes of this sub9 chapter.

10 ‘‘(e) LONGITUDINAL STUDIES.—In developing prior11 ities for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities

12 under this section, the Secretary shall give special consid13 eration to longitudinal studies that—

14 ‘‘(1) examine the developmental progress of

15 children and their families both during and following

16 participation in a Head Start program, including the

17 examination of factors that contribute to or detract

18 from such progress;

19 ‘‘(2) examine factors related to improving the

20 quality of the Head Start programs and the prepa21 ration the programs provide for children and their

22 families to function effectively in schools and other

23 settings in the years following participation in such

24 a program; and
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1 ‘‘(3) as appropriate, permit comparison of chil2 dren and families participating in Head Start pro3 grams with children and families receiving other

4 child care, early childhood education, or child devel5 opment services, and with other appropriate control

6 groups.

7 ‘‘(f) OWNERSHIP OF RESULTS.—The Secretary shall

8 take necessary steps to ensure that all studies, reports,

9 proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal

10 funds under this subchapter shall become the property of

11 the United States.’’.

12 SEC. 117. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVALUATIONS.

13 Section 650 (42 U.S.C. 9845) is repealed.

14 SEC. 118. REPORTS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 651 (42 U.S.C. 9846) is

16 amended—

17 (1) by striking the section heading and all that

18 follows through subsection (f) and inserting:

19 ‘‘SEC. 651. REPORTS.’’;

20 (2) by striking ‘‘(g)’’;

21 (3) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘evaluations

22 conducted under section 641(c)(2)’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘monitoring conducted under section 641A(c)’’; and

24 (4)(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para25 graph (11);
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1 (B) by striking the period at the end of para2 graph (12) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

3 (C) by adding after paragraph (12) the follow4 ing new paragraph:

5 ‘‘(13) a summary of information concerning the

6 research, demonstration, and evaluation activities

7 conducted under section 649, including—

8 ‘‘(A) a status report on ongoing activities;

9 and

10 ‘‘(B) results, conclusions, and rec11 ommendations, not included in any previous re12 port, based on completed activities.’’.

13 (b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 651 is redesignated as

14 section 650.

15 SEC. 119. REPEALS.

16 Sections 651A and 652 (42 U.S.C. 9846a and 9847)

17 are repealed.

18 SEC. 120. STUDY OF BENEFITS FOR HEAD START EMPLOY19 EES.

20 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human

21 Services shall conduct a study regarding the benefits avail22 able to individuals employed by Head Start agencies under

23 the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).

24 (b) REPORT.—
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1 (1) PREPARATION.—The Secretary shall pre2 pare a report, containing the results of the study,

3 that—

4 (A) describes the benefits, including health

5 care benefits, family and medical leave, and re6 tirement pension benefits, available to such in7 dividuals;

8 (B) includes recommendations for increas9 ing the access of the individuals to benefits, in10 cluding access to a retirement pension program;

11 and

12 (C) addresses the feasibility of participa13 tion by such individuals in the Federal Employ14 ees’ Retirement System under chapter 84 of

15 title 5, United States Code.

16 (2) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall submit

17 the report to the appropriate committees of Con18 gress.

19 SEC. 121. AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY OF HEAD START PAR20 TICIPANTS.

21 The National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et

22 seq.) is amended—

23 (1) in section 9(b)(6) (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(6))—

24 (A) in subparagraph (A)—
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1 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i),

2 by striking ‘‘a member of’’;

3 (ii) in clause (i)—

4 (I) by inserting ‘‘a member of’’

5 after ‘‘(i)’’; and

6 (II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end

7 of the clause;

8 (iii) in clause (ii)—

9 (I) by inserting ‘‘a member of’’

10 after ‘‘(ii)’’; and

11 (II) by striking the period at the

12 end of the clause and inserting ‘‘; or’’;

13 and

14 (iv) by adding at the end the following

15 new clause:

16 ‘‘(iii) enrolled as a participant in a Head Start

17 program authorized under the Head Start Act (42

18 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), on the basis of a determination

19 that the child is a member of a family that meets

20 the low-income criteria prescribed under section

21 645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

22 9840(a)(1)(A)).’’; and

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘food

24 stamps or aid to families with dependent chil25 dren’’ and inserting ‘‘food stamps, aid to fami-
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1 lies with dependent children, or enrollment or

2 participation in the Head Start program on the

3 basis described in subparagraph (A)(iii)’’; and

4 (2) in section 17(c) (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)), by

5 adding at the end the following new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(5) A child shall be considered automatically eligible

7 for benefits under this section without further application

8 or eligibility determination, if the child is enrolled as a

9 participant in a Head Start program authorized under the

10 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), on the basis

11 of a determination that the child is a member of a family

12 that meets the low-income criteria prescribed under sec13 tion 645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

14 9840(a)(1)(A)).’’.

15 SEC. 122. READY TO LEARN PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION.

16 (a) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Section 4702(b)(1) of the

17 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20

18 U.S.C. 3161a(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, nongovern19 mental entity’’ and inserting ‘‘entity (including public tele20 communications entities)’’.

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

22 4706(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

23 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3161e(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 for fiscal year

2 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000 for fiscal year

3 1995’’; and

4 (2) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 1994.’’ and in5 serting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997.’’.

6 SEC. 123. STATE DEPENDENT CARE DEVELOPMENT PRO7 GRAMS.

8 Section 670A of the State Dependent Care Develop9 ment Grants Act (42 U.S.C. 9871) is amended by striking

10 ‘‘are authorized to be appropriated’’ and all that follows

11 and inserting ‘‘is authorized to be appropriated

12 $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.’’.

