phone service is currently available statewide in only 
17 States. 
(13) Rapid deployment nationwide of 2–1–1 
telephone service as a means of access to informa-
tion about and referral on human services requires 
collaboration among State governments, comprehen-
sive and specialized information and referral centers, 
including Child Care Resource and Referral Agen-
cies, human service organizations and service pro-
viders, emergency management and homeland secu-
rity officials, telephone companies, and other rel-
evant entities. 
(14) 2–1–1 telephone service facilitates the 
availability of a single repository where comprehen-
sive data on all community services is collected, 
maintained, and updated regularly, reducing costs 
and duplication of efforts. The reliable data provided 
through 2–1–1 telephone service helps to better as-
sess the needs of our communities and to imme-
diately mobilize resources toward those needs. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO FACILITATE NATIONWIDE AVAIL-
ABILITY OF 2–1–1 SERVICE FOR INFORMA-
TION AND REFERRAL ON HUMAN SERVICES. 
(a) GRANTS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall award a grant to each State 
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to carry out a program for the purpose of making 2–1– 
1 telephone service available to all citizens in the State 
for information and referral on health and human services, 
including volunteer services. These grant dollars shall not 
supplant existing funding streams or services. 
(b) GRANT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR EACH STATE.— 
In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall 
develop a formula for allocating grant amounts among the 
States so that a grant may be awarded to each State seek-
ing a grant. 
(c) REQUIREMENT ON SHARE OF ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—A State may not be 
awarded a grant under this section unless the State 
ensures that at least 50 percent of the resources of 
the program funded by the grant will be derived 
from other sources. 
(2) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The require-
ment in paragraph (1) may be satisfied by in-kind 
contributions of goods or services. 
(d) LEAD ENTITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State seeking a grant 
under this section shall carry out this section 
through a lead entity meeting the requirements of 
this subsection. 
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(2) 2–1–1 COLLABORATIVE.—An entity shall be 
treated as the 2–1–1 Collaborative for a State under 
this subsection if the entity— 
(A) exists for such purpose under State 
law; 
(B) exists for such purpose by order of the 
State public utility commission; or 
(C) is a collaborative entity established by 
the State for such purpose from among rep-
resentatives of— 
(i) an informal existing 2–1–1 state-
wide collaborative, if any, in the State; 
(ii) State agencies; 
(iii) community-based organizations; 
(iv) faith-based organizations; 
(v) not-for-profit organizations; 
(vi) comprehensive and specialized in-
formation and referral providers, including 
current 2–1–1 call centers; 
(vii) foundations; and 
(viii) businesses. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
PREEXISTING
LEAD 
ENTITIES.—An entity described by subparagraph 
(A) or (B) of paragraph (2) may be treated as a 
lead entity under this subsection only if such entity 
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collaborates, to the extent practicable, with the orga-
nizations and entities listed in subparagraph (C) of 
that paragraph. 
(e) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The lead entity on behalf of 
each State seeking a grant under this section shall 
submit to the Secretary an application therefore in 
such form as the Secretary shall require. 
(2) INFORMATION.—An application on behalf of 
a State under this subsection shall contain informa-
tion as follows: 
(A) Information on the program to be car-
ried out by the lead entity of the State so that 
every citizen with phone service may dial the 2– 
1–1 telephone service in order to plan to make 
available throughout the State 2–1–1 telephone 
service for information and referral on human 
services, including information on the manner 
in which the lead entity will develop, sustain, 
and evaluate the program. 
(B) Information on the sources of re-
sources for the program for purposes of meet-
ing the requirement in subsection (c). 
(C) There should be a statewide database 
available to all citizens as well as all human 
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service programs, through the Internet, that 
will allow them to search for programs or serv-
ices that are available according to the data 
gathered by the 2–1–1 programs in the State. 
(D) Any additional information that the 
Secretary may require for purposes of this sec-
tion. 
(f) SUBGRANTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out a program to 
make 2–1–1 telephone service available throughout a 
State at no charge to the caller, the lead entity of 
the State may make subgrants to such persons or 
entities as the lead entity considers appropriate for 
purposes of the program, including subgrants to pro-
vide funds— 
(A) for the provision of 2–1–1 telephone 
service; 
(B) for the operation and maintenance of 
2–1–1 call centers; and 
(C) for the collection and display of infor-
mation for the statewide database. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding a subgrant 
under this subsection, a lead entity shall consider— 
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