cilitate the coordination of services for eligible fami-
lies with English language learners; 
(9) how eligible families with English language 
learners will be recruited and retained to receive 
services under this section; 
(10) how training and technical assistance will 
help the staff of programs of early childhood home 
visitation involved in activities under this section to 
more effectively serve eligible families with English 
language learners; 
(11) how the eligible applicant will evaluate the 
activities supported under this section in order to 
demonstrate outcomes related to the— 
(A) increase in number of eligible families 
with English language learners served by pro-
grams of early childhood home visitation; 
(B) enhancement of participating parents’ 
parental knowledge of early learning and devel-
opment; 
(C) enhancement of positive parenting 
practices related to early learning and develop-
ment; and 
(D) enhancement of children’s cognitive, 
language, social-emotional, and physical devel-
opment; 
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(12) how the proposed program will conduct 
outreach activities to target both mothers and fa-
thers and increase father involvement where safe 
and appropriate; and 
(13) such other information as the Secretary 
may require. 
(d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select 
applicants for funding under this section based on 
the quality of the applications and the recommenda-
tions of a peer review panel, as described in para-
graph (2). 
(2) PEER
REVIEW
PANEL.—The peer review 
panel shall include not less than— 
(A) 2 individuals who are experts in the 
field of home visitation; 
(B) 2 individuals who are experts in early 
childhood development; 
(C) 2 individuals who are experts in serv-
ing eligible families with English language 
learners; 
(D) 1 individual who is a board certified 
pediatrician or a developmental pediatrician; 
and 
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(E) 1 individual with expertise in admin-
istering public or private (including community- 
based) child maltreatment prevention programs. 
(e) DURATION OF GRANTS.—Grants made under this 
section shall be for a period of no more than 3 years. 
(f) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Each eligible appli-
cant that receives a grant under this section shall carry 
out the following activities: 
(1) Providing to as many eligible families with 
English language learners as practicable, voluntary 
early childhood home visitation, on not less fre-
quently than a monthly basis, through the imple-
mentation of quality programs of early childhood 
home visitation that are research-based that provide 
parents with— 
(A) knowledge of age appropriate child de-
velopment in cognitive, language, social-emo-
tional, and motor domains; 
(B) knowledge of realistic expectations of 
age-appropriate child behaviors; 
(C) knowledge of health and wellness 
issues for children and parents; 
(D) modeling, consulting, and coaching on 
parenting practices; 
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(E) skills to interact with their child to en-
hance age-appropriate development; 
(F) skills to recognize and seek help for 
issues related to health, developmental delays, 
and social, emotional, and behavioral skills; and 
(G) activities designed to help parents be-
come full partners in the education of their chil-
dren. 
(2) Ascertaining what health and developmental 
services the family receives and working with these 
providers to eliminate gaps in service by offering an-
nual health, vision, hearing, and developmental 
screening for children from birth to entry into kin-
dergarten, when not otherwise provided. 
(3) Providing referrals for participating eligible 
families with English language learners, as needed, 
to additional resources available in the community, 
such as center-based early education programs, child 
care services, health or mental health services, fam-
ily literacy programs, employment agencies, social 
services, and child care resource and referral agen-
cies. 
(4) Offering group meetings (at program dis-
cretion), on not less frequently than a monthly basis, 
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for eligible families with English language learners 
that— 
(A) further enhance the information, ac-
tivities, and skill-building addressed during 
home visitation; 
(B) offer opportunities for parents to meet 
with and support each other; and 
(C) address challenges facing eligible fami-
lies with English language learners. 
(5) Providing training and technical assistance 
to early childhood home visitation and early child-
hood care and education staff relating to— 
(A) effective service to eligible families 
with English language learners, including skills 
to address challenges facing English language 
learners; 
(B) effective methods of implementing par-
ent education, conducting home visiting, and 
promoting quality early childhood development, 
with sensitivity to cultural variations in par-
enting norms and attitudes toward formal sup-
port services; 
(C) the relationship of health and well- 
being of pregnant women to prenatal and early 
child development; 
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(D) early childhood development with re-
spect to children from birth until entry into kin-
dergarten; 
(E) methods to help parents promote 
emergent literacy in their children from birth 
until entry into kindergarten; 
(F) implementing strategies for helping eli-
gible families with English language learners 
coping with a crisis; 
(G) recruiting, supervising, and retaining 
qualified staff; 
(H) increasing services for underserved eli-
gible families with English language learners; 
(I) methods to help parents effectively re-
spond to their children’s needs and behaviors; 
(J) implementation of ongoing program 
quality improvement and evaluation of activities 
and outcomes; and 
(K) the relationship of father involvement 
to the health and well-being of pregnant women 
and to prenatal and early childhood develop-
ment. 