13 SEC. 124. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AS14 SOCIATE SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE ACT OF

15 1985.

16 Section 606 of the Child Development Associate

17 Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 10905) is

18 amended by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and all that follows

19 and inserting ‘‘to carry out this title such sums as may

20 be necessary for fiscal year 1995.’’.

21 SEC. 125. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

22 (a) HEAD START TRANSITION PROJECT ACT.—Sec23 tion 133(a) of the Head Start Transition Project Act is

24 amended by striking ‘‘639(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘639(b)’’.
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1 (b) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section

2 1924(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

3 1396r–5(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections

4 652 and 673(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 673(2)’’.

5 SEC. 126. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.

6 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This title, and the amend7 ments made by this title, shall take effect on the date of

8 enactment of this title.

9 (b) APPLICATION.—The requirements of this title

10 and the amendments made by this title shall not apply

11 to Head Start agencies and other recipients of financial

12 assistance under the Head Start Act until October 1,

13 1994.

14 TITLE II—COMMUNITY SERV15 ICES BLOCK GRANT AMEND16 MENTS

17 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

18 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the

19 ‘‘Community Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994’’.

20 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly

21 provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal

22 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of,

23 a section or other provision, the reference shall be consid24 ered to be made to a section or other provision of the Com-
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1 munity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et

2 seq.).

3 SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION AND RE5 PEAL.—

6 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

7 Subsection (b) of section 672 (42 U.S.C. 9901(b))

8 is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘(b) There are authorized to be appropriated

10 $525,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may

11 be necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998,

12 to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.’’.

13 (2) REPEAL.—Section 408 of the Human Serv14 ices Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9910b)

15 is repealed.

16 (b) STATE ALLOCATIONS.—Section 674 (42 U.S.C.

17 9903) is amended—

18 (1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b) and (c)

19 as subsections (b), (c) and (d), respectively; and

20 (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re21 designated), the following new subsection:

22 ‘‘(a) Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year

23 pursuant to section 672(b), the Secretary may reserve not

24 less than one-half of 1 percent and not more than 1 per25 cent for training, technical assistance, planning, and eval-
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1 uation activities related to programs or projects carried

2 out under this Act. Such activities may be carried out by

3 the Secretary directly or through grants, contracts, or co4 operative agreements.’’.

5 (c) APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.—

6 (1) FORM AND ASSURANCES.—Section 675(a)

7 (42 U.S.C. 9904(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or

8 significant amendments thereof’’ before ‘‘shall con9 tain assurances’’.

10 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 675(c)(1) (42

11 U.S.C. 9904(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘use the

12 funds available under this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘en13 sure that, at its discretion and consistent with agree14 ments with the State, each recipient of funds avail15 able under this Act will use such funds’’.

16 (3) ASSURED ACTIVITIES.—Section

17 675(c)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(1)(B)) is amended

18 by inserting ‘‘homeless individuals and families, mi19 grants, and’’ before ‘‘the elderly poor’’.

20 (4) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section

21 675(c)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(2)(B)) is amended

22 to read as follows:

23 ‘‘(B) if less than 100 percent of the allotment

24 is expended under subparagraph (A), provide assur-
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1 ances that with respect to the remainder of the allot2 ment a reasonable amount shall be used for—

3 ‘‘(i) providing training and technical assist4 ance to those entities in need of such assistance

5 and such activities will not be considered ad6 ministrative expenses;

7 ‘‘(ii) coordinating State-operated programs

8 and services targeted to low-income children

9 and families with services provided by eligible

10 entities funded under this Act, including

11 outposting appropriate State or local public em12 ployees into entities funded under this Act to

13 ensure increased access to services provided by

14 such State or local agencies;

15 ‘‘(iii) supporting statewide coordination

16 and communication among eligible entities;

17 ‘‘(iv) administrative expenses at the State

18 level, including monitoring activities, but not

19 more than $55,000 or 5 percent of its allotment

20 under section 674; and

21 ‘‘(v) considering the distribution of funds

22 under this Act within the State to determine if

23 such funds have been targeted to the areas of

24 highest need.’’.
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1 (5) TRIPARTITE BOARD.—Section 675(c)(3) (42

2 U.S.C. 9904(c)(3)) is amended—

3 (A) by inserting ‘‘selected by the commu4 nity action agency or nonprofit private organi5 zation and’’ after ‘‘board will be’’;

6 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A),

7 (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), re8 spectively;

9 (C) by striking the comma after ‘‘provide

10 assurances that’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; and

11 (D) by inserting before the semicolon at

12 the end thereof ‘‘, and (B) in the case of a pub13 lic organization receiving funds under this sub14 title, such organization either establish—

15 ‘‘(i) a board of which at least one16 third of the members are persons chosen in

17 accordance with democratic selection pro18 cedures adequate to assure that they are

19 representative of the poor in the area

20 served; or

21 ‘‘(ii) another mechanism specified by

22 the State to assure low-income citizen par23 ticipation in the planning, administration,

24 and evaluation of projects for which such

25 organization has been funded;’’.
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1 (6) REGULATIONS.—The next to last sentence

2 of section 675(c) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)) is amended by

3 striking ‘‘may not’’ and inserting ‘‘shall by regula4 tion’’.

