Calendar No. 414

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2000

[Report No. 103–251]

A BILL

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

APRIL 19 (legislative day, APRIL 11), 1994

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 414

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2000

[Report No. 103–251]

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 25 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1994

Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. DASCHLE, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr.

INOUYE, and Mr. CAMPBELL) introduced the following bill; which was

read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

APRIL 19 (legislative day, APRIL 11), 1994

Reported by Mr. KENNEDY, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

3 ‘‘Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1994’’.

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is

5 as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—HEAD START ACT

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE II—COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT ACT

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE III—DEMONSTRATION PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE POOR

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE IV—LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1981

Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE V—COORDINATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND

FAMILIES

Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations.

6 TITLE I—HEAD START ACT

7 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 639 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834)

9 is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a)—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘and $7,660,000,000’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘$7,660,000,000’’; and

13 (B) by inserting before the period the fol14 lowing: ‘‘, and such sums as may be necessary

15 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through

16 1998’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘1996’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘1998’’; and

3 (3) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘1992,

4 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1992 through

5 1998’’.

6 TITLE II—COMMUNITY

7 SERVICES BLOCK GRANT ACT

8 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

9 (a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—Section 672(b) of

10 the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.

11 9901(b)) is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘and $500,000,000’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘$500,000,000’’; and

14 (2) by inserting before ‘‘to carry out the provi15 sions’’ the following: ‘‘, and such sums as may be

16 necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through

17 1998’’.

18 (b) COMMUNITY FOOD AND NUTRITION PRO19 GRAMS.—Section 681A(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

20 9910a(d)) is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and $25,000,000’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘$25,000,000’’; and

23 (2) by inserting before ‘‘to carry out this sec24 tion’’ the following: ‘‘, and such sums as may be nec-
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1 essary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through

2 1998’’.

3 TITLE III—DEMONSTRATION

4 PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

5 ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF

6 THE POOR

7 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 408(h) of the Human Services Reauthoriza9 tion Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9910b(h)) is amended—

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,

11 and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1992 through 1998’’; and

12 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1992

13 through 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1992 through 1998’’.

14 TITLE IV—LOW-INCOME HOME

15 ENERGY ASSISTANCE ACT OF

16 1981

17 SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

18 Section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy As19 sistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621) is amended—

20 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘1993, 1994,

21 and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1993 through 1998’’; and

22 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1993, 1994,

23 and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1993 through 1998’’.
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1 TITLE V—COORDINATED SERV2 ICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH,

3 AND FAMILIES

4 SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 934 of the Augustus F.

6 Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990

7 (42 U.S.C. 12340) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘for fiscal

9 years 1992, 1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘for

10 each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1998’’; and

11 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1992 through

12 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1992 through 1998’’.

13 (b) NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section 960 of

14 such Act (42 U.S.C. 12355) is amended—

15 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1992 through

16 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1992 through 1998’’; and

17 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘1992 through

18 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1992 through 1998’’.

19 TITLE I—HEAD START

20 PROGRAMS

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

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

23 ‘‘Head Start Act Amendments of 1994’’.

24 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise specifically

25 provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal
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1 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of,

2 a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered

3 to be made to a section or other provision of the Head Start

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).

5 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

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

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

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

9 following new paragraph:

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

11 official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Man12 agement and Budget, and revised annually in accord13 ance with section 673(2) of the Community Services

14 Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a

15 family of the size involved.’’;

16 (3) by adding after paragraph (11) the following

17 new paragraphs:

18 ‘‘(12) The term ‘family literacy services’ includes

19 activities including interactive literacy activities be20 tween parents and their children, training for parents

21 on techniques for being the primary teacher of their

22 children and full partners in the education of their

23 children, parent literacy training, and early child24 hood education.
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1 ‘‘(13) The term ‘Indian tribe’ means any tribe,

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

3 community of Indians, including any Native village

4 described in section 3(c) of the Alaska Native Claims

5 Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)) or established

6 pursuant to such Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), that

7 is recognized as eligible for the special programs and

8 services provided by the United States to Indians be9 cause of their status as Indians.’’;

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

11 (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (7), (8),

12 (9), (11), (5), (6), (4), and (10), respectively; and

13 (5)(A) by transferring paragraph (4), as so re14 designated, and inserting the paragraph after para15 graph (3);

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

17 so redesignated, and inserting the paragraphs after

18 paragraph (4), as so redesignated; and

19 (C) by transferring paragraph (10), as so redes20 ignated, and inserting the paragraph after paragraph

21 (9), as so redesignated.

22 SEC. 103. SERVICES.

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

24 by striking ‘‘health, nutritional, educational, social, and
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1 other services’’ and inserting ‘‘health, education, parental

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

3 SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

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

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

8 (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and in9 serting the following:

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

11 (a), the Secretary shall make available—

12 ‘‘(1) $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995

13 through 1998 to—

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

15 Project Act; and

16 ‘‘(B) carry out activities authorized under

17 section 642(d); and

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

19 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of

20 the fiscal years 1996 through 1998, to carry out longi21 tudinal research under section 649(e).’’.

22 SEC. 105. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

23 (a) ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS FOR QUALITY

24 IMPROVEMENT.—Section 640(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(3))

25 is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B)

2 as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;

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

4 through ‘‘quality improvement activities:’’ and insert5 ing the following:

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

7 specified in subparagraph (C) directed at the goals specified

8 in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall reserve, from the

9 amount (if any) by which the funds appropriated under

10 section 639(a) for a fiscal year exceed the adjusted prior

11 year appropriation, a share equal to the sum of—

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

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

14 find necessary to address a demonstrated need for

15 such activities.

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

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

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

19 preceding fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the percentage

20 change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consum21 ers (issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) during such

22 preceding fiscal year.

23 ‘‘(B) Funds reserved under this paragraph (referred to

24 in this paragraph as ‘quality improvement funds’) shall be

25 used to accomplish any or all of the following goals:
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1 ‘‘(i) Ensuring that Head Start programs meet or

2 exceed performance standards pursuant to section

3 641A(a)(1)(A).

4 ‘‘(ii) Ensuring that such programs have ade5 quate qualified staff, and that such staff are furnished

6 adequate training.

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

8 are adequate to attract and retain qualified staff for

9 such programs.

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

11 qualifications, and to assist with the implementation

12 of career development programs, for the staff of Head

13 Start programs.

14 ‘‘(v) Improving community-wide strategic plan15 ning and needs assessments for such programs.

16 ‘‘(vi) Ensuring that the physical environments of

17 Head Start programs are conducive to providing ef18 fective program services to children and families.

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

20 quality of such programs as the Secretary may des21 ignate.

22 ‘‘(C) Quality improvement funds shall be used to carry

23 out any or all of the following activities:’’;
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1 (3) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated in

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

3 new clause:

4 ‘‘(vii) Such other activities as the Secretary may

5 designate.’’; and

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

7 paragraph (1)—

8 (A) in clause (i)—

9 (i) in the matter preceding subclause

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

11 third fiscal years for which funds are so re12 served’’; and

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

14 ‘‘and Indian and migrant Head Start pro15 grams,’’ after ‘‘States,’’;

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

17 (C) in clause (iv)—

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

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

20 and inserting ‘‘Funds’’;

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

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’;

23 (iii) by inserting before the period at

24 the end of the first sentence, ‘‘, for expendi-
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1 ture for activities specified in subparagraph

2 (C)’’; and

3 (iv) by striking the second sentence;

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

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

6 or (4)’’; and

7 (E) by striking clause (v) and redesignating

8 clauses (iv) and (vi) as clauses (ii) and (iii), re9 spectively.

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

11 9835(a)) is amended—

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

13 and inserting ‘‘through (4), and subject to paragraphs

14 (5) and (6).’’;

15 (2) in paragraph (2)—

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

17 ‘‘1990’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’; and

18 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘(in19 cluding payments for all costs (other than com20 pensation of Federal employees) of reviews of

21 Head Start agencies and programs under section

22 641A(c), and of activities related to the develop23 ment and implementation of quality improve24 ment plans under section 641A(d)(2))’’ after

25 ‘‘Secretary’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraph

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

3 (4)’’;

4 (4) by striking paragraph (4), and redesignating

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

6 respectively;

7 (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated in para8 graph (4), by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject

9 to section 639(b), the’’; and

10 (6) by adding after paragraph (4), as redesig11 nated in paragraph (4), the following new para12 graphs:

13 ‘‘(5)(A) From amounts reserved and allotted pursuant

14 to paragraph (4), the Secretary shall reserve such sums as

15 may be necessary to award the collaboration grants de16 scribed in subparagraph (B).

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

18 award a collaboration grant to each State to facilitate col19 laboration regarding activities carried out in the State

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

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

22 and families.

23 ‘‘(C) A State that receives a grant under subparagraph

24 (B) shall—
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1 ‘‘(i) appoint an individual to serve as a State li2 aison between—

3 ‘‘(I) agencies and individuals carrying out

4 Head Start programs in the State; and

5 ‘‘(II) agencies and entities carrying out

6 programs serving low-income children and fami7 lies;

8 ‘‘(ii) involve the State Head Start Association in

9 the selection of the individual, and involve the asso10 ciation in determinations relating to the ongoing di11 rection of the collaboration;

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

13 with sufficient authority and access to ensure that the

14 collaboration described in subparagraph (B) is effec15 tive and involves a range of State agencies; and

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

17 subparagraph (B) involves coordination of Head

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

19 education, and national service activities, and activi20 ties relating to children with disabilities.

21 ‘‘(D) As used in this paragraph, the term ‘low-income’,

22 used with respect to children or families, shall not be consid23 ered to refer only to children or families that meet the low24 income criteria prescribed pursuant to section 645(a)(1)(A).
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1 ‘‘(6) From amounts reserved and allotted pursuant to

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

3 for programs described in section 645A(a), a portion of the

4 combined total of such amounts equal to 3 percent for fiscal

5 year 1995, 4 percent for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997,

6 and 5 percent for fiscal year 1998, of the amount appro7 priated pursuant to section 639(a).’’.

8 (c) CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR

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

10 9835(g)) is amended—

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

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new para13 graphs:

14 ‘‘(2) For the purpose of expanding Head Start pro15 grams, in allocating funds to an applicant within a State,

16 from amounts allotted to a State pursuant to subsection

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

18 ‘‘(A) the quality of the applicant’s programs (in19 cluding Head Start and other child care or child de20 velopment programs) in existence on the date of the

21 allocation, including, in the case of Head Start pro22 grams in existence on the date of the allocation, the

23 extent to which such programs meet or exceed per24 formance standards and other requirements under

25 this subchapter;
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1 ‘‘(B) the applicant’s capacity to expand services

2 (including, in the case of Head Start programs in ex3 istence on the date of the allocation, whether the ap4 plicant accomplished any prior expansions in an ef5 fective and timely manner);

6 ‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant has un7 dertaken community-wide strategic planning and

8 needs assessments involving other community organi9 zations serving children and families;

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

11 community who are not participating in a Head

12 Start program; and

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

14 each community.

