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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4964
To provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate the administration
of services to needy families with children.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 12, 1994
Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. FROST, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. HASTINGS,
Mrs. MEEK, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. FARR of
California, Mr. ENGEL, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agri-
culture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Banking, Fi-
nance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To provide grants for demonstration projects to coordinate
the administration of services to needy families with children.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Service Center
Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO COORDINATE THE
ADMINISTRATION OF SERVICES TO NEEDY
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to coordinate the admin-
istration of programs that provide services to needy fami-
lies with children, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (in this section referred to as ‘‘the Secretary’’)
may authorize States to conduct demonstration projects
in accordance with this section.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT.—Each State desiring
to conduct a demonstration project under this section may
submit to the Secretary an application that contains a de-
scription of the measures to be employed to coordinate the
administration of the following programs:
(1) AFDC PROGRAM.—The program of aid and
services for needy families with children under the
State plan approved under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
(2) CHILD
SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT
PRO-
GRAM.—The child support enforcement program car-
ried out under the State plan approved under part
D of title IV of the Social Security Act.
(3) FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.—The food stamp
program, as defined in section 3(h) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)).
(4) WIC PROGRAM.—The special supplemental
food program for women, infants, and children au-
thorized under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
(5) MATERNAL
AND
CHILD
HEALTH
BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM.—The maternal and child health
block grant program under title V of the Social Se-
curity Act.
(6) MEDICAID
PROGRAM.—Medical assistance
furnished under the State plan approved under title
XIX of the Social Security Act.
(7) SUBSTANCE
ABUSE
TREATMENT
PRO-
GRAMS.—Substance 
abuse 
treatment 
programs
under title V of the Public Health Service Act and
subpart II of part B of title XIX of such Act.
(8) JOBS PROGRAMS.—Programs under the Job
Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)
and other Federal job training programs.
(9) 
MENTAL
HEALTH
PROGRAMS.—Mental
health service programs under title V of the Public
Health Service Act and subpart I of part B of title
XIX of such Act.
(10) HOUSING PROGRAMS.—Programs for hous-
ing assistance administered by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of
Agriculture.
(11) PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY
DISABLED.—Programs for developmentally disabled
individuals under the Developmental Disabilities As-
sistance and Bill of Rights Act.
(12) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Any other program
administered by the State, which offers services for
children, youth, or needy families with children, that
the State considers appropriate to include in the
demonstration project.
(c) PROJECTS AIMED
AT
A DIVERSITY
OF CLI-
ENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that, as a group, the
demonstration projects authorized to be conducted under
this section serve urban, rural, and linguistically and cul-
turally diverse clients and include the broadest possible
range of services.
(d) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—Each State author-
ized to conduct a demonstration project under this section
shall—
(1) ensure that the project provides—
(A) each client with a single place and or-
ganization providing access to, and information
and counseling about, the services offered by
the programs described in subsection (b);
(B) access points in clients’ neighborhoods
for communication with service providers re-
garding their applications and benefits through
electronic data processing and communications
technology; and
(C) approaches to integrating the adminis-
tration of services that are linguistically and
culturally appropriate to the clientele of the
project; and
(2) conduct the project in accordance with such
other requirements as the Secretary may prescribe.
(e) GRANTS; DURATION OF PROJECTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make
grants to each State whose application to conduct a
demonstration project under this subsection is ap-
proved by the Secretary, to assist the State in carry-
ing out the project for a period of not more than 3
years.
(2) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may extend for
not more than 3 additional years the authority to
conduct any demonstration project under this sec-
tion, upon approval by the Secretary based on the
effectiveness of the project in achieving the objec-
tives of this section.
(3) TIMING OF GRANT PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may pay grants under this section in advance
or in installments, as the Secretary determines ap-
propriate.
(f) STATE EVALUATION OF PROJECT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State that conducts a
demonstration project under this section shall, as a
part of the project—
(A) conduct an evaluation of the effective-
ness and outcomes of the project in improving
the coordination and delivery, and in reducing
the administrative costs, of services to needy
families with children; and
(B) cooperate with the Secretary in the
conduct of national evaluations of the effective-
ness and cost savings of all such demonstration
projects.
(2) REPORT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State authorized
to conduct a demonstration project under this
section shall submit to the Secretary a report
on the results of the evaluation described in
paragraph (1).
(B) TIMING.—The report required by sub-
paragraph (A) with respect to a demonstration
project shall be submitted within 6 months
after the earlier of—
(i) the completion of the project; or
(ii) the end of the 3-year period that
begins with the commencement of the
project.
(g) STATE REPORT ON IMPEDIMENTS TO DELIVERY
OF SERVICES, AND ON MEASURES TAKEN TO ELIMINATE
OR REDUCE SUCH IMPEDIMENTS.—Each State authorized
to conduct a demonstration project under this section shall
submit to the Secretary at such time as the Secretary may
prescribe a report that describes—
(1) the administrative policies and laws of the
Federal Government and of the State or of a politi-
cal subdivision of the State, that the State has iden-
tified as impediments to the coordination of the de-
livery of services to needy families with children; and
(2) the measures that the State has taken or
intends to take to eliminate or reduce the impedi-
ments described in paragraph (1) that are attrib-
utable to administrative policies and laws of the
State or of a political subdivision of the State.
(h) FEDERAL EVALUATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct
evaluations of the implementation and outcomes of
the demonstration projects authorized under this
section.
(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years
after the date of the enactment of this section, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to
the Congress a report the results of the evaluations
conducted under paragraph (1) that includes the
recommendations of the Secretary as to any statu-
tory changes that would improve integration of serv-
ices provided through programs included in the dem-
onstration projects conducted under this section.
(3) FUNDING.—The Secretary may reserve up
to 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for grants
under this section for the purpose of conducting and
reporting on evaluations of the demonstration
projects authorized under this section.
(i) NO WAIVER AUTHORITY.—This section shall not
be construed to authorize the Secretary or appropriate
agency head to waive or modify any requirement of any
program described in subsection (b).
(j) STATE DEFINED.—As used in this section, the
term ‘‘State’’ includes the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
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