5 (d) COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY PLAN.—Section

6 675(c) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)) is amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (11)—

8 (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through

9 (iii) of subparagraph (A) as items (aa) through

10 (cc), respectively;

11 (B) by realigning the margin of the sen12 tence beginning with ‘‘For purposes of’’ so as to

13 align with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1);

14 (C) by striking ‘‘For purposes of’’ and in15 serting ‘‘(A) For purposes of’’;

16 (D) by striking ‘‘(A) a statewide’’ and in17 serting ‘‘(i)(I) a statewide’’;

18 (E) by striking ‘‘(B) the failure’’ and in19 serting ‘‘(ii) the failure’’;

20 (F) by inserting immediately before para21 graph (12) the following:

22 ‘‘(B) for purposes of making a determina23 tion with respect to a termination, the term

24 ‘cause’ includes the material failure of an eligi25 ble entity to comply with the terms of its agree-
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1 ment and community action plan to provide

2 services under this subtitle;’’.

3 (2) in paragraph (12) by striking the period

4 and inserting a semicolon; and

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol6 lowing new paragraphs:

7 ‘‘(13) secure from each eligible entity as a con8 dition to its receipt of funding under this Act a com9 munity action plan (which shall be available to the

10 Secretary for inspection) that includes—

11 ‘‘(A) a community needs assessment (in12 cluding food needs);

13 ‘‘(B) a description of the service delivery

14 system targeted to low-income individuals and

15 families in the service area;

16 ‘‘(C) a description of how linkages will be

17 developed to fill identified gaps in services

18 through information, referral, case manage19 ment, and followup consultations;

20 ‘‘(D) a description of how funding under

21 this Act will be coordinated with other public

22 and private resources; and

23 ‘‘(E) a description of outcome measures to

24 be used to monitor success in promoting self-
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1 sufficiency, family stability, and community

2 revitalization; and

3 ‘‘(14) provide assurances that cost and account4 ing standards of the Office of Management and

5 Budget shall apply to a recipient of funds under this

6 Act.’’.

7 (e) PUBLIC INSPECTIONS OF PLANS.—Section

8 675(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 9904(d)(2)) is amended by inserting

9 ‘‘or revision’’ after ‘‘Each plan’’.

10 (f) AUDITS.—The last sentence of section 675(f) (42

11 U.S.C. 9904(f)) is amended by inserting before ‘‘to the

12 legislature’’ the following: ‘‘to the eligible entity at no

13 charge,’’.

14 SEC. 203. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.

15 (a) TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES.—Section 681(a) (42

16 U.S.C. 9910(a)) is amended—

17 (1) in the matter preceeding paragraph (1), by

18 striking ‘‘to provide for—’’ and inserting ‘‘to provide

19 for’’;

20 (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (3);

21 (3) in paragraph (2)—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘(2) ongoing’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘ongoing’’;
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘including special emphasis

2 programs for’’ and inserting ‘‘with special em3 phasis on’’; and

4 (C) by striking subparagraphs (A) through

5 (F); and

6 (4) by inserting the following new paragraphs:

7 ‘‘(1) a Community Initiative Program, awarded

8 on a competitive basis, to fund private, nonprofit

9 community development corporations for the pur10 poses of planning and carrying out community and

11 economic development activities in economically dis12 tressed areas and in rural areas, as described in sub13 section (c);

14 ‘‘(2) grants to eligible entities for the develop15 ment and implementation of innovative approaches

16 to deal with critical needs or problems of low-income

17 individuals that are common to a number of commu18 nities, including grants to provide opportunities for

19 leadership development, community involvement and

20 education success to disadvantaged persons between

21 the ages of 14 and 25; and

22 ‘‘(3) grants to support the design, development,

23 and widespread availability of interactive informa24 tion technology among the nationwide network of

25 Community Service Block Grant eligible entities,
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1 State administrators, national associations and orga2 nizations, and program recipients to promote elec3 tronic communication and access to program infor4 mation that would enhance the effective delivery of

5 social services.’’.

6 (b) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM.—Subsection

7 (b) of section 681 (42 U.S.C. 9910) is amended to read

8 as follows:

9 ‘‘(b) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM.—

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

11 ‘‘(A) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI12 TIES.—Economic development activities under

13 this section shall be designed to address the

14 economic needs of low-income individuals and

15 families by creating employment and business

16 development opportunities.

17 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary

18 shall exercise the authority provided under sub19 paragraph (A) in consultation with other rel20 evant Federal officials.

21 ‘‘(C) GOVERNING BOARDS.—Each commu22 nity development corporation receiving funds

23 under this section shall be governed by a board

24 that shall consist of residents of the community

25 and business and civic leaders and shall have as
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1 a principal purpose planning, developing or

2 managing low-income housing and community

3 development projects.

4 ‘‘(D) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In

5 providing assistance or entering into other ar6 rangements under this section, the Secretary

7 shall take into consideration the geographic dis8 tribution of funds among States and the rel9 ative proportion of funding among rural and

10 urban areas.

11 ‘‘(E) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts

12 made available to carry out this section, the

13 Secretary may reserve not to exceed 1 percent

14 for each fiscal year to make grants to private

15 nonprofit organizations or to enter into con16 tracts with private nonprofit or for profit orga17 nizations to provide technical assistance to aid

18 community development corporations in devel19 oping or implementing projects funded under

20 this section and to evaluate projects funded

21 under this section.