15 ‘‘(3) In determining the amount of funds reserved pur16 suant to subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2) to

17 be used for expanding Head Start programs under this sub18 chapter, the Secretary shall take into consideration, to the

19 extent appropriate, the factors specified in paragraph (2).’’.

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

21 U.S.C. 9835(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘Each Head Start

22 program may’’ and inserting ‘‘Financial assistance pro23 vided under this subchapter may be used by each Head

24 Start program to’’.
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1 (e) COMPENSATION.—Section 640 (42 U.S.C. 9835) is

2 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

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

4 under this subchapter to improve the compensation of staff

5 who provide services under this Act shall use the financial

6 assistance to improve the compensation of such staff, re7 gardless of whether the agency has the ability to improve

8 the compensation of staff employed by the agency who do

9 not provide Head Start services.’’.

10 SEC. 106. REPORT.

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

12 SEC. 107. DESIGNATION.

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

14 U.S.C. 9836(b)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Indian res15 ervation’’ the following: ‘‘(including members of Indian

16 tribes living near the reservation)’’.

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

18 U.S.C. 9836(c)) is amended—

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

20 (2) in the first sentence—

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘(subject to paragraph

22 (2))’’ before ‘‘, the Secretary shall give priority’’;

23 and

24 (B) by striking ‘‘unless’’ and all that follows

25 through the end of subparagraph (A) and insert-
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1 ing the following: ‘‘unless the Secretary makes a

2 finding that the agency involved fails to meet

3 program, financial management, and other re4 quirements established by the Secretary.’’;

5 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as para6 graph (2);

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

8 (A) by striking ‘‘except that, if’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘If’’; and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and in11 serting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;

12 (5) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding any other pro13 vision of this paragraph’’ and inserting the following:

14 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

15 subsection’’; and

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

17 with the margins of paragraph (3).

18 (c) CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNATING NEW HEAD

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

20 amended—

21 (1) in the first sentence, by striking all that pre22 cedes ‘‘then the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘If no entity

23 in a community is entitled to the priority specified

24 in subsection (c),’’;

25 (2) by striking the second sentence;
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1 (3) in the third sentence—

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

3 by striking ‘‘and subject to the preceding sen4 tence’’; and

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

6 ‘‘(4) the plan of such applicant—

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

8 participating children in activities designed to

9 help such parents become full partners in the

10 education of their children;

11 ‘‘(B) to afford such parents the opportunity

12 to participate in the development, conduct, and

13 overall performance of the program at the local

14 level;

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

16 local entities, such as entities carrying out Even

17 Start programs under part B of chapter 1 of

18 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu19 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)) to

20 such parents—

21 ‘‘(i) family literacy services; and

22 ‘‘(ii) parenting skills training;

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

24 offer (directly or through referral to local enti25 ties) to such parents—
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1 ‘‘(i) parental social self-sufficiency

2 training;

3 ‘‘(ii) substance abuse counseling; or

4 ‘‘(iii) any other activity designed to

5 help such parents become full partners in

6 the education of their children; and

7 ‘‘(E) to provide, with respect to each par8 ticipating family, a family needs assessment that

9 includes consultation with such parents about

10 the benefits of parent involvement and about the

11 activities described in subparagraphs (C) and

12 (D) in which such parents may choose to become

13 involved (taking into consideration their specific

14 family needs, work schedules, and other respon15 sibilities);’’;

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

17 the semicolon;

18 (5) by striking paragraph (8); and

19 (6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para20 graph (8).

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

22 U.S.C. 9836) is amended—

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

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection

25 (f).
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1 SEC. 108. MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE.

2 The Act is amended by inserting after section 641 (42

3 U.S.C. 9836) the following new section:

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

5 START AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.

6 ‘‘(a) QUALITY STANDARDS.—

7 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—The Sec8 retary shall establish by regulation standards appli9 cable to Head Start agencies, programs, and projects

10 under this subchapter, including—

11 ‘‘(A) performance standards with respect to

12 services required to be provided, including

13 health, education, parental involvement, nutri14 tional, social, and other services;

15 ‘‘(B) administrative and financial manage16 ment standards;

17 ‘‘(C) standards relating to the condition

18 and location of facilities for such agencies, pro19 grams, and projects; and

20 ‘‘(D) such other standards as the Secretary

21 finds to be appropriate.

22 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations

23 promulgated under this subsection shall establish the

24 minimum levels of overall accomplishment that a

25 Head Start agency shall achieve in order to meet the

26 standards specified in paragraph (1).
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1 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPING STAND2 ARDS.—In developing the regulations required under

3 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—

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

5 child development, early childhood education,

6 family services, administration, and financial

7 management, and with persons with experience

8 in the operation of Head Start programs;

9 ‘‘(B) take into consideration—

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

11 standards in effect under this subchapter on

12 the date of enactment of this section;

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

14 date of enactment of this Act in the cir15 cumstances and problems typically facing

16 children and families served by Head Start

17 agencies;

18 ‘‘(iii) developments concerning best

19 practices with respect to child development,

20 children with disabilities, family services,

21 program administration, and financial

22 management; and

23 ‘‘(iv) projected needs of an expanding

24 Head Start program; and
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1 ‘‘(C)(i) not later than 1 year after the date

2 of enactment of this section, review and revise as

3 necessary the performance standards in effect

4 under 651(b) on the day before the date of enact5 ment of this section; and

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

7 performance standards will not result in the

8 elimination of or any reduction in the scope or

9 types of health, education, parental involvement,

10 nutritional, social, or other services required to

11 be provided under such standards as in effect on

12 November 2, 1978.

13 ‘‘(4) STANDARDS RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS TO

14 DELEGATE AGENCIES.—In developing standards

15 under this subsection, the Secretary shall describe the

16 obligations of a Head Start agency to an agency (re17 ferred to in this subchapter as the ‘delegate agency’)

18 to which the Head Start agency has delegated respon19 sibility for providing services under this subchapter

20 and determine whether the Head Start agency com21 plies with the standards. The Secretary shall consider

22 such compliance during the review described in sub23 section (c)(1)(A) and in determining whether to

24 renew financial assistance to the Head Start agency

25 under this subchapter.
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1 ‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—

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

3 the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in

4 consultation with representatives of Head Start agen5 cies and with experts in the fields of child develop6 ment, family services, and program management,

7 shall develop methods and procedures for measuring,

8 annually and over longer periods, the quality and ef9 fectiveness of programs operated by Head Start agen10 cies (referred to in this subchapter as ‘performance

11 measures’).

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

13 measures developed under this subsection shall be de14 signed—

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

16 by Head Start programs and, to the extent the

17 Secretary finds appropriate, administrative and

18 financial management practices of such pro19 grams;

20 ‘‘(B) to be adaptable for use in self-assess21 ment and peer review of individual Head Start

22 agencies and programs; and

23 ‘‘(C) for other program purposes as deter24 mined by the Secretary.
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1 ‘‘(3) USE OF MEASURES.—The Secretary shall

2 use the performance measures developed pursuant to

3 this subsection—

4 ‘‘(A) to identify strengths and weaknesses in

5 the operation of Head Start programs nationally

6 and by region; and

7 ‘‘(B) to identify problem areas that may re8 quire additional training and technical assist9 ance resources.

10 ‘‘(c) MONITORING OF LOCAL AGENCIES AND PRO11 GRAMS.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to determine wheth13 er Head Start agencies meet standards established

14 under this subchapter with respect to program, ad15 ministrative, financial management, and other re16 quirements, the Secretary shall conduct the following

17 reviews of designated Head Start agencies, and of the

18 Head Start programs operated by such agencies:

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

20 least once during each 3-year period.

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

22 agency immediately after the completion of the

23 first year such agency carries out a Head Start

24 program.
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1 ‘‘(C) Followup reviews including prompt re2 turn visits to agencies and programs that fail to

3 meet the standards.

4 ‘‘(D) Other reviews as appropriate.

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

6 shall ensure that reviews described in subparagraphs

7 (A) through (C) of paragraph (1)—

8 ‘‘(A) are performed, to the maximum extent

9 practicable, by employees of the Department of

10 Health and Human Services who are knowledge11 able about Head Start programs; and

12 ‘‘(B) are supervised by such an employee at

13 the site of such Head Start agency.

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

15 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION.—If the Secretary deter16 mines, on the basis of a review pursuant to subsection

17 (c), that a Head Start agency designated pursuant to

18 section 641 fails to meet the standards described in

19 subsection (c), the Secretary shall—

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

21 that shall be corrected;

22 ‘‘(B) with respect to each identified defi23 ciency, require the agency—

24 ‘‘(i) to correct the deficiency imme25 diately; or
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1 ‘‘(ii) at the discretion of the Secretary

2 (taking into consideration the seriousness of

3 the deficiency and the time reasonably re4 quired to correct the deficiency), to comply

5 with the requirements of paragraph (2) con6 cerning a quality improvement plan; and

7 ‘‘(C) initiate proceedings to terminate the

8 designation of the agency unless the agency cor9 rects the deficiency.

10 ‘‘(2) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—

11 ‘‘(A) AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.—In order

12 to retain a designation as a Head Start agency

13 under this subchapter, a Head Start agency that

14 is the subject of a determination described in

15 paragraph (1) (other than an agency able to cor16 rect a deficiency immediately) shall—

17 ‘‘(i) develop in a timely manner, ob18 tain the approval of the Secretary regard19 ing, and implement a quality improvement

20 plan that specifies—

21 ‘‘(I) the deficiencies to be cor22 rected;

23 ‘‘(II) the actions to be taken to

24 correct such deficiencies; and
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1 ‘‘(III) the timetable for accom2 plishment of the corrective actions

3 specified; and

4 ‘‘(ii) eliminate each deficiency identi5 fied, not later than the date for elimination

6 of such deficiency specified in such plan

7 (which shall not be later than 1 year after

8 the date the agency received notice of the de9 termination and of the specific deficiency to

10 be corrected).

11 ‘‘(B) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Not

12 later than 30 days after receiving from a Head

13 Start agency a proposed quality improvement

14 plan pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Sec15 retary shall either approve such proposed plan or

16 specify the reasons why the proposed plan cannot

17 be approved.

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

19 The Secretary shall provide training and technical

20 assistance to Head Start agencies with respect to the

21 development or implementation of such quality im22 provement plans to the extent the Secretary finds such

23 provision to be feasible and appropriate given avail24 able funding and other statutory responsibilities.
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1 ‘‘(e) SUMMARIES OF MONITORING OUTCOMES.—The

2 Secretary shall publish annually, following the end of each

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

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

5 quality improvement plans implemented under subsection

6 (d), during such fiscal year.’’.

