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[CITE: 42USC12353]

 
                 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 C--National Clearinghouse
 
Sec. 12353. Establishment of National Center on Family Resource 
        and Support Programs
        

(a) Establishment

    The Commissioner shall establish, through grant or contract, a 
national center for the collection and provision of programmatic 
information and technical assistance that relates to all types of family 
resource and support programs, to be known as the ``National Center on 
Family Resource and Support Programs''.

(b) Functions

    The national center established under subsection (a) of this section 
shall serve as a national information and data clearinghouse, training, 
technical assistance, and material development source for family 
resource and support programs. Such center shall--
        (1) develop and maintain a system for disseminating information 
    on all types of family resource and support programs and on the 
    state of family resource and support program development, including 
    information concerning the most effective model programs;
        (2) develop and sponsor a variety of training institutes and 
    curricula for family resource and support program staff;
        (3) identify several programs representing the various types of 
    family resource and support programs to develop technical assistance 
    materials and activities to assist other agencies in establishing 
    family resource and support programs; and
        (4) develop State-wide networks of family resource and support 
    programs for the purpose of sharing and disseminating information.

(Pub. L. 101-501, title IX, Sec. 958, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1279; Pub. 
L. 103-252, title IV, Sec. 403(a), May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 673.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 103-252 substituted ``several 
programs'' for ``several model programs''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 12355 of this title.