22 ‘‘(2) RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AC23 TIVITIES.—Rural community development activities

24 under this section shall include—
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1 ‘‘(A) grants to private, nonprofit corpora2 tions that provide assistance to rural low-in3 come families in home repair and in planning

4 and developing low-income rural rental housing

5 units; and

6 ‘‘(B) grants to multistate, regional private,

7 nonprofit organizations that provide training

8 and technical assistance to small, rural commu9 nities in meeting their community facility

10 needs.’’.

11 SEC. 204. COMMUNITY FOOD AND NUTRITION.

12 Subsection (d) of section 681A (42 U.S.C. 9910a(d))

13 is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(d) There are authorized to be appropriated

15 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may

16 be necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998,

17 to carry out this section.’’.

18 SEC. 205. EFFECTIVE DATE.

19 This title, and the amendments made by this title,

20 shall take effect on October 1, 1994.
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1 TITLE III—LOW-INCOME HOME

2 ENERGY ASSISTANCE AMEND3 MENTS

4 SECTION 301. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the

6 ‘‘Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of

7 1994’’.

8 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly

9 provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal

10 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of,

11 a section or other provision, the reference shall be consid12 ered to be made to a section or other provision of the Low13 Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C.

14 8621 et seq.).

15 SEC. 302. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

16 Subsection (a) of section 2602 (42 U.S.C. 8621(a))

17 is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘(a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants, in

19 accordance with the provisions of this title, to States to

20 assist low-income households, particularly those that pay

21 a high proportion of household income for home energy,

22 primarily in meeting their immediate home energy needs

23 and, where appropriate, to reduce the energy needs and

24 costs of such households and thereby improve their capac25 ity to meet such needs in the future.’’.
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1 SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 (a) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 2602 (42

3 U.S.C. 8621) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this title’’

5 and all that follows through the end of the first sen6 tence and inserting ‘‘this title, $2,000,000,000 for

7 each of fiscal years 1995 through 1999.’’; and

8 (2) in the last sentence of subsection (c)—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘July 1’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘October 1’’; and

11 (B) by striking ‘‘for which’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘following the year in which’’.

13 (b) INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR LEVERAGING NON14 FEDERAL SOURCES.—Subsection (d) of section 2602 (42

15 U.S.C. 8621(d)) is amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry

17 out section 2607A, $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal

18 years 1995 and 1996, and such sums as may be necessary

19 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 1999.’’.

20 SEC. 304. EMERGENCY FUNDS.

21 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

22 2602 (42 U.S.C. 8621) as amended by section 3, is fur23 ther amended by adding at the end thereof the following

24 new subsection:

25 ‘‘(d) There are authorized to be appropriated in any

26 fiscal year for payments under this title, in addition to
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1 amounts appropriated for distribution to all the States in

2 accordance with section 2604 (other than subsection (g)),

3 $600,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through

4 1999, to meet the additional home energy assistance needs

5 of one or more States arising from a natural disaster or

6 other emergency. Funds appropriated pursuant to this

7 subsection are hereby designated to be emergency require8 ments pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, ex10 cept that such funds shall be made available only after

11 the submission to Congress of a formal budget request by

12 the President (for all or a part of the appropriation pursu13 ant to this subsection) that includes a designation of the

14 amount requested as an emergency requirement as defined

15 in such Act.’’.

16 (b) HOME ENERGY.—Section 2603 (42 U.S.C.

17 8622(3)) is amended—

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3),

19 (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (4), (5),

20 (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively;

21 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re22 designated), the following new paragraph:

23 ‘‘(1) The term ‘energy burden’ means the ex24 penditures of the household for home energy divided

25 by the income of the household.’’; and
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1 (3) by inserting before paragraph (4) (as so re2 designated), the following new paragraph:

3 ‘‘(3) The term ‘highest home energy needs’

4 means the home energy requirements of households

5 that include members of vulnerable populations, in6 cluding very young children and the frail elderly.’’

7 (c) ALLOTMENT OF EMERGENCY FUNDS.—Section

8 2604 (42 U.S.C. 8623) is amended by adding at the end

9 thereof the following new subsection:

10 ‘‘(g) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (f), the

11 Secretary may allot amounts appropriated pursuant to

12 section 2602(d) to one or more than one State. In deter13 mining to which State or States additional funds may be

14 allotted, the Secretary shall take into account the extent

15 to which a State was affected by the emergency or disas16 ter, the availability to an affected State of other resources

17 under this or any other program, and such other factors

18 as the Secretary determines relevant.’’.

19 SEC. 305. AUTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 2605(b)

21 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(1) use the funds available under this title

23 to—

24 ‘‘(A) conduct outreach activities and pro25 vide assistance to low income households in
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1 meeting their home energy costs, particularly

2 those that pay a high proportion of household

3 income for home energy, consistent with para4 graph (5);

5 ‘‘(B) intervene in energy crisis situations;

6 ‘‘(C) provide low-cost residential weather7 ization and other cost-effective energy-related

8 home repair; and

9 ‘‘(D) plan, develop, and administer the

10 State’s program under this title including

11 leveraging programs,

12 and the State agrees not to use such funds for any

13 purposes other than those specified in this title;’’.

14 (b) ENCOURAGED REDUCED HOME ENERGY

15 NEEDS.—Section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)) is amend16 ed—

17 (1) in paragraph (9)(B), by inserting before the

18 semicolon the following: ‘‘(except for the costs of the

19 activities described in paragraph (16))’’;

20 (2) in paragraph (15), by striking the period

21 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

22 (3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol23 lowing new paragraph:

24 ‘‘(16) subject the use of such funds to the re25 quirements of paragraph (9)(A) if it uses such funds
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1 to provide services that encourage and enable house2 holds to reduce their home energy needs and thereby

3 the need for energy assistance, including needs as4 sessments, counseling, and assistance with energy

5 vendors.’’.