7 SEC. 109. TRANSITION COORDINATION WITH SCHOOLS AND

8 PARENT INVOLVEMENT.

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

10 (1) in subsection (b)—

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

12 ‘‘(4) seek the involvement of parents of partici13 pating children in activities designed to help

14 such parents become full partners in the edu15 cation of their children, and to afford such par16 ents the opportunity to participate in the devel17 opment, conduct, and overall performance of the

18 program at the local level;’’;

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

20 after the semicolon;

21 (C) by striking paragraph (6);

22 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and

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

24 (E) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol25 lowing new paragraphs: ‘‘(5) offer (directly or
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1 through referral to local entities, such as entities

2 carrying out Even Start programs under part B

3 of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Sec4 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2741

5 et seq.)), to parents of participating children,

6 family literacy services and parenting skills

7 training; (6) at the option of such agency, offer

8 (directly or through referral to local entities), to

9 such parents, parental social self-sufficiency

10 training, substance abuse counseling, or any

11 other activity designed to help such parents be12 come full partners in the education of their chil13 dren; (7) provide, with respect to each partici14 pating family, a family needs assessment that

15 includes consultation with such parents about

16 the benefits of parent involvement and about the

17 activities described in paragraphs (4) through

18 (6) in which such parents may choose to be in19 volved (taking into consideration their specific

20 family needs, work schedules, and other respon21 sibilities);’’;

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

23 will subsequently serve children in Head Start pro24 grams,’’; and
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1 (3) by adding after subsection (c) the following

2 new subsection:

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

4 actions specified in this subsection, to the extent feasible and

5 appropriate in the circumstances (including the extent to

6 which such agency is able to secure the cooperation of par7 ents and schools) to enable children to maintain the devel8 opmental gains achieved in Head Start programs and to

9 build upon such gains in further schooling.

10 ‘‘(2) The Head Start agency shall take steps to coordi11 nate with the local educational agency (as defined in section

12 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

13 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)) serving the community in14 volved and with schools in which children participating in

15 a Head Start program operated by such agency will enroll

16 following such program, including—

17 ‘‘(A) developing and implementing a systematic

18 procedure for transferring Head Start program

19 records for each participating child to the school in

20 which such child will enroll;

21 ‘‘(B) establishing channels of communication be22 tween Head Start staff and their counterparts in the

23 schools (including teachers, social workers, and health

24 staff) to facilitate coordination of programs;
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1 ‘‘(C) conducting meetings involving parents, kin2 dergarten or elementary school teachers, and Head

3 Start program teachers to discuss the developmental

4 and other needs of individual children; and

5 ‘‘(D) organizing and participating in joint tran6 sition-related training of school staff and Head Start

7 staff.

8 ‘‘(3) In order to promote the continued involvement of

9 the parents of children that participate in Head Start pro10 grams in the education of their children upon transition

11 to school, the Head Start agency shall—

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

13 ‘‘(i) to inform the parents about their rights

14 and responsibilities concerning the education of

15 their children; and

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

17 and work with schools in order to communicate

18 with teachers and other school personnel, to sup19 port the school work of their children, and to

20 participate as appropriate in decisions relating

21 to the education of their children; and

22 ‘‘(B) take other actions, as appropriate and fea23 sible, to support the active involvement of the parents

24 with schools, school personnel, and school-related orga25 nizations.
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1 ‘‘(4) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and

2 the Secretary of Education shall assess the results of the

3 activities funded under the Head Start Transition Project

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 9855 et seq.) and shall work together to pro5 vide technical assistance to enable communities to imple6 ment proposed practices emerging from the activities, to im7 prove the Head Start programs and programs of the

8 schools.’’.

9 SEC. 110. FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIRE10 MENTS.

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

12 (1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘guidelines, in13 structions,’’;

14 (2) in subsection (f)—

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

16 ‘‘640(a)(3)(A)(v)’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘640(a)(3)(C)(v)’’; and

18 (B) by adding at the end the following new

19 paragraph:

20 ‘‘(3) Upon a determination by the Secretary that suit21 able facilities are not otherwise available to Indian tribes

22 to carry out Head Start programs, and that the lack of

23 suitable facilities will inhibit the operation of such pro24 grams, the Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary,

25 may authorize the use of financial assistance, from the
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1 amount reserved under section 640(a)(2)(A), to make pay2 ments for the purchase of facilities owned by such tribes.

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

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

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub6 sections:

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

8 suitable facilities (including public school facilities) are not

9 otherwise available to Indian tribes, rural communities,

10 and other low-income communities to carry out Head Start

11 programs, that the lack of suitable facilities will inhibit the

12 operation of such programs, and that construction of such

13 facilities is more cost effective than purchase of available

14 facilities or renovation, the Secretary, in the discretion of

15 the Secretary, may authorize the use of financial assistance

16 under this subchapter to make payments for capital expend17 itures related to facilities that will be used to carry out such

18 programs. The Secretary shall establish uniform procedures

19 for Head Start agencies to request approval for such pay20 ments, and shall promote, the extent practicable, the colloca21 tion of Head Start programs with other programs serving

22 low-income children and families.

23 ‘‘(2) Such payments may be used for capital expendi24 tures (including paying the cost of amortizing the prin-
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1 cipal, and paying interest on, loans) such as expenditures

2 for—

3 ‘‘(A) construction of facilities that are not in ex4 istence on the date of the determination;

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

6 on such date; and

7 ‘‘(C) purchase of vehicles used for programs con8 ducted at the Head Start facilities.

9 ‘‘(3) All laborers and mechanics employed by contrac10 tors or subcontractors in the construction or renovation of

11 facilities to be used to carry out Head Start programs shall

12 be paid wages at not less than those prevailing on similar

13 construction in the locality, as determined by the Secretary

14 of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931, as

15 amended (40 U.S.C. 276a et seq., commonly known as the

16 ‘Davis-Bacon Act’).

17 ‘‘(h) In all personnel actions of the American Indian

18 Programs Branch of the Head Start Bureau of the Admin19 istration for Children and Families, the Secretary shall give

20 the same preference to individuals who are members of an

21 Indian tribe as the Secretary gives to a disabled veteran,

22 as defined in section 2108(3)(C) of title 5, United States

23 Code. The Secretary shall take such additional actions as

24 may be necessary to promote recruitment of such individ25 uals for employment in the Administration.’’.
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1 SEC. 111. PARTICIPATION.

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

3 (1) in subsection (c)—

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

5 provide’’ and all that follows and inserting

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

7 of Head Start services to eligible children in the

8 State.’’; and

9 (B) by striking the second sentence; and

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section:

12 ‘‘(d)(1) An Indian tribe that—

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

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

15 children in the community served by the tribe (in16 cluding a community with a near-reservation des17 ignation, as defined by the Bureau of Indian Affairs)

18 from families that meet the low-income criteria pre19 scribed under subsection (a)(1)(A); and

20 ‘‘(C) has the resources to enroll additional chil21 dren in the community who do not meet the low-in22 come criteria;

23 may enroll such additional children in a Head Start pro24 gram, in accordance with this subsection, if the program

25 predominantly serves children who meet the low-income

26 criteria.
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1 ‘‘(2) The Indian tribe shall enroll the children in the

2 Head Start program in accordance with such requirements

3 as the Secretary may specify by regulation promulgated

4 after consultation with Indian tribes.

5 ‘‘(3) In providing services through a Head Start pro6 gram to such children, the Indian tribe may not use funds

7 that the Secretary has determined, in accordance with sec8 tion 640(g)(3), are to be used for expanding Head Start

9 programs under this subchapter.’’.

10 SEC. 112. INITIATIVE ON FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND

11 TODDLERS.

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Act is amended by adding

13 after section 645 (42 U.S.C. 9840) the following new sec14 tion:

15 ‘‘SEC. 645A. PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND

16 TODDLERS.

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants,

18 in accordance with the provisions of this section for—

19 ‘‘(1) programs providing family-centered services

20 for low-income families with very young children de21 signed to promote the development of the children,

22 and to enable their parents to fulfill their roles as

23 parents and to move toward self-sufficiency; and

24 ‘‘(2) provision of training and technical assist25 ance to entities carrying out programs, and evalua-
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1 tion of programs, that were supported under the Com2 prehensive Child Development Act (42 U.S.C. 9881 et

3 seq.), as in effect on the day before the date of enact4 ment of this section.

5 ‘‘(b) SCOPE AND DESIGN OF PROGRAMS.—In carrying

6 out a program described in subsection (a), an entity receiv7 ing assistance under this section shall—

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

9 early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child

10 development and family support services that will en11 hance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual

12 development of participating children;

13 ‘‘(2) ensure that the level of services provided to

14 families responds to their needs and circumstances;

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

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

17 role as parents and to help the families move toward

18 self-sufficiency (including educational and employ19 ment services as appropriate);

20 ‘‘(5) coordinate services with services provided by

21 programs in the State and programs in the commu22 nity to ensure a comprehensive array of services (such

23 as health and mental health services);
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1 ‘‘(6) ensure formal linkages with local Head

2 Start programs in order to provide for continuity of

3 services for children and families;

4 ‘‘(7) in the case of a Head Start agency that op5 erates a program and that also provides Head Start

6 services through the age of mandatory school attend7 ance, ensure that children and families participating

8 in the program receive such services through such age;

9 and

10 ‘‘(8) meet such other requirements concerning de11 sign and operation of the program described in sub12 section (a) as the Secretary may establish.

13 ‘‘(c) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.—Persons

14 who may participate in programs described in subsection

15 (a)(1) include—

16 ‘‘(1) pregnant women; and

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

18 under age 5, in the case of children served by an en19 tity specified in subsection (e)(3));

20 who meet the income criteria specified for families in sec21 tion 645(a)(1).

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

23 to receive assistance under this section, an entity shall sub24 mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such

25 manner, and containing such information as the Secretary
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1 may require. Entities that may apply to carry out activi2 ties under this section include—

3 ‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs

4 under this subchapter;

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

6 enactment of this section, were operating—

7 ‘‘(A) Parent-Child Centers receiving finan8 cial assistance under section 640(a)(4), as in ef9 fect on such date; or

10 ‘‘(B) programs receiving financial assist11 ance under the Comprehensive Child Develop12 ment Act, as in effect on such date; and

13 ‘‘(3) other public entities, and nonprofit private

14 entities, capable of providing child and family serv15 ices that meet the standards for participation in pro16 grams under this subchapter and meet such other ap17 propriate requirements relating to the activities under

18 this section as the Secretary may establish.

19 ‘‘(e) TIME-LIMITED PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN ENTI20 TIES.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts allotted pur22 suant to paragraphs (2) and (4) of section 640(a), the

23 Secretary shall provide financial assistance in accord24 ance with paragraphs (2) through (4).
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1 ‘‘(2) PARENT-CHILD CENTERS.—The Secretary

2 shall make financial assistance available under this

3 section for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997

4 to any entity that—

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

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

7 Center pursuant to section 640(a)(4), as in effect

8 on the day before the date of enactment of this

9 section, for fiscal year 1994.

10 ‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT

11 CENTERS.—

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

13 a grant for fiscal year 1994 to operate a project

14 under the Comprehensive Child Development Act,

15 the Secretary—

16 ‘‘(i) shall make financial assistance

17 available under this section, in a com18 parable amount and scope to the assistance

19 provided for fiscal year 1994, for the dura20 tion of the project period specified in the

21 grant award to such entity under such Act;

22 and

23 ‘‘(ii) shall permit such entity, in car24 rying out activities assisted under this sec-
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1 tion, to serve children from birth through

2 age 5.

