(1) plan to collaborate with health and social 
service agencies to develop a program of school- 
linked integrated service for children and families on 
or near a school site; or 
(2) offer some coordinated services, but be able 
to demonstrate a need for the expansion of services. 
(b) DURATION.—Grants under this section may be 
for up to 3 years duration, subject to providing the Sec-
retary with annual evidence of satisfactory progress to-
wards the achievement of a plan for a self-sufficient co-
ordinated service program. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—A local educational agency that 
wishes to receive a grant under this section shall submit 
an application which identifies— 
(1) the need for coordinated services among all 
or some of the students of a local educational agen-
cy; 
(2) the proposed membership of a collaborative 
which will be formed to achieve broad-based coordi-
nated services, including representatives from the 
appropriate levels of all sectors and services nec-
essary to achieve broad-based coordinated services, 
including representatives of children and families; 
(3) the objectives of the collaboration; and 
(4) performance measurements. 
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(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-
tion shall be used to— 
(1) plan and hold regular meetings of the col-
laborative; 
(2) identify barriers to learning experienced by 
students in the local educational agency that stem 
from factors external to the public school system, in-
cluding poor health, physical and sexual abuse, poor 
nutrition, inadequate housing, lack of appropriate 
childcare and lack of appropriate preschool and be-
fore and after school care; 
(3) assess the availability of currently existing 
social service programs which could help to alleviate 
these barriers; 
(4) assess the availability of local, State and 
private funds, the redirection of existing funds and 
the use of in-kind services; 
(5) assess the feasibility of a sliding scale fee 
for services that will be delivered; and 
(6) develop an interagency service delivery plan 
that identifies— 
(A) the priorities of the service providers 
and the community; 
(B) the availability and use of adequate 
staff and physical resources; 
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(C) a plan to coordinate Federal, State 
and local regulations, eligibility requirements 
and application procedures; 
(D) how coordinated services will be deliv-
ered, including a case management system; and 
(E) a plan to become self-sufficient, with-
out using funds authorized under this Act, not 
later than 2 years after implementation. 
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—A local educational agency that 
desires to receive a grant under this section shall have an 
interagency service delivery plan that has been approved 
by the Secretary of Education. 
(b) DURATION.—Grants under this section may not 
exceed a 2-year period. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a local educational agency shall submit 
an application which— 
(1) identifies barriers to learning experienced by 
students in the local educational agency that stem 
from factors external to the public school system, in-
cluding poor health, evidence of physical or sexual 
abuse, poor nutrition, inadequate housing, lack of 
appropriate childcare and lack of appropriate pre-
school and before and after school care; 
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(2) identifies existing social service programs; 
(3) identifies the participants in the delivery of 
coordinated services, including community and par-
ent involvement; 
(4) includes an interagency service delivery plan 
which includes the priorities of the service providers 
and the community; 
(5) includes an interagency agreement signed 
by key parties within the collaborative, partnership 
schools and agencies that detail what will be done, 
by whom and when; 
(6) makes assurances that Federal funds will be 
used for not more than 50 percent of the costs of 
this project after the first year, with a commitment 
of matching funds from other agencies or private 
sources, including the redirection of existing funds 
and the use of in-kind services which will fully sup-
port the project after the second year; 
(7) identifies how the coordinated service pro-
gram will be staffed, including the case of a coordi-
nator and including a plan for interagency staff 
training and development; 
(8) identifies where the coordinated service pro-
gram will be located; 
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(9) identifies how Federal, State, and local reg-
ulations, eligibility requirements and application pro-
cedures have been coordinated; 
(10) utilizes a case management system; and 
(11) sets sliding scale service fees, if feasible. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-
tion may be used— 
(1) to locate and obtain commitments from 
funding sources other than the Federal Government 
when this grant ends; 
(2) to improve interagency communications and 
information-sharing, 
including 
developing 
tele-
communications networks, software development, 
data base integration and management, and other 
applications of technology that improve coordination 
of service; 
(3) to support colocation of interagency service 
delivery programs in schools or other sites close to 
schools, including rental or lease payments, open 
and lock-up fees or maintenance and security costs 
necessary for the delivery of services to students; 
(4) for staff development, including in-service 
and cross-agency training, for the interagency serv-
ice delivery team, including school staff; 
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