6 SEC. 306. TARGETING OF ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS

7 WITH HIGH HOME ENERGY BURDENS.

8 (a) HOUSEHOLD INCOME.—Section 2605(b)(2)(B)

9 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking the

10 matter following clause (ii) and inserting the following:

11 ‘‘except that a State may not exclude a house12 hold from eligibility in a fiscal year solely on

13 the basis of household income if such income is

14 less than 110 percent of the poverty level for

15 such State, but the State may give priority to

16 those households with the highest home energy

17 costs or needs in relation to household in18 come;’’.

19 (b) OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.—Section 2605(b)(3) (42

20 U.S.C. 8624(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘are made

21 aware’’ and inserting ‘‘and households with high home en22 ergy burdens, are made aware’’.

23 (c) ASSISTANCE LEVELS.—Section 2605(b)(5) (42

24 U.S.C. 8624(b)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or needs’’

25 after ‘‘highest energy costs’’.
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1 (d) STATE PLAN.—Section 2605(c)(1) (42 U.S.C.

2 8624(c)(1)) is amended—

3 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and

4 (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (H), respectively; and

5 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol6 lowing new subparagraph:

7 ‘‘(E) describes any steps that will be taken (in

8 addition to those necessary to carry out the assur9 ance contained in paragraph (5) of subsection (b))

10 to target assistance to households with high home

11 energy burdens;’’.

12 SEC. 307. REMOVAL OF CONSTRAINT ON SECRETARIAL

13 PROGRAM GUIDANCE.

14 Section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)) is amended by

15 striking the first flush sentence immediately following

16 paragraph (14).

17 SEC. 308. CLARIFICATION OF AUDIT REQUIREMENT.

18 Section 2605 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended—

19 (1) in subsection (b)(10), by striking ‘‘and pro20 vide that’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘and

21 provide that the State will comply with the provi22 sions of chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code

23 (commonly known as the ‘Single Audit Act’);’’; and

24 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘at least every

25 two years’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘in ac-
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1 cordance with chapter 75 of title 31, United States

2 Code.’’.

3 SEC. 309. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WEATHERIZA4 TION RULES TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM CON5 SISTENCY.

6 Section 2605(c)(1)(D) (42 U.S.C. 8624(c)(1)(D)) is

7 amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end

8 thereof the following: ‘‘, including any steps the State will

9 take to address the weatherization and energy-related

10 home repair needs of households that have high home en11 ergy burdens, and describes any rules promulgated by the

12 Department of Energy for administration of its Low In13 come Weatherization Assistance Program which the State,

14 to the extent permitted by the Secretary to increase con15 sistency between federally assisted programs, will follow

16 regarding the use of funds provided under this title by

17 the State for such weatherization and energy-related home

18 repairs and improvements’’.

19 SEC. 310. MATTERS TO BE DESCRIBED IN ANNUAL APPLI20 CATION.

21 Section 2605(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 8624(c)(1)) is amend22 ed—

23 (1) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated by

24 section 306(d) of this Act)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and (13)’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘(13), and (15)’’; and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof;

4 and

5 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) (as so

6 redesignated by section 306(d) of this Act), the fol7 lowing new subparagraph:

8 ‘‘(G) states, with respect to the 12-month pe9 riod specified by the Secretary, the number and in10 come levels of households which apply and the num11 ber which are assisted with funds provided under

12 this title, and the number of households so assisted

13 with—

14 ‘‘(i) one or more members who has at15 tained 60 years of age;

16 ‘‘(ii) one or more members who were dis17 abled; and

18 ‘‘(iii) one or more young children; and’’.

19 SEC. 311. REPORT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION.

20 Section 2607(a) (42 U.S.C. 8628(a)) is amended—

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after the subsection des22 ignation; and

23 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following

24 new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(2) Each State shall notify the Secretary, not later

2 than 2 months prior to the close of a fiscal year, of the

3 amount (if any) of its allotment for such year that will

4 not be obligated in such year, and, if such State elects

5 to submit a request described in subsection (b)(2), such

6 State shall submit such request at the same time. The Sec7 retary shall make no payment under paragraph (1) to a

8 State for a fiscal year unless the State has complied with

9 this paragraph with respect to the prior fiscal year.’’.

10 SEC. 312. MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—

12 (1) TREATMENT OF HOUSEHOLDS.—Section

13 2605(b)(7)(D) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(7)(D)) is amend14 ed to read as follows:

15 ‘‘(D) ensure that the provision of vendored

16 payments remains at the option of the State in

17 consultation with local grantees and may be

18 contingent on vendors taking appropriate meas19 ures to alleviate the energy burdens of eligible

20 households, including providing for compacts

21 between suppliers and individuals eligible for

22 benefits under this Act that seek to reduce

23 home energy costs, minimize the risks of home

24 energy crisis, and encourage regular payments
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1 by individuals receiving financial assistance for

2 home energy costs;’’.

3 (2) INCENTIVE PROGRAM.—Section 2607A(e)

4 (42 U.S.C. 8626a(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘July

5 31, of each year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 months after the

6 close of the fiscal year during which the State pro7 vided leveraged resources to eligible households, as

8 described in subsection (b)’’.

9 (3) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

10 Section 2609A(a) is amended by striking

11 ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’.