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

4 a grant for fiscal year 1989 to operate a project

5 under the Comprehensive Child Development Act,

6 the Secretary shall make assistance available

7 under this section for each of fiscal years 1995,

8 1996, and 1997 to any entity that complies with

9 subsection (b).

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

11 ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall make financial as12 sistance available under this section as necessary to

13 provide for the evaluation of, and furnishing of train14 ing and technical assistance to, programs specified in

15 paragraph (3)(A).

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

17 From the balance remaining of the portion specified in sec18 tion 640(a)(6), after making grants to the eligible entities

19 specified in subsection (e), the Secretary shall award grants

20 under this subsection on a competitive basis to applicants

21 meeting the criteria specified in subsection (d) (giving pri22 ority to entities with a record of providing early, continu23 ous, and comprehensive childhood development and family

24 services).
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1 ‘‘(g) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants to eligible

2 applicants under this section, the Secretary shall—

3 ‘‘(1) ensure an equitable national geographic dis4 tribution of the grants; and

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

6 serve communities in rural areas and to applicants

7 proposing to serve communities in urban areas.

8 ‘‘(h) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—

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

10 30, 1994, the Secretary shall develop program guide11 lines concerning the content and operation of pro12 grams assisted under this section—

13 ‘‘(A) in consultation with experts in early

14 childhood development, experts in health, and ex15 perts in family services; and

16 ‘‘(B) taking into consideration the knowl17 edge and experience gained from other early

18 childhood programs, including programs under

19 the Comprehensive Child Development Act.

20 ‘‘(2) STANDARDS.—Not later than December 30,

21 1994, the Secretary shall develop and publish per22 formance standards for programs assisted under this

23 section, and a grant announcement based on the

24 guidelines developed under paragraph (1).
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1 ‘‘(3) MONITORING, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSIST2 ANCE, AND EVALUATION.—In order to ensure the suc3 cessful operation of programs assisted under this sec4 tion, the Secretary shall use funds from the balance

5 described in subsection (f) to monitor the operation of

6 such programs, evaluate their effectiveness, and pro7 vide training and technical assistance tailored to the

8 particular needs of such programs.’’.

9 (b) CONSOLIDATION.—In recognition that the Com10 prehensive Child Development Centers Act has dem11 onstrated positive results, and that its purposes and func12 tions have been consolidated into section 645A of the Head

13 Start Act, the Comprehensive Child Development Centers

14 Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) and the Comprehensive

15 Child Development Act (42 U.S.C. 9881 et seq.) are

16 repealed.

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

18 (a) MEDIATION AND HEARING FOR DISPUTES WITH

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

20 9841(a)) is amended—

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

22 ‘‘and’’;

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

24 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new para2 graph:

3 ‘‘(4) the Secretary shall develop and publish pro4 cedures (including mediation procedures) to be used

5 in order to—

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

7 potentially leading to adverse action between—

8 ‘‘(i) recipients of financial assistance

9 under this subchapter; and

10 ‘‘(ii) delegate agencies or Head Start

11 Parent Policy Councils; and

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

13 hearing.’’.

14 (b) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION NOT STAYED

15 PENDING APPEAL.—Section 646 (42 U.S.C. 9841) is fur16 ther amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

17 following new subsection:

18 ‘‘(b) In prescribing procedures for the mediation de19 scribed in subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall specify—

20 ‘‘(1) the date by which a Head Start agency en21 gaged in a conflict described in subsection (a)(4) will

22 notify the appropriate regional office of the Depart23 ment of the conflict;

24 ‘‘(2) a reasonable period for the mediation;
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1 ‘‘(3) a timeline for an administrative hearing, if

2 necessary, to resolve the conflict; and

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

4 the administrative hearing shall issue a decision

5 based on the hearing.

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

7 or suspension of financial assistance under this subchapter

8 is upheld in an administrative hearing under this section,

9 such termination, reduction, or suspension shall not be

10 stayed pending any judicial appeal of such administrative

11 decision.

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

13 process by which an Indian tribe may identify and estab14 lish an alternative agency, and request that the alternative

15 agency be designated under section 641 as the Head Start

16 agency providing services to the tribe, if—

17 ‘‘(A) the Secretary terminates financial assist18 ance under section 646 to the only agency that was

19 receiving financial assistance to provide Head Start

20 services to the Indian tribe; and

21 ‘‘(B) the tribe would otherwise be precluded from

22 providing such services to the members of the tribe.

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

24 prohibit such designation of an alternative agency that in25 cludes an employee who—
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1 ‘‘(A) served on the administrative staff or pro2 gram staff of the agency described in paragraph

3 (1)(A); and

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

5 ‘‘(i) relates to the performance standards or

6 financial management standards described in

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

8 ‘‘(ii) was the basis for the termination of fi9 nancial assistance described in paragraph

10 (1)(A);

11 as determined by the Secretary after providing the

12 notice and opportunity described in subsection

13 (a)(3).’’.

14 SEC. 114. GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR TRAINING AND

15 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

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

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

18 ‘‘TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING’’;

19 (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Head Start

20 programs, including’’ and inserting ‘‘Head Start pro21 grams, in accordance with the process, and the provi22 sions for allocating resources, set forth in subsections

23 (b) and (c). The Secretary shall provide, either di24 rectly or through grants or other arrangements,’’;
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1 (3)(A) by redesignating the final sentence of sub2 section (a), as amended by paragraph (2), as sub3 section (e);

4 (B) by transferring such subsection to the end of

5 the section; and

6 (C) by indenting such subsection and aligning

7 the margins of such subsection with the margins of

8 subsection (d);

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

10 (5) by inserting after subsection (a) the following

11 new subsections:

12 ‘‘(b) The process for determining the technical assist13 ance and training activities to be carried out under this

14 section shall—

15 ‘‘(1) ensure that the needs of local Head Start

16 agencies and programs relating to improving pro17 gram quality and to program expansion are ad18 dressed to the maximum extent feasible; and

19 ‘‘(2) incorporate mechanisms to ensure respon20 siveness to local needs, including an ongoing proce21 dure for obtaining input from the individuals and

22 agencies carrying out Head Start programs.

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

24 and training under this section, the Secretary shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) give priority consideration to activities to

2 correct program and management deficiencies identi3 fied through reviews pursuant to section 641A(c) (in4 cluding the provision of assistance to local programs

5 in the development of quality improvement plans

6 under section 641A(d)(2));

7 ‘‘(2) address the training and career development

8 needs of classroom staff (including instruction for

9 providing services to children with disabilities) and

10 nonclassroom staff, including home visitors and other

11 staff working directly with families, including train12 ing relating to increasing parent involvement and

13 services designed to increase family literacy and im14 prove parenting skills;

15 ‘‘(3) assist Head Start agencies and programs in

16 conducting and participating in communitywide

17 strategic planning and needs assessment;

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

19 the development of sound management practices, in20 cluding financial management procedures; and

21 ‘‘(5) assist in efforts to secure and maintain ade22 quate facilities for Head Start programs.’’.

23 SEC. 115. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

24 The Head Start Act is amended by inserting after sec25 tion 648 (42 U.S.C. 9843) the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 648A. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

2 ‘‘(a) CLASSROOM TEACHERS.—

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

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

5 each Head Start classroom in a center-based program

6 is assigned one teacher who has—

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

8 credential that is appropriate to the age of the

9 children being served in center-based programs;

10 ‘‘(B) a State-awarded certificate for pre11 school teachers that meets or exceeds the require12 ments for a child development associate creden13 tial;

14 ‘‘(C) an associate, a baccalaureate, or an

15 advanced degree in early childhood education; or

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

17 childhood education with experience in teaching

18 preschool children and a State-awarded certifi19 cate to teach in a preschool program.

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

21 grant a 180-day waiver of the requirements of para22 graph (1) with respect to an individual who—

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

24 1996, by a Head Start agency as a teacher for

25 a Head Start classroom;
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1 ‘‘(B) is enrolled in a program that grants

2 any credential, certificate, or degree specified in

3 subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph

4 (1); and

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

6 terms of such program not later than 180 days

7 after beginning employment as a teacher with

8 such agency.

9 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not grant

10 more than one such waiver with respect to such indi11 vidual.

12 ‘‘(b) MENTOR TEACHERS.—

13 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION; FUNCTION.—For purposes of

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

15 individual responsible for observing and assessing the

16 classroom activities of a Head Start program and

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

18 Head Start program staff and volunteers, in order to

19 improve the qualifications and training of classroom

20 staff, to maintain high quality education services,

21 and to promote career development, in Head Start

22 programs.

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

24 Start agencies in establishing positions for mentor

25 teachers, the Secretary shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance and train2 ing to enable Head Start agencies to establish

3 such positions;

4 ‘‘(B) give priority consideration, in provid5 ing assistance pursuant to subparagraph (A), to

6 Head Start programs that have substantial

7 numbers of new classroom staff or that are expe8 riencing difficulty in meeting applicable edu9 cation standards; and

10 ‘‘(C) encourage Head Start programs to

11 give priority consideration for such positions to

12 Head Start teachers at the appropriate level of

13 career advancement in such programs.

14 ‘‘(c) FAMILY SERVICE WORKERS.—In order to im15 prove the quality and effectiveness of staff providing in16 home and other services (including needs assessment, devel17 opment of service plans, family advocacy, and coordination

18 of service delivery) to families of children participating in

19 Head Start programs, the Secretary, in coordination with

20 concerned public and private agencies and organizations

21 examining the issues of standards and training for family

22 service workers, shall—

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

24 new qualification standards for Head Start staff pro25 viding such services;
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1 ‘‘(2) promote the development of model curricula

2 (on subjects including parenting training and family

3 literacy) designed to ensure the attainment of appro4 priate competencies by individuals working or plan5 ning to work in the field of early childhood and fam6 ily services; and

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

8 that indicates attainment of the competencies and

9 that is accepted nationwide.

10 ‘‘(d) HEAD START FELLOWSHIPS.—

11 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may establish

12 a program of fellowships, to be known as ‘Head Start

13 Fellowships’, in accordance with this subsection. The

14 Secretary may award the fellowships to individuals,

15 to be known as ‘Head Start Fellows’, who are staff in

16 local Head Start programs or other individuals work17 ing in the field of child development and family

18 services.

19 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The fellowship program estab20 lished under this subsection shall be designed to en21 hance the ability of Head Start Fellows to make sig22 nificant contributions to programs authorized under

23 this subchapter, by providing opportunities to expand

24 their knowledge and experience through exposure to
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1 activities, issues, resources, and new approaches, in

2 the field of child development and family services.

3 ‘‘(3) ASSIGNMENTS OF FELLOWS.—

4 ‘‘(A) PLACEMENT SITES.—Fellowship posi5 tions under the fellowship program may be lo6 cated (subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C))—

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

8 Health and Human Services administering

9 programs authorized under this subchapter

10 (in national or regional offices of such agen11 cies);

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

13 programs;

14 ‘‘(iii) in institutions of higher edu15 cation;

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

17 organizations concerned with services to

18 children and families; and

19 ‘‘(v) in other appropriate settings.

