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[CITE: 42USC12337]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
   CHAPTER 127--COORDINATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
 
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND AWARDING OF GRANTS FOR 
                                PROGRAMS
 
Part B--Grants for State and Community Programs for Children, Youth, and 
                                Families
 
Sec. 12337. State coordination of services


(a) Authority

    The Commissioner shall make grants under this section to States on a 
formula basis for the purpose of improving the coordination of services 
provided to children, youth, and families.

(b) Application

    To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, the chief 
executive officer of a State shall prepare and submit to the 
Commissioner an application containing a plan providing assurances 
that--
        (1) the independent State body is committed to interagency 
    planning that results in statewide policies promoting systematic 
    collaboration among agencies on behalf of young individuals as 
    demonstrated by joint planning, joint financing, joint service 
    delivery, common intake and assessment, and other arrangements that 
    reduce barriers to services and promote more effective local service 
    delivery systems for young individuals;
        (2) such plan will be based on needs as identified through an 
    analysis of updated reports (such as ``State of the Child'' reports) 
    prepared by the State, including detailed information gathered by 
    the State, to the extent practicable, on young individuals and the 
    families of such individuals concerning--
            (A) age, sex, race, and ethnicity;
            (B) the residences of such individuals;
            (C) the incidence of homelessness among such individuals;
            (D) the composition of families of such individuals;
            (E) the economic situations of such individuals;
            (F) the incidence of poverty among such individuals;
            (G) experiences in the care of such individuals away from 
        home;
            (H) the health of such individuals;
            (I) violence in the homes or communities of such 
        individuals;
            (J) the nature of the attachment of such individuals to 
        school and work;
            (K) dropout rates of such individuals from school; and
            (L) the character of the communities in which such 
        individuals reside;

        (3) the system to be used for the distribution of funds within 
    the State will require that--
            (A) each area have an equal opportunity to apply for or 
        receive funds under this part; and
            (B) the public be given an opportunity to express views 
        concerning the development and administration of such plan;

        (4) the independent State body will provide an inventory of 
    existing public and private services for children, youth and their 
    families and will evaluate the need for supportive services within 
    the State to address the purposes of this chapter and determine the 
    extent to which existing public and private programs meet such need;
        (5) the independent State body will make such reports, in such 
    form, and containing such information, as the Commissioner may 
    require;
        (6) such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be 
    adopted as may be necessary to ensure proper disbursement of, and 
    accounting for, Federal funds paid under this part to the chief 
    executive officer of the State, including any such funds paid to the 
    recipients of a grant or contract;
        (7) the independent State body will conduct periodic evaluations 
    of activities and projects carried out pursuant to this section and 
    section 12338 of this title and will report the results and 
    recommendations to the chief executive officer of the State and the 
    State legislature;
        (8) the chief executive officer of the State will provide 
    technical assistance or in-service training opportunities for 
    personnel responsible for carrying out the purposes of this section 
    and section 12338 of this title; and
        (9) the chief executive officer of each State will provide for 
    the implementation of the requirements of section 12338 of this 
    title, relating to supportive services.

(c) Use of grants to States

    Notwithstanding section 12340(g) of this title, the amounts made 
available to each State under section 12340(a) of this title may be used 
to make grants to a State to enable such State to pay such percentages 
as the independent State body of such State determines to be 
appropriate, of the cost of administering the State plan of such State 
including--
        (1) the costs of the preparation of such plan and the provision 
    of technical assistance to local areas;
        (2) the costs of the evaluation of activities carried out under 
    such plan;
        (3) the costs of the collection of data and the carrying out of 
    analyses related to the need for supportive services within the 
    State;
        (4) the costs of the dissemination of information obtained under 
    paragraph (3); and
        (5) the costs of the provision of short-term training to 
    personnel of public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations 
    engaged in the operation of programs authorized by this part.

(e) \1\ Supplement not supplant
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    \1\ So in original. No subsec. (d) has been enacted.
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    Amounts received by a State under this section and section 12338 of 
this title shall be used only to supplement, not to supplant, the amount 
of Federal, State, and local funds expended for the purposes for which 
grants are made under this section and section 12338 of this title. In 
no event shall such expenditures be used to satisfy the matching 
requirements of any other Federal program.

(f) Relationship to family resource and support program grants

    If a State intends to apply for a grant under section 12339 \2\ of 
this title to be used for the same calendar year as the grant under this 
section, such State shall include in the application for a grant under 
this section a description of plans for family resource and support 
programs and for the coordination of the use of all funds received under 
this part.
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    \2\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 101-501, title IX, Sec. 931, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1271.)

                       References in Text

    Section 12339 of this title, referred to in subsec. (f), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 103-252, title IV, Sec. 401(b)(1), May 18, 1994, 108 
Stat. 672.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12333, 12335, 12336, 12338, 
12340 of this title.