12 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

13 (1) Section 2602(b) (42 U.S.C. 8621(b)) is

14 amended—

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘(other than section

16 2607A)’’ after ‘‘to carry out the provisions of

17 this title’’; and

18 (B) by striking the second period at the

19 end thereof.

20 (2) Section 2603(2) (42 U.S.C. 8622(2)) is

21 amended—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘the’’ in paragraph (2) and

23 inserting ‘‘The’’; and

24 (B) by striking the semicolon at the end

25 thereof and inserting a period.
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1 (3) The sentence that immediately precedes

2 paragraph (15) of section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C.

3 8624(b)) is transferred so as to appear as a flush

4 sentence immediately after paragraph (16).

5 (4) Section 2605(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(3))

6 is amended by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘disabled’’.

8 (5) Section 2607A(c)(2) (42 U.S.C.

9 8626a(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘.0008 per10 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.08 percent’’.

11 (6) Section 2610(a) (42 U.S.C. 8629(a)) is

12 amended—

13 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the semi14 colon after ‘‘used’’ and inserting a semicolon

15 after ‘‘title’’; and

16 (B) in paragraph (5)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and in18 serting ‘‘disabled’’; and

19 (ii) by inserting before the semicolon

20 at the end thereof ‘‘or include young chil21 dren’’.

22 SEC. 313. EFFECTIVE DATE.

23 The amendments and repeals made by this title shall

24 become effective on October 1, 1994.
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1 TITLE IV—COMMUNITY-BASED

2 FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS

3 SEC. 401. COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE PRO4 GRAMS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 933 of the Claude Pepper

6 Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12339) is

7 amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘SEC. 933. COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE PRO9 GRAMS.

10 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to

11 promote a systemic approach to prevention through the

12 promotion of innovative funding mechanisms for networks

13 of comprehensive family resource services provided

14 through collaborative approaches, including public-private

15 partnerships.

16 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—The Commissioner shall make

17 grants to States on a formula basis for the purpose of—

18 ‘‘(1) establishing and expanding statewide net19 works of community-based family resource pro20 grams, including funds for the initial costs of provid21 ing specific family resource services, that ensure

22 family involvement in the design and operation of

23 family resource programs which are responsive to

24 the unique and diverse strengths of children and

25 families;
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1 ‘‘(2) promoting child abuse and neglect preven2 tion activities;

3 ‘‘(3) promoting the establishment and operation

4 of State trust funds or other mechanisms for inte5 grating child and family services funding streams in

6 order to provide flexible funding for the development

7 of community-based family resource programs;

8 ‘‘(4) establishing or expanding community9 based collaboration to foster the development of a

10 continuum of preventive services for children and

11 families, which are family-centered and culturally12 relevant; and

13 ‘‘(5) encouraging public and private partner14 ships in the establishment and expansion of family

15 resource programs.

16 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—A State is eligible

17 for a grant under this section for any fiscal year if—

18 ‘‘(1) such State has established or maintained

19 in the previous fiscal year—

20 ‘‘(A) a trust fund, including appropriations

21 for such fund; or

22 ‘‘(B) any other mechanism that pools

23 State, Federal, and private funds for integrat24 ing child and family service resources; and
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1 ‘‘(2) such trust fund or other funding mecha2 nism includes (in whole or in part) provisions mak3 ing funding available specifically for a broad range

4 of child abuse and neglect prevention activities and

5 family resource programs.

6 ‘‘(d) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated for

8 a fiscal year to provide grants under this section

9 shall be allotted, among eligible States in each fiscal

10 year so that—

11 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of the total amount appro12 priated for such fiscal year is allotted among

13 each State based on the number of children

14 under the age of 18 residing in each State, ex15 cept that each State shall receive not less than

16 $100,000; and

17 ‘‘(B) the remaining 50 percent of the total

18 amount appropriated for such fiscal year is al19 lotted in an amount equal to 25 percent of the

20 total amount allocated by each such State to

21 the State’s trust fund or other mechanism for

22 integrating family resource services in the fiscal

23 year prior to the fiscal year for which the allot24 ment is being determined.
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1 ‘‘(e) EXISTING GRANTS.—A State that has a grant

2 in effect on the date of enactment of this section under

3 the Family Resource and Support Program or the Tem4 porary Child Care and Crisis Nurseries Program shall

5 continue to receive funds under such Programs, subject

6 to the original terms under which such funds were grant7 ed, through the end of the applicable grant cycle.

8 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION.—No grant may be made to any

9 eligible State under this section unless an application is

10 prepared and submitted to the Secretary at such time, in

11 such manner, and containing or accompanied by such in12 formation as the Commissioner determines to be essential

13 to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section,

14 including—

15 ‘‘(1) a description of the agency designated by

16 the Chief Executive Officer of the State to admin17 ister the funds provided under this section and as18 sume responsibility for implementation and oversight

19 of the family resource programs and other child

20 abuse and neglect prevention activities, and an as21 surance that the agency so designated—

22 ‘‘(A) is the trust fund advisory board or an

23 existing quasi-public organization with inter24 disciplinary governance that pools State, Fed25 eral, and private funds for family resource pro-
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1 grams or integrating child and family service

2 resources; or

3 ‘‘(B) with respect to a State without a

4 trust fund mechanism or quasi-public organiza5 tion that meets the requirements of subpara6 graph (A), is an existing State agency, or other

7 public, quasi-public, or nonprofit private agency

8 responsible for the development and implemen9 tation of a statewide network of community10 based family resource programs;