20 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION FOR FELLOWS OTHER

21 THAN HEAD START EMPLOYEES.—A Head Start

22 Fellow who is not an employee of a local Head

23 Start agency or program may be placed only in

24 a fellowship position located in an agency or
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1 program specified in clause (i) or (ii) of sub2 paragraph (A).

3 ‘‘(C) NO PLACEMENT IN LOBBYING ORGANI4 ZATIONS.—Head Start Fellowship positions may

5 not be located in any agency whose primary

6 purpose, or one of whose major purposes, is to

7 influence Federal, State, or local legislation.

8 ‘‘(4) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—Head Start Fel9 lowships shall be awarded on a competitive basis to

10 individuals (other than Federal employees) selected

11 from among applicants who are working, on the date

12 of application, in local Head Start programs or oth13 erwise working in the field of child development and

14 children and family services.

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

16 be for terms of 1 year, and may be renewed for a term

17 of 1 additional year.

18 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—From

19 amounts appropriated under this subchapter and al20 lotted under section 640(a)(2)(D), the Secretary is au21 thorized to make expenditures of not to exceed

22 $1,000,000 for any fiscal year, for stipends and other

23 reasonable expenses of the fellowship program.

24 ‘‘(7) STATUS OF FELLOWS.—Except as otherwise

25 provided in this paragraph, Head Start Fellows shall
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1 not be considered to be employees or otherwise in the

2 service or employment of the Federal Government.

3 Head Start Fellows shall be considered to be employ4 ees for purposes of compensation for injuries under

5 chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code. Head Start

6 Fellows assigned to positions located in agencies spec7 ified in paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall be considered em8 ployees in the executive branch of the Federal Govern9 ment for the purposes of chapter 11 of title 18, United

10 States Code, and for purposes of any administrative

11 standards of conduct applicable to the employees of

12 the agency to which they are assigned.

13 ‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro14 mulgate regulations to carry out this subsection.

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

16 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary,

17 in consultation with appropriate public agencies, private

18 agencies, and organizations and with individuals with ex19 pertise in the field of children and family services, shall

20 develop model staffing plans to provide guidance to local

21 Head Start agencies and programs on the numbers, types,

22 responsibilities, and qualifications of staff required to oper23 ate a Head Start program.’’.
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1 SEC. 116. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, EVALUATION.

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

3 follows:

4 ‘‘SEC. 649. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUA5 TION.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

7 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT; GENERAL PURPOSES.—The

8 Secretary shall carry out a continuing program of re9 search, demonstration, and evaluation activities, in

10 order to—

11 ‘‘(A) foster continuous improvement in the

12 quality of the Head Start programs under this

13 subchapter and in their effectiveness in enabling

14 participating children and their families to suc15 ceed in school and otherwise; and

16 ‘‘(B) use the Head Start programs to de17 velop, test, and disseminate new ideas and ap18 proaches for addressing the needs of low-income

19 preschool children (including children with dis20 abilities) and their families and communities,

21 and otherwise to further the purposes of this sub22 chapter.

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

24 periodically update, a plan governing the research,

25 demonstration, and evaluation activities under this

26 section.
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1 ‘‘(b) CONDUCT OF RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND

2 EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary, in order to con3 duct research, demonstration, and evaluation activities

4 under this section—

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

6 through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agree7 ments with, public or private entities;

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

9 such activities in collaboration with other Federal

10 agencies, and with non-Federal agencies, conducting

11 similar activities;

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

13 a specific program or project is conducted by persons

14 not directly involved in the operation of such pro15 gram or project;

16 ‘‘(4) may require Head Start agencies to provide

17 for independent evaluations;

18 ‘‘(5) may approve, in appropriate cases, commu19 nity-based cooperative research and evaluation efforts

20 to enable Head Start programs to collaborate with

21 qualified researchers not directly involved in program

22 administration or operation; and

23 ‘‘(6) may collaborate with organizations with ex24 pertise in inclusive educational strategies for pre25 schoolers with disabilities.
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1 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION.—In carry2 ing out activities under this section, the Secretary shall—

3 ‘‘(1) consult with—

4 ‘‘(A) individuals from relevant academic

5 disciplines;

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

7 operation of Head Start programs and individ8 uals who are involved in the operation of other

9 child and family service programs; and

10 ‘‘(C) individuals from other Federal agen11 cies, and individuals from organizations, in12 volved with children and families, ensuring that

13 the individuals described in this subparagraph

14 reflect the multicultural nature of the children

15 and families served by the Head Start programs

16 and the multidisciplinary nature of the Head

17 Start programs;

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

19 the views of persons participating in and served by

20 programs and projects assisted under this subchapter

21 with respect to activities under this section; and

22 ‘‘(3) establish, to the extent appropriate, working

23 relationships with the faculties of institutions of high24 er education, as defined in section 1201(a) of the

25 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)),
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1 located in the area in which any evaluation under

2 this section is being conducted, unless there is no such

3 institution of higher education willing and able to

4 participate in such evaluation.

5 ‘‘(d) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES.—The research, dem6 onstration, and evaluation activities under this subchapter

7 shall include components designed to—

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

9 and effectiveness of the programs under this sub10 chapter;

11 ‘‘(2) contribute to developing knowledge concern12 ing factors associated with the quality and effective13 ness of Head Start programs and in identifying ways

14 in which services provided under this subchapter may

15 be improved;

16 ‘‘(3) assist in developing knowledge concerning

17 the factors that promote or inhibit healthy develop18 ment and effective functioning of children and their

19 families both during and following participation in a

20 Head Start program;

21 ‘‘(4) permit comparisons of children and families

22 participating in Head Start programs with children

23 and families receiving other child care, early child24 hood education, or child development services and

25 with other appropriate control groups;
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1 ‘‘(5) contribute to understanding the characteris2 tics and needs of population groups eligible for serv3 ices provided under this subchapter and the impact of

4 such services on the individuals served and the com5 munities in which such services are provided;

6 ‘‘(6) provide for disseminating and promoting

7 the use of the findings from such research, demonstra8 tion, and evaluation activities; and

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

10 knowledge is insufficient, and that will otherwise con11 tribute to fulfilling the purposes of this subchapter.

12 ‘‘(e) LONGITUDINAL STUDIES.—In developing prior13 ities for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities

14 under this section, the Secretary shall give special consider15 ation to longitudinal studies that—

16 ‘‘(1) examine the developmental progress of chil17 dren and their families both during and following

18 participation in a Head Start program, including

19 the examination of factors that contribute to or de20 tract from such progress;

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

22 quality of the Head Start programs and the prepara23 tion the programs provide for children and their fam24 ilies to function effectively in schools and other set-
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1 tings in the years following participation in such a

2 program; and

3 ‘‘(3) as appropriate, permit comparison of chil4 dren and families participating in Head Start pro5 grams with children and families receiving other

6 child care, early childhood education, or child devel7 opment services, and with other appropriate control

8 groups.

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

10 take necessary steps to ensure that all studies, reports, pro11 posals, and data produced or developed with Federal funds

12 under this subchapter shall become the property of the Unit13 ed States.’’.

14 SEC. 117. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVALUATIONS.

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

16 SEC. 118. REPORTS.

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

18 amended—

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

20 follows through subsection (f) and inserting:

21 ‘‘SEC. 651. REPORTS.’’;

22 (2) by striking ‘‘(g)’’;

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

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

25 ‘‘monitoring conducted under section 641A(c)’’; and
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1 (4)(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para2 graph (11);

3 (B) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (12) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (C) by adding after paragraph (12) the following

6 new paragraph:

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

8 research, demonstration, and evaluation activities

9 conducted under section 649, including—

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

11 and

12 ‘‘(B) results, conclusions, and recommenda13 tions, not included in any previous report, based

14 on completed activities.’’.

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

16 section 650.

17 SEC. 119. REPEALS.

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

19 are repealed.

20 SEC. 120. STUDY OF BENEFITS FOR HEAD START EMPLOY21 EES.

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

23 Services shall conduct a study regarding the benefits avail24 able to individuals employed by Head Start agencies under

25 the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).
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1 (b) REPORT.—

2 (1) PREPARATION.—The Secretary shall prepare

3 a report, containing the results of the study, that—

4 (A) describes the benefits, including health

5 care benefits, family and medical leave, and re6 tirement pension benefits, available to such indi7 viduals;

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 participation

13 by such individuals in the Federal Employees’

14 Retirement System under chapter 84 of title 5,

15 United States Code.

16 (2) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall submit

17 the report to the appropriate committees of Congress.

18 SEC. 121. AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY OF HEAD START PAR19 TICIPANTS.

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

21 seq.) is amended—

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

23 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

24 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i),

25 by striking ‘‘a member of’’;
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1 (ii) in clause (i)—

2 (I) by inserting ‘‘a member of’’

3 after ‘‘(i)’’; and

4 (II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of

5 the clause;

6 (iii) in clause (ii)—

7 (I) by inserting ‘‘a member of’’

8 after ‘‘(ii)’’; and

9 (II) by striking the period at the

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

11 and

12 (iv) by adding at the end the following

13 new clause:

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

15 program authorized under the Head Start Act (42

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

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

18 low-income criteria prescribed under section

19 645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

20 9840(a)(1)(A)).’’; and

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

22 stamps or aid to families with dependent chil23 dren’’ and inserting ‘‘food stamps, aid to fami24 lies with dependent children, or enrollment or
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1 participation in the Head Start program on the

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

3 (2) in section 17(c) (42 U.S.C. 1766(c)), by add4 ing at the end the following new paragraph:

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

6 for benefits under this section without further application

7 or eligibility determination, if the child is enrolled as a par8 ticipant in a Head Start program authorized under the

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

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

11 meets the low-income criteria prescribed under section

12 645(a)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

13 9840(a)(1)(A)).’’.

14 SEC. 122. READY TO LEARN PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION.

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

16 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20

17 U.S.C. 3161a(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, nongovern18 mental entity’’ and inserting ‘‘entity (including public tele19 communications entities)’’.

20 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

21 4706(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

22 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 3161e(a)) is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 for fiscal year

24 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000 for fiscal year

25 1995’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 1994.’’ and in2 serting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997.’’.

3 SEC. 123. STATE DEPENDENT CARE DEVELOPMENT PRO4 GRAMS.

5 Section 670A of the State Dependent Care Develop6 ment Grants Act (42 U.S.C. 9871) is amended by striking

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

8 and inserting ‘‘is authorized to be appropriated

9 $13,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.’’.

10 SEC. 124. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AS11 SOCIATE SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE ACT OF

12 1985.

13 Section 606 of the Child Development Associate Schol14 arship Assistance Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 10905) is amended

15 by striking ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and all that follows and inserting

16 ‘‘to carry out this title such sums as may be necessary for

17 fiscal year 1995.’’.

18 SEC. 125. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

19 (a) HEAD START TRANSITION PROJECT ACT.—Section

20 133(a) of the Head Start Transition Project Act is amended

21 by striking ‘‘639(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘639(b)’’.