(6) Coordinating existing programs of early 
childhood home visitation in order to effectively and 
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efficiently meet the needs of more eligible families 
with English language learners. 
(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Each applicant 
that receives a grant under this section to carry out a pro-
gram shall submit an annual report to the Secretary re-
garding the progress of such program in addressing the 
purposes of this Act. Such report shall include, at a min-
imum, a description of— 
(1) actual service delivery provided under the 
grant including— 
(A) program characteristics including de-
scriptive information on the service model used 
and actual program performance; 
(B) provider characteristics including staff 
qualifications, work experience, and demo-
graphic characteristics; 
(C) 
recipient 
characteristics 
including 
number, demographic characteristics, and fam-
ily retention; and 
(D) an estimate of annual program imple-
mentation costs; 
(2) recipient outcomes that are consistent with 
program goals including, where appropriate given 
the program being evaluated— 
(A) parental practices; 
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(B) child health and development indica-
tors; 
(C) child maltreatment indicators; 
(D) school readiness indicators; and 
(E) links to community services; 
(3) the research-based instruction, materials, 
and activities being used in the activities funded 
under the grant; and 
(4) the effectiveness of the training and ongoing 
professional development provided— 
(A) to staff supported under the grant; 
and 
(B) to the broader early childhood commu-
nity. 
(h) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
provided under this section shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, Federal and non-Federal funds available 
for carrying out the activities described in this section. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 
2010. 
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SEC. 7. TARGETED GRANTS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME 
VISITATION FOR MILITARY FAMILIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education and the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall make grants, 
on a competitive basis, to eligible applicants to enable such 
applicants to support and expand efforts to deliver services 
under quality programs of early childhood home visitation 
to eligible families with a family member in the Armed 
Forces. 
(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—In this section, the term 
‘‘eligible applicant’’ means any of the following: 
(1) A local educational agency that receives 
payments under title VIII of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 
et seq.). 
(2) A school of the defense dependents’ edu-
cation system under the Defense Dependents’ Edu-
cation Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 921 et seq.). 
(3) A school established under section 2164 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(4) A community-based organization serving 
families with a family member in the Armed Forces. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible applicant that de-
sires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an 
application to the Secretary of Defense at such time, in 
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such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary of Defense may require. The application shall in-
clude a description of— 
(1) the results of a communitywide needs as-
sessment that describes— 
(A) 
community 
demographics 
dem-
onstrating the need for outreach and services to 
eligible families with a family member in the 
Armed Forces; 
(B) the quality and capacity of existing 
programs of early childhood home visitation for 
eligible families with a family member in the 
Armed Forces; 
(C) the gaps in programs of early child-
hood home visitation for eligible families with a 
family member in the Armed Forces; and 
(D) the type of program of early childhood 
home visitation necessary to address the gaps 
identified; 
(2) the program of early childhood home visita-
tion that will be supported by the grant under this 
section; 
(3) how the proposed program of early child-
hood home visitation will promote positive parenting 
skills and children’s early learning and development; 
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(4) how the proposed program of early child-
hood home visitation will incorporate the authorized 
activities described in subsection (f); 
(5) how services provided through a grant 
under this section will use materials that are geared 
toward eligible families with a family member in the 
Armed Forces; 
(6) how the activities under this section will 
build on and promote coordination with existing pro-
grams of early childhood home visitation, if such 
programs exist in the community, in an effort to 
promote an array of home visitation that ensures 
more eligible families with a family member in the 
Armed Forces are being served and are getting the 
most appropriate services to meet their needs; 
(7) how the program will ensure that— 
(A) eligible families with a family member 
in the Armed Forces are linked to schools; and 
(B) the activities under this section will 
support the preparation of children for school; 
(8) how channels of communication will be es-
tablished between staff of programs of early child-
hood home visitation and staff of other early child-
hood education programs, such as Head Start pro-
grams carried out under the Head Start Act (42 
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U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) and Early Head Start pro-
grams carried out under section 645A of such Act, 
preschool programs, family support programs, and 
child care programs, to facilitate the coordination of 
services for eligible families with a family member in 
the Armed Forces; 
(9) how eligible families with a family member 
in the Armed Forces will be recruited and retained 
to receive services under this section; 
(10) how training and technical assistance will 
help staff of programs of early childhood home visi-
tation involved in activities under this section to 
more effectively serve eligible families with a family 
member in the Armed Forces; 
(11) how the eligible applicant will evaluate the 
activities supported under this section in order to 
demonstrate outcomes related to the— 
(A) increase in number of eligible families 
with a family member in the Armed Forces 
served by programs of early childhood home vis-
itation; 
(B) enhancement of participating parents’ 
knowledge of early learning and development; 
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