11 ‘‘(2) assurances that the agency designated

12 under paragraph (1) can demonstrate the capacity

13 to fulfill the purposes described in subsection (a),

14 and shall have—

15 ‘‘(A) a demonstrated ability to work with

16 other State and community-based agencies, to

17 provide training and technical assistance; and

18 ‘‘(B) a commitment to parental participa19 tion in the design and implementation of family

20 resource programs;

21 ‘‘(3) an assurance that the State has an inter22 agency process coordinated by the agency designated

23 in paragraph (1) for effective program development

24 that—
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1 ‘‘(A) does not duplicate existing processes

2 for developing collaborative efforts to better

3 serve children and families;

4 ‘‘(B) provides a written plan for the estab5 lishment of a network of family resource pro6 grams publicly available; and

7 ‘‘(C) involves appropriate personnel in the

8 process, including—

9 ‘‘(i) parents and prospective partici10 pants in family resource programs, includ11 ing respite care programs;

12 ‘‘(ii) staff of existing programs provid13 ing family resource services, including staff

14 of Head Start programs and community

15 action agencies that provide such services;

16 ‘‘(iii) representatives of State and

17 local government such as social service,

18 health, mental health, education, employ19 ment, economic development agencies, and

20 organizations providing community services

21 activities;

22 ‘‘(iv) representatives of the business

23 community;

24 ‘‘(v) representatives of general pur25 pose local governments;
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1 ‘‘(vi) representatives of groups with

2 expertise in child abuse prevention, includ3 ing respite and crisis care;

4 ‘‘(vii) representatives of local commu5 nities in which family resource programs

6 are likely to be located; and

7 ‘‘(viii) other individuals with expertise

8 in the services that the family resource and

9 support programs of the State intend to

10 offer;

11 ‘‘(4) a description of the current family re12 source programs operating in the State, the current

13 unmet need for the services provided under such

14 programs, including the need for building increased

15 capacity to provide specific family resource services,

16 including respite care, and the intended scope of the

17 State family resource program, the population to be

18 served, the manner in which the program will be op19 erated, and the manner in which such program will

20 relate to other community services and public agen21 cies;

22 ‘‘(5) evidence that Federal assistance received

23 under this section—

24 ‘‘(A) has been supplemented with non25 Federal public and private assistance, including
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1 a description of the projected level of financial

2 commitment by the State to develop a family

3 resource program; and

4 ‘‘(B) will be used to supplement and not

5 supplant other State and local public funds ex6 pended for family resource programs;

7 ‘‘(6) a description of the core services, as re8 quired by this section, and other support services to

9 be provided by the program and the manner in

10 which such services will be provided, including the

11 extent to which either family resources, centers,

12 home visiting, or community collaboratives will be

13 used;

14 ‘‘(7) a description of any public information ac15 tivities the agency designated in paragraph (1) will

16 undertake for the purpose of promoting family sta17 bility and preventing child abuse and neglect, includ18 ing child sexual abuse;

19 ‘‘(8) an assurance that the State will provide

20 funds for the initial startup costs associated with

21 specific family resource services, including respite

22 services, and a description of the services to be fund23 ed;

24 ‘‘(9) assurances that the State program will

25 maintain cultural diversity;
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1 ‘‘(10) a description of the guidelines for requir2 ing parental involvement in State and local program

3 development, policy design, and governance and the

4 process for assessing and demonstrating that paren5 tal involvement in program development, operation,

6 and governance occurs;

7 ‘‘(11) a description of the State and commu8 nity-based interagency planning processes to be uti9 lized to develop and implement family resource pro10 grams;

11 ‘‘(12) a description of the criteria that the

12 State will utilize for awarding grants for local pro13 grams so that they meet the requirements of sub14 section (g);

15 ‘‘(13) a plan for providing training, technical

16 assistance, and other assistance to local communities

17 in program development;

18 ‘‘(14) a description of the methods to be uti19 lized to evaluate the implementation and effective20 ness of the family resource programs within the

21 State;

22 ‘‘(15) a description of proposed actions by the

23 State that will reduce practical and regulatory bar24 riers to the provision of comprehensive services to

25 families, including family resource programs; and
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1 ‘‘(16) an assurance that the State will provide

2 the Secretary with reports, at such time and con3 taining such information as the Secretary may re4 quire.

5 ‘‘(g) LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a

7 grant under this section shall use amounts received

8 under such grant to establish local family resource

9 programs that—

10 ‘‘(A) undertake a community-based needs

11 assessment and program planning process

12 which involves parents, and local public and

13 nonprofit agencies (including those responsible

14 for providing health, education, employment

15 training, Head Start and other early childhood,

16 child welfare, and social services);

17 ‘‘(B) develop a strategy to provide com18 prehensive services to families to meet identified

19 needs through collaboration, including public20 private partnerships;

21 ‘‘(C) identify appropriate community-based

22 organizations to administer such programs lo23 cally;
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1 ‘‘(D) provide core services, and other serv2 ices directly or through contracts or agreements

3 with other local agencies; and

4 ‘‘(E) involve parents in the development,

5 operation, and governance of the program.

6 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding local grants

7 under this section, a State shall give priority to pro8 grams serving low-income communities and pro9 grams serving young parents or parents with young

10 children and shall ensure that such grants are equi11 tably distributed among urban and rural areas.

12 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:

13 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY REFERRAL SERVICES.—The

14 term ‘community referral services’ means services to

15 assist families in obtaining community resources, in16 cluding respite services, health and mental health

17 services, employability development and job training

18 and other social services.