22 (b) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Section 1924(d)(3)(A)(i)

23 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5(d)(3)(A)(i))

24 is amended by striking ‘‘sections 652 and 673(2)’’ and in25 serting ‘‘section 673(2)’’.
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1 SEC. 126. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.

2 (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This title, and the amend3 ments made by this title, shall take effect on the date of

4 enactment of this title.

5 (b) APPLICATION.—The requirements of this title and

6 the amendments made by this title shall not apply to Head

7 Start agencies and other recipients of financial assistance

8 under the Head Start Act until October 1, 1994.

9 TITLE II—COMMUNITY SERVICES

10 BLOCK GRANT AMENDMENTS

11 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

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

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

14 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly pro15 vided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is ex16 pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section

17 or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be

18 made to a section or other provision of the Community

19 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.).

20 SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION AND RE22 PEAL.—

23 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub24 section (b) of section 672 (42 U.S.C. 9901(b)) is

25 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) There are authorized to be appropriated

2 $525,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may

3 be necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998, to

4 carry out the provisions of this subtitle.’’.

5 (2) REPEAL.—Section 408 of the Human Serv6 ices Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9910b) is

7 repealed.

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

9 9903) is amended—

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

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

12 (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re13 designated), the following new subsection:

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

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

16 less than one-half of 1 percent and not more than 1 percent

17 for training, technical assistance, planning, and evaluation

18 activities related to programs or projects carried out under

19 this Act. Such activities may be carried out by the Sec20 retary directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative

21 agreements.’’.

22 (c) APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.—

23 (1) FORM AND ASSURANCES.—Section 675(a) (42

24 U.S.C. 9904(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or signifi-
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1 cant amendments thereof’’ before ‘‘shall contain assur2 ances’’.

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

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

5 funds available under this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure

6 that, at its discretion and consistent with agreements

7 with the State, each recipient of funds available under

8 this Act will use such funds’’.

9 (3) ASSURED ACTIVITIES.—Section 675(c)(1)(B)

10 (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting

11 ‘‘homeless individuals and families, migrants, and’’

12 before ‘‘the elderly poor’’.

13 (4) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section

14 675(c)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(2)(B)) is amended to

15 read as follows:

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

17 expended under subparagraph (A), provide assurances

18 that with respect to the remainder of the allotment a

19 reasonable amount shall be used for—

20 ‘‘(i) providing training and technical as21 sistance to those entities in need of such assist22 ance and such activities will not be considered

23 administrative expenses;

24 ‘‘(ii) coordinating State-operated programs

25 and services targeted to low-income children and
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1 families with services provided by eligible enti2 ties funded under this Act, including outposting

3 appropriate State or local public employees into

4 entities funded under this Act to ensure in5 creased access to services provided by such State

6 or local agencies;

7 ‘‘(iii) supporting statewide coordination

8 and communication among eligible entities;

9 ‘‘(iv) administrative expenses at the State

10 level, including monitoring activities, but not

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

12 under section 674; and

13 ‘‘(v) considering the distribution of funds

14 under this Act within the State to determine if

15 such funds have been targeted to the areas of

16 highest need.’’.

17 (5) TRIPARTITE BOARD.—Section 675(c)(3) (42

18 U.S.C. 9904(c)(3)) is amended—

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘selected by the community

20 action agency or nonprofit private organization

21 and’’ after ‘‘board will be’’;

22 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A),

23 (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respec24 tively;
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1 (C) by striking the comma after ‘‘provide

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

3 (D) by inserting before the semicolon at the

4 end thereof ‘‘, and (B) in the case of a public or5 ganization receiving funds under this subtitle,

6 such organization either establish—

7 ‘‘(i) a board of which at least one-third

8 of the members are persons chosen in ac9 cordance with democratic selection proce10 dures adequate to assure that they are rep11 resentative of the poor in the area served; or

12 ‘‘(ii) another mechanism specified by

13 the State to assure low-income citizen par14 ticipation in the planning, administration,

15 and evaluation of projects for which such

16 organization has been funded;’’.

17 (6) REGULATIONS.—The next to last sentence of

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

19 striking ‘‘may not’’ and inserting ‘‘shall by regula20 tion’’.

21 (d) COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY PLAN.—Section

22 675(c) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)) is amended—

23 (1) in paragraph (11)—
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1 (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through

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

3 (cc), respectively;

4 (B) by realigning the margin of the sentence

5 beginning with ‘‘For purposes of’’ so as to align

6 with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1);

7 (C) by striking ‘‘For purposes of’’ and in8 serting ‘‘(A) For purposes of’’;

9 (D) by striking ‘‘(A) a statewide’’ and in10 serting ‘‘(i)(I) a statewide’’;

11 (E) by striking ‘‘(B) the failure’’ and in12 serting ‘‘(ii) the failure’’;

13 (F) by inserting immediately before para14 graph (12) the following:

15 ‘‘(B) for purposes of making a determina16 tion with respect to a termination, the term

17 ‘cause’ includes the material failure of an eligible

18 entity to comply with the terms of its agreement

19 and community action plan to provide services

20 under this subtitle;’’.

21 (2) in paragraph (12) by striking the period and

22 inserting a semicolon; and

23 (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the follow24 ing new paragraphs:
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1 ‘‘(13) secure from each eligible entity as a condi2 tion to its receipt of funding under this Act a commu3 nity action plan (which shall be available to the Sec4 retary for inspection) that includes—

5 ‘‘(A) a community needs assessment (in6 cluding food needs);

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

8 system targeted to low-income individuals and

9 families in the service area;

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

11 developed to fill identified gaps in services

12 through information, referral, case management,

13 and followup consultations;

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

15 this Act will be coordinated with other public

16 and private resources; and

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

18 be used to monitor success in promoting self-suf19 ficiency, family stability, and community

20 revitalization; and

21 ‘‘(14) provide assurances that cost and account22 ing standards of the Office of Management and Budg23 et shall apply to a recipient of funds under this Act.’’.
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1 (e) PUBLIC INSPECTIONS OF PLANS.—Section

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

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

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

5 U.S.C. 9904(f)) is amended by inserting before ‘‘to the legis6 lature’’ the following: ‘‘to the eligible entity at no charge,’’.

7 SEC. 203. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.

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

9 U.S.C. 9910(a)) is amended—

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

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

12 for’’;

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

14 (3) in paragraph (2)—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘(2) ongoing’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘ongoing’’;

17 (B) by striking ‘‘including special emphasis

18 programs for’’ and inserting ‘‘with special em19 phasis on’’; and

20 (C) by striking subparagraphs (A) through

21 (F); and

22 (4) by inserting the following new paragraphs:

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

24 on a competitive basis, to fund private, nonprofit

25 community development corporations for the purposes
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1 of planning and carrying out community and eco2 nomic development activities in economically dis3 tressed areas and in rural areas, as described in sub4 section (c);

5 ‘‘(2) grants to eligible entities for the develop6 ment and implementation of innovative approaches to

7 deal with critical needs or problems of low-income in8 dividuals that are common to a number of commu9 nities, including grants to provide opportunities for

10 leadership development, community involvement and

11 education success to disadvantaged persons between

12 the ages of 14 and 25; and

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

14 and widespread availability of interactive informa15 tion technology among the nationwide network of

16 Community Service Block Grant eligible entities,

17 State administrators, national associations and orga18 nizations, and program recipients to promote elec19 tronic communication and access to program infor20 mation that would enhance the effective delivery of so21 cial services.’’.

22 (b) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM.—Subsection (b)

23 of section 681 (42 U.S.C. 9910) is amended to read as

24 follows:

25 ‘‘(b) COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

2 ‘‘(A) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI3 TIES.—Economic development activities under

4 this section shall be designed to address the eco5 nomic needs of low-income individuals and fami6 lies by creating employment and business devel7 opment opportunities.

8 ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall

9 exercise the authority provided under subpara10 graph (A) in consultation with other relevant

11 Federal officials.

12 ‘‘(C) GOVERNING BOARDS.—Each commu13 nity development corporation receiving funds

14 under this section shall be governed by a board

15 that shall consist of residents of the community

16 and business and civic leaders and shall have as

17 a principal purpose planning, developing or

18 managing low-income housing and community

19 development projects.

20 ‘‘(D) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In pro21 viding assistance or entering into other arrange22 ments under this section, the Secretary shall take

23 into consideration the geographic distribution of

24 funds among States and the relative proportion

25 of funding among rural and urban areas.
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1 ‘‘(E) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts made

2 available to carry out this section, the Secretary

3 may reserve not to exceed 1 percent for each fis4 cal year to make grants to private nonprofit or5 ganizations or to enter into contracts with pri6 vate nonprofit or for profit organizations to pro7 vide technical assistance to aid community devel8 opment corporations in developing or imple9 menting projects funded under this section and

10 to evaluate projects funded under this section.

11 ‘‘(2) RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI12 TIES.—Rural community development activities

13 under this section shall include—

14 ‘‘(A) grants to private, nonprofit corpora15 tions that provide assistance to rural low-income

16 families in home repair and in planning and de17 veloping low-income rural rental housing units;

18 and

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

20 nonprofit organizations that provide training

21 and technical assistance to small, rural commu22 nities in meeting their community facility

23 needs.’’.
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1 SEC. 204. COMMUNITY FOOD AND NUTRITION.

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

3 is amended to read as follows:

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

5 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may

6 be necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998, to

7 carry out this section.’’.

8 SEC. 205. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

10 shall take effect on October 1, 1994.

11 TITLE III—LOW-INCOME HOME

12 ENERGY ASSISTANCE AMEND13 MENTS

14 SECTION 301. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

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

16 ‘‘Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of

17 1994’’.

18 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly pro19 vided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is ex20 pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section

21 or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be

22 made to a section or other provision of the Low-Income

23 Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et

24 seq.).
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1 SEC. 302. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

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

3 amended to read as follows:

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

5 accordance with the provisions of this title, to States to as6 sist low-income households, particularly those that pay a

7 high proportion of household income for home energy, pri8 marily in meeting their immediate home energy needs and,

9 where appropriate, to reduce the energy needs and costs of

10 such households and thereby improve their capacity to meet

11 such needs in the future.’’.

12 SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

13 (a) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 2602 (42 U.S.C.

14 8621) is amended—

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

16 all that follows through the end of the first sentence

17 and inserting ‘‘this title, $2,000,000,000 for each of

18 fiscal years 1995 through 1999.’’; and

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

20 (A) by striking ‘‘July 1’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc21 tober 1’’; and

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

23 ‘‘following the year in which’’.

24 (b) INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR LEVERAGING NON-FED25 ERAL SOURCES.—Subsection (d) of section 2602 (42 U.S.C.

26 8621(d)) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry

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

3 1995 and 1996, and such sums as may be necessary for

4 each of the fiscal years 1997 through 1999.’’.

5 SEC. 304. EMERGENCY FUNDS.

6 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

7 2602 (42 U.S.C. 8621) as amended by section 3, is further

8 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

9 subsection:

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

11 fiscal year for payments under this title, in addition to

12 amounts appropriated for distribution to all the States in

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

14 $600,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1999,

15 to meet the additional home energy assistance needs of one

16 or more States arising from a natural disaster or other

17 emergency. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection

18 are hereby designated to be emergency requirements pursu19 ant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and

20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such

21 funds shall be made available only after the submission to

22 Congress of a formal budget request by the President (for

23 all or a part of the appropriation pursuant to this sub24 section) that includes a designation of the amount requested

25 as an emergency requirement as defined in such Act.’’.
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1 (b) HOME ENERGY.—Section 2603 (42 U.S.C.

2 8622(3)) is amended—

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

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

5 (7), (8), and (9), respectively;

6 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re7 designated), the following new paragraph:

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘energy burden’ means the expend9 itures of the household for home energy divided by the

10 income of the household.’’; and

11 (3) by inserting before paragraph (4) (as so re12 designated), the following new paragraph:

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

14 the home energy requirements of households that in15 clude members of vulnerable populations, including

16 very young children and the frail elderly.’’

17 (c) ALLOTMENT OF EMERGENCY FUNDS.—Section

18 2604 (42 U.S.C. 8623) is amended by adding at the end

19 thereof the following new subsection:

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

21 Secretary may allot amounts appropriated pursuant to sec22 tion 2602(d) to one or more than one State. In determining

23 to which State or States additional funds may be allotted,

24 the Secretary shall take into account the extent to which

25 a State was affected by the emergency or disaster, the avail-
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1 ability to an affected State of other resources under this

2 or any other program, and such other factors as the Sec3 retary determines relevant.’’.

4 SEC. 305. AUTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS.

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

6 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(1) use the funds available under this title to—

8 ‘‘(A) conduct outreach activities and pro9 vide assistance to low income households in meet10 ing their home energy costs, particularly those

11 that pay a high proportion of household income

12 for home energy, consistent with paragraph (5);

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

14 ‘‘(C) provide low-cost residential weather15 ization and other cost-effective energy-related

16 home repair; and

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

18 State’s program under this title including

19 leveraging programs,

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

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

22 (b) ENCOURAGED REDUCED HOME ENERGY NEEDS.—

23 Section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (9)(B), by inserting before the

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

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

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

5 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

6 (3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the follow7 ing new paragraph:

8 ‘‘(16) subject the use of such funds to the require9 ments of paragraph (9)(A) if it uses such funds to

10 provide services that encourage and enable households

11 to reduce their home energy needs and thereby the

12 need for energy assistance, including needs assess13 ments, counseling, and assistance with energy ven14 dors.’’.

15 SEC. 306. TARGETING OF ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS

16 WITH HIGH HOME ENERGY BURDENS.

17 (a) HOUSEHOLD INCOME.—Section 2605(b)(2)(B) (42

18 U.S.C. 8624(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking the matter

19 following clause (ii) and inserting the following:

20 ‘‘except that a State may not exclude a household

21 from eligibility in a fiscal year solely on the

22 basis of household income if such income is less

23 than 110 percent of the poverty level for such

24 State, but the State may give priority to those
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1 households with the highest home energy costs or

2 needs in relation to household income;’’.

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

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

5 aware’’ and inserting ‘‘and households with high home en6 ergy burdens, are made aware’’.

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

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

9 ‘‘highest energy costs’’.

10 (d) STATE PLAN.—Section 2605(c)(1) (42 U.S.C.

11 8624(c)(1)) is amended—

12 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F)

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

14 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol15 lowing new subparagraph:

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

17 addition to those necessary to carry out the assurance

18 contained in paragraph (5) of subsection (b)) to tar19 get assistance to households with high home energy

20 burdens;’’.

21 SEC. 307. REMOVAL OF CONSTRAINT ON SECRETARIAL PRO22 GRAM GUIDANCE.

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

24 striking the first flush sentence immediately following para25 graph (14).
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1 SEC. 308. CLARIFICATION OF AUDIT REQUIREMENT.

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

3 (1) in subsection (b)(10), by striking ‘‘and pro4 vide that’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘and

5 provide that the State will comply with the provisions

6 of chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code (com7 monly known as the ‘Single Audit Act’);’’; and

8 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘at least every

9 two years’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘in ac10 cordance with chapter 75 of title 31, United States

11 Code.’’.

12 SEC. 309. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WEATHERIZA13 TION RULES TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM CONSIST14 ENCY.

15 Section 2605(c)(1)(D) (42 U.S.C. 8624(c)(1)(D)) is

16 amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof

17 the following: ‘‘, including any steps the State will take to

18 address the weatherization and energy-related home repair

19 needs of households that have high home energy burdens,

20 and describes any rules promulgated by the Department of

21 Energy for administration of its Low Income Weatheriza22 tion Assistance Program which the State, to the extent per23 mitted by the Secretary to increase consistency between fed24 erally assisted programs, will follow regarding the use of

25 funds provided under this title by the State for such weath-
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1 erization and energy-related home repairs and improve2 ments’’.

3 SEC. 310. MATTERS TO BE DESCRIBED IN ANNUAL APPLICA4 TION.

5 Section 2605(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 8624(c)(1)) is amend6 ed—

7 (1) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated by

8 section 306(d) of this Act)—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘and (13)’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘(13), and (15)’’; and

11 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end thereof;

12 and

13 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) (as so

14 redesignated by section 306(d) of this Act), the follow15 ing new subparagraph:

16 ‘‘(G) states, with respect to the 12-month period

17 specified by the Secretary, the number and income

18 levels of households which apply and the number

19 which are assisted with funds provided under this

20 title, and the number of households so assisted with—

21 ‘‘(i) one or more members who has attained

22 60 years of age;

23 ‘‘(ii) one or more members who were dis24 abled; and

25 ‘‘(iii) one or more young children; and’’.
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1 SEC. 311. REPORT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION.

2 Section 2607(a) (42 U.S.C. 8628(a)) is amended—

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after the subsection des4 ignation; and

5 (2) by adding at the end thereof the following

6 new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(2) Each State shall notify the Secretary, not later

8 than 2 months prior to the close of a fiscal year, of the

9 amount (if any) of its allotment for such year that will

10 not be obligated in such year, and, if such State elects to

11 submit a request described in subsection (b)(2), such State

12 shall submit such request at the same time. The Secretary

13 shall make no payment under paragraph (1) to a State for

14 a fiscal year unless the State has complied with this para15 graph with respect to the prior fiscal year.’’.

16 SEC. 312. MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—

18 (1) TREATMENT OF HOUSEHOLDS.—Section

19 2605(b)(7)(D) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(7)(D)) is amended

20 to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(D) ensure that the provision of vendored

22 payments remains at the option of the State in

23 consultation with local grantees and may be con24 tingent on vendors taking appropriate measures

25 to alleviate the energy burdens of eligible house26 holds, including providing for compacts between
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1 suppliers and individuals eligible for benefits

2 under this Act that seek to reduce home energy

3 costs, minimize the risks of home energy crisis,

4 and encourage regular payments by individuals

5 receiving financial assistance for home energy

6 costs;’’.

7 (2) INCENTIVE PROGRAM.—Section 2607A(e) (42

8 U.S.C. 8626a(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘July 31, of

9 each year’’ and inserting ‘‘2 months after the close of

10 the fiscal year during which the State provided lever11 aged resources to eligible households, as described in

12 subsection (b)’’.

13 (3) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

14 Section 2609A(a) is amended by striking ‘‘$500,000’’

15 and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’.

16 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

17 (1) Section 2602(b) (42 U.S.C. 8621(b)) is

18 amended—

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘(other than section

20 2607A)’’ after ‘‘to carry out the provisions of this

21 title’’; and

22 (B) by striking the second period at the end

23 thereof.

24 (2) Section 2603(2) (42 U.S.C. 8622(2)) is

25 amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the’’ in paragraph (2) and

2 inserting ‘‘The’’; and

3 (B) by striking the semicolon at the end

4 thereof and inserting a period.

5 (3) The sentence that immediately precedes para6 graph (15) of section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)) is

7 transferred so as to appear as a flush sentence imme8 diately after paragraph (16).

9 (4) Section 2605(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(3)) is

10 amended by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘disabled’’.

12 (5) Section 2607A(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 8626a(c)(2))

13 is amended by striking ‘‘.0008 percent’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘0.08 percent’’.

15 (6) Section 2610(a) (42 U.S.C. 8629(a)) is

16 amended—

17 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the semi18 colon after ‘‘used’’ and inserting a semicolon

19 after ‘‘title’’; and

20 (B) in paragraph (5)—

21 (i) by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and in22 serting ‘‘disabled’’; and

23 (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at

24 the end thereof ‘‘or include young children’’.
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1 SEC. 313. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 The amendments and repeals made by this title shall

3 become effective on October 1, 1994.

4 TITLE IV—COMMUNITY-BASED

5 FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS

6 SEC. 401. COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE PRO7 GRAMS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 933 of the Claude Pepper

9 Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12339) is amend10 ed to read as follows:

11 ‘‘SEC. 933. COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE PRO12 GRAMS.

13 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to

14 promote a systemic approach to prevention through the

15 promotion of innovative funding mechanisms for networks

16 of comprehensive family resource services provided through

17 collaborative approaches, including public-private partner18 ships.

19 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—The Commissioner shall make

20 grants to States on a formula basis for the purpose of—

21 ‘‘(1) establishing and expanding statewide net22 works of community-based family resource programs,

23 including funds for the initial costs of providing spe24 cific family resource services, that ensure family in25 volvement in the design and operation of family re-
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1 source programs which are responsive to the unique

2 and diverse strengths of children and families;

3 ‘‘(2) promoting child abuse and neglect preven4 tion activities;

5 ‘‘(3) promoting the establishment and operation

6 of State trust funds or other mechanisms for integrat7 ing child and family services funding streams in

8 order to provide flexible funding for the development

9 of community-based family resource programs;

10 ‘‘(4) establishing or expanding community-based

11 collaboration to foster the development of a continuum

12 of preventive services for children and families, which

13 are family-centered and culturally-relevant; and

14 ‘‘(5) encouraging public and private partner15 ships in the establishment and expansion of family

16 resource programs.

17 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—A State is eligible for

18 a grant under this section for any fiscal year if—

19 ‘‘(1) such State has established or maintained in

20 the previous fiscal year—

21 ‘‘(A) a trust fund, including appropriations

22 for such fund; or

23 ‘‘(B) any other mechanism that pools State,

24 Federal, and private funds for integrating child

25 and family service resources; and
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1 ‘‘(2) such trust fund or other funding mechanism

2 includes (in whole or in part) provisions making

3 funding available specifically for a broad range of

4 child abuse and neglect prevention activities and fam5 ily resource programs.