19 ‘‘(2) FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAM.—The term

20 ‘family resource program’ means a program that of21 fers community-based services that provide sustained

22 assistance to families at various stages in their de23 velopment. Such services shall promote parental

24 competencies and behaviors that will lead to the
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1 healthy and positive personal development of parents

2 and children through—

3 ‘‘(A) the provisions of assistance to build

4 family skills and assist parents in improving

5 their capacities to be supportive and nurturing

6 parents;

7 ‘‘(B) the provision of assistance to families

8 to enable such families to use other formal and

9 informal resources and opportunities for assist10 ance that are available within the communities

11 of such families; and

12 ‘‘(C) the creation of supportive networks to

13 enhance the childbearing capacity of parents

14 and assist in compensating for the increased so15 cial isolation and vulnerability of families.

16 ‘‘(3) FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES.—The term

17 ‘family resource services’ means—

18 ‘‘(A) core services that must be provided

19 directly by the family resource program under

20 this section, including—

21 ‘‘(i) education and support services

22 provided to assist parents in acquiring

23 parenting skills, learning about child devel24 opment, and responding appropriately to

25 the behavior of their children;
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1 ‘‘(ii) early developmental screening of

2 children to assess the needs of such chil3 dren and to identify the types of support

4 to be provided;

5 ‘‘(iii) outreach services;

6 ‘‘(iv) community referral services; and

7 ‘‘(v) follow-up services; and

8 ‘‘(B) other services, which may be provided

9 either directly or through referral, including—

10 ‘‘(i) early care and education (such as

11 child care and Head Start);

12 ‘‘(ii) respite care;

13 ‘‘(iii) job readiness and counseling

14 services (including skill training);

15 ‘‘(iv) education and literacy services;

16 ‘‘(v) nutritional education;

17 ‘‘(vi) life management skills training;

18 ‘‘(vii) peer counseling and crisis inter19 vention, and family violence counseling

20 services;

21 ‘‘(viii) referral for health (including

22 prenatal care) and mental health services;

23 and

24 ‘‘(ix) substance abuse treatment.
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1 ‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY GOVERNANCE.—The

2 term ‘interdisciplinary governance’ includes govern3 ance by representatives from communities and rep4 resentatives from existing health, mental health,

5 education, employment and training, child welfare,

6 and other agencies within the State.’’.

7 ‘‘(5) RESPITE SERVICES.—The term ‘respite

8 services’ means short-term care services provided in

9 the temporary absence of the regular caregiver (par10 ent, other relative, foster parent, adoptive parent,

11 guardian) to children who meet one or more of the

12 following categories:

13 ‘‘(A) The children are in danger of abuse

14 or neglect.

15 ‘‘(B) The children have experienced abuse

16 or neglect.

17 ‘‘(C) The children have disabilities, or

18 chronic or terminal illnesses.

19 Services provided within or outside the child’s home

20 shall be short-term care, ranging from a few hours

21 to a few weeks of time, per year, and be intended

22 to enable the family to stay together and to keep the

23 child living in the child’s home and community.’’.
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1 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 926(7) of such Act (42

2 U.S.C. 12332(7)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and other

3 caretakers’’ after ‘‘parents’’.

4 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

5 934 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12340) is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), to read

7 as follows:

8 ‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to

9 carry out section 931 such sums as may be nec10 essary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through

11 1998.’’; and

12 (2) in subsection (d), to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(h) COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE PRO14 GRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry

15 out section 933, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and

16 such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years

17 1996 through 1998.’’.

18 (d) REPEAL OF EXISTING PROGRAMS.—

19 (1) COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD ABUSE AND NE20 GLECT PREVENTION GRANTS.—Title II of the Child

21 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C.

22 5116 et seq.) is repealed.

23 (2) EMERGENCY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

24 SERVICES GRANTS.—Sec. 107A of the Child Abuse
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1 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a–1)

2 is repealed.

3 (3) TEMPORARY CHILD CARE AND CRISIS NURS4 ERIES.—The Temporary Child Care for Children

5 with Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986

6 (42 U.S.C. 5117 et seq.) is repealed.

7 SEC. 402. FEDERAL COUNCIL ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND

8 FAMILIES.

9 Section 918 of the Claude Pepper Young Americans

10 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12314) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (k)—

12 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking out

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof;

14 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking out the

15 period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;

16 and

17 (C) by adding at the end thereof the fol18 lowing new paragraphs:

19 ‘‘(6) identify program regulations, practices,

20 and eligibility requirements that impede coordination

21 and collaboration and make recommendations for

22 their modifications or elimination; and

23 ‘‘(7) develop recommendations for creating

24 jointly funded programs, unified assessments, eligi-
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1 bility, and application procedures, and confidentiality

2 protections that facilitate information sharing.’’;

3 (2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘1991 through

4 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 through 1998’’; and

5 (3) in subsection (p), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘1998’’.

7 SEC. 403. FAMILY RESOURCE ACT.

8 (a) NATIONAL CENTER.—Section 958(b)(3) of the

9 Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

10 12353(b)(3)) is amended by strike ‘‘model’’.

11 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

12 960 of the Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990

13 (42 U.S.C. 12355) is amended—

14 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$2,300,000’’

15 and all that follows through the end thereof and in16 serting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

17 1995 through 1998.’’; and

18 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$700,000’’

19 and all that follows through the end thereof and in20 serting ‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such
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1 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal

2 years 1996 through 1998.’’.

Passed the Senate April 21 (legislative day, April

11), 1994.

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