6 ‘‘(d) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated for a

8 fiscal year to provide grants under this section shall

9 be allotted, among eligible States in each fiscal year

10 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, except

15 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 the

21 State’s trust fund or other mechanism for inte22 grating family resource services in the fiscal year

23 prior to the fiscal year for which the allotment

24 is being determined.
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1 ‘‘(e) EXISTING GRANTS.—A State that has a grant in

2 effect on the date of enactment of this section under the

3 Family Resource and Support Program or the Temporary

4 Child Care and Crisis Nurseries Program shall continue to

5 receive funds under such Programs, subject to the original

6 terms under which such funds were granted, through the

7 end of the applicable grant cycle.

8 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION.—No grant may be made to any eli9 gible State under this section unless an application is pre10 pared and submitted to the Secretary at such time, in such

11 manner, and containing or accompanied by such informa12 tion as the Commissioner determines to be essential to carry

13 out the purposes and provisions of this section, including—

14 ‘‘(1) a description of the agency designated by

15 the Chief Executive Officer of the State to administer

16 the funds provided under this section and assume re17 sponsibility for implementation and oversight of the

18 family resource programs and other child abuse and

19 neglect prevention activities, and an assurance that

20 the agency so designated—

21 ‘‘(A) is the trust fund advisory board or an

22 existing quasi-public organization with inter23 disciplinary governance that pools State, Fed24 eral, and private funds for family resource pro-
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1 grams or integrating child and family service re2 sources; or

3 ‘‘(B) with respect to a State without a trust

4 fund mechanism or quasi-public organization

5 that meets the requirements of subparagraph (A),

6 is an existing State agency, or other public,

7 quasi-public, or nonprofit private agency respon8 sible for the development and implementation of

9 a statewide network of community-based family

10 resource programs;

11 ‘‘(2) assurances that the agency designated under

12 paragraph (1) can demonstrate the capacity to fulfill

13 the purposes described in subsection (a), and shall

14 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 serve

3 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 local

17 government such as social service, health,

18 mental health, education, employment, eco19 nomic development agencies, and organiza20 tions providing community services activi21 ties;

22 ‘‘(iv) representatives of the business

23 community;

24 ‘‘(v) representatives of general purpose

25 local governments;
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1 ‘‘(vi) representatives of groups with ex2 pertise in child abuse prevention, including

3 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 resource

12 programs operating in the State, the current unmet

13 need for the services provided under such programs,

14 including the need for building increased capacity to

15 provide specific family resource services, including

16 respite care, and the intended scope of the State fam17 ily resource program, the population to be served, the

18 manner in which the program will be operated, and

19 the manner in which such program will relate to

20 other community services and public agencies;

21 ‘‘(5) evidence that Federal assistance received

22 under this section—

23 ‘‘(A) has been supplemented with non24 Federal public and private assistance, including

25 a description of the projected level of financial
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1 commitment by the State to develop a family re2 source program; and

3 ‘‘(B) will be used to supplement and not

4 supplant other State and local public funds ex5 pended for family resource programs;

6 ‘‘(6) a description of the core services, as re7 quired by this section, and other support services to

8 be provided by the program and the manner in which

9 such services will be provided, including the extent to

10 which either family resources, centers, home visiting,

11 or community collaboratives will be used;

12 ‘‘(7) a description of any public information ac13 tivities the agency designated in paragraph (1) will

14 undertake for the purpose of promoting family stabil15 ity and preventing child abuse and neglect, including

16 child sexual abuse;

17 ‘‘(8) an assurance that the State will provide

18 funds for the initial startup costs associated with spe19 cific family resource services, including respite serv20 ices, and a description of the services to be funded;

21 ‘‘(9) assurances that the State program will

22 maintain cultural diversity;

23 ‘‘(10) a description of the guidelines for requir24 ing parental involvement in State and local program

25 development, policy design, and governance and the
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1 process for assessing and demonstrating that parental

2 involvement in program development, operation, and

3 governance occurs;

4 ‘‘(11) a description of the State and community5 based interagency planning processes to be utilized to

6 develop and implement family resource programs;

7 ‘‘(12) a description of the criteria that the State

8 will utilize for awarding grants for local programs so

9 that they meet the requirements of subsection (g);

10 ‘‘(13) a plan for providing training, technical

11 assistance, and other assistance to local communities

12 in program development;

13 ‘‘(14) a description of the methods to be utilized

14 to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the

15 family resource programs within the State;

16 ‘‘(15) a description of proposed actions by the

17 State that will reduce practical and regulatory bar18 riers to the provision of comprehensive services to

19 families, including family resource programs; and

20 ‘‘(16) an assurance that the State will provide

21 the Secretary with reports, at such time and contain22 ing such information as the Secretary may require.

23 ‘‘(g) LOCAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a grant

25 under this section shall use amounts received under
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1 such grant to establish local family resource programs

2 that—

3 ‘‘(A) undertake a community-based needs

4 assessment and program planning process which

5 involves parents, and local public and nonprofit

6 agencies (including those responsible for provid7 ing health, education, employment training,

8 Head Start and other early childhood, child wel9 fare, and social services);

10 ‘‘(B) develop a strategy to provide com11 prehensive services to families to meet identified

12 needs through collaboration, including public13 private partnerships;

14 ‘‘(C) identify appropriate community-based

15 organizations to administer such programs lo16 cally;

17 ‘‘(D) provide core services, and other serv18 ices directly or through contracts or agreements

19 with other local agencies; and

20 ‘‘(E) involve parents in the development,

21 operation, and governance of the program.

22 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding local grants under

23 this section, a State shall give priority to programs

24 serving low-income communities and programs serv25 ing young parents or parents with young children
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1 and shall ensure that such grants are equitably dis2 tributed among urban and rural areas.

3 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:

4 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY REFERRAL SERVICES.—The

5 term ‘community referral services’ means services to

6 assist families in obtaining community resources, in7 cluding respite services, health and mental health

8 services, employability development and job training

9 and other social services.

10 ‘‘(2) FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAM.—The term

11 ‘family resource program’ means a program that of12 fers community-based services that provide sustained

13 assistance to families at various stages in their devel14 opment. Such services shall promote parental com15 petencies and behaviors that will lead to the healthy

16 and positive personal development of parents and

17 children through—

18 ‘‘(A) the provisions of assistance to build

19 family skills and assist parents in improving

20 their capacities to be supportive and nurturing

21 parents;

22 ‘‘(B) the provision of assistance to families

23 to enable such families to use other formal and

24 informal resources and opportunities for assist-
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1 ance that are available within the communities

2 of such families; and

3 ‘‘(C) the creation of supportive networks to

4 enhance the childbearing capacity of parents and

5 assist in compensating for the increased social

6 isolation and vulnerability of families.

7 ‘‘(3) FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES.—The term

8 ‘family resource services’ means—

9 ‘‘(A) core services that must be provided di10 rectly by the family resource program under this

11 section, including—

12 ‘‘(i) education and support services

13 provided to assist parents in acquiring

14 parenting skills, learning about child devel15 opment, and responding appropriately to

16 the behavior of their children;

17 ‘‘(ii) early developmental screening of

18 children to assess the needs of such children

19 and to identify the types of support to be

20 provided;

21 ‘‘(iii) outreach services;

22 ‘‘(iv) community referral services; and

23 ‘‘(v) follow-up services; and

24 ‘‘(B) other services, which may be provided

25 either directly or through referral, including—
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1 ‘‘(i) early care and education (such as

2 child care and Head Start);

3 ‘‘(ii) respite care;

4 ‘‘(iii) job readiness and counseling

5 services (including skill training);

6 ‘‘(iv) education and literacy services;

7 ‘‘(v) nutritional education;

8 ‘‘(vi) life management skills training;

9 ‘‘(vii) peer counseling and crisis inter10 vention, and family violence counseling

11 services;

12 ‘‘(viii) referral for health (including

13 prenatal care) and mental health services;

14 and

15 ‘‘(ix) substance abuse treatment.

16 ‘‘(4) INTERDISCIPLINARY GOVERNANCE.—The

17 term ‘interdisciplinary governance’ includes govern18 ance by representatives from communities and rep19 resentatives from existing health, mental health, edu20 cation, employment and training, child welfare, and

21 other agencies within the State.’’.

22 ‘‘(5) RESPITE SERVICES.—The term ‘respite

23 services’ means short-term care services provided in

24 the temporary absence of the regular caregiver (par25 ent, other relative, foster parent, adoptive parent,
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1 guardian) to children who meet one or more of the fol2 lowing categories:

3 ‘‘(A) The children are in danger of abuse or

4 neglect.

5 ‘‘(B) The children have experienced abuse or

6 neglect.

7 ‘‘(C) The children have disabilities, or

8 chronic or terminal illnesses.

9 Services provided within or outside the child’s home

10 shall be short-term care, ranging from a few hours to

11 a few weeks of time, per year, and be intended to en12 able the family to stay together and to keep the child

13 living in the child’s home and community.’’.

14 (b) DEFINITION.—Section 926(7) of such Act (42

15 U.S.C. 12332(7)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and other care16 takers’’ after ‘‘parents’’.

17 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

18 934 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12340) is amended—

19 (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), to read

20 as follows:

21 ‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to

22 carry out section 931 such sums as may be necessary

23 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.’’; and

24 (2) in subsection (d), to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(h) COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE PRO2 GRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry

3 out section 933, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such

4 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996

5 through 1998.’’.

6 (d) REPEAL OF EXISTING PROGRAMS.—

7 (1) COMMUNITY-BASED CHILD ABUSE AND NE8 GLECT PREVENTION GRANTS.—Title II of the Child

9 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116

10 et seq.) is repealed.

11 (2) EMERGENCY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

12 SERVICES GRANTS.—Sec. 107A of the Child Abuse

13 Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a–1)

14 is repealed.

15 (3) TEMPORARY CHILD CARE AND CRISIS NURS16 ERIES.—The Temporary Child Care for Children

17 with Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986 (42

18 U.S.C. 5117 et seq.) is repealed.

19 SEC. 402. FEDERAL COUNCIL ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND

20 FAMILIES.

21 Section 918 of the Claude Pepper Young Americans

22 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12314) is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (k)—

24 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking out ‘‘and’’

25 at the end thereof;
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1 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking out the

2 period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;

3 and

4 (C) by adding at the end thereof the follow5 ing new paragraphs:

6 ‘‘(6) identify program regulations, practices, and

7 eligibility requirements that impede coordination and

8 collaboration and make recommendations for their

9 modifications or elimination; and

10 ‘‘(7) develop recommendations for creating joint11 ly funded programs, unified assessments, eligibility,

12 and application procedures, and confidentiality pro13 tections that facilitate information sharing.’’;

14 (2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘1991 through

15 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 through 1998’’; and

16 (3) in subsection (p), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and in17 serting ‘‘1998’’.

18 SEC. 403. FAMILY RESOURCE ACT.

19 (a) NATIONAL CENTER.—Section 958(b)(3) of the

20 Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.

21 12353(b)(3)) is amended by strike ‘‘model’’.

22 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

23 960 of the Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990

24 (42 U.S.C. 12355) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$2,300,000’’

2 and all that follows through the end thereof and in3 serting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995

4 through 1998.’’; and

5 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$700,000’’ and

6 all that follows through the end thereof and inserting

7 ‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as

8 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996

9 through 1998.’’.

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