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[CITE: 42USC5116h]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 67--CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT AND ADOPTION REFORM
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE AND SUPPORT GRANTS
 
Sec. 5116h. Definitions

    For purposes of this subchapter:

                   (1) Children with disabilities

        The term ``children with disabilities'' has the same meaning 
    given such term in section 1401(a)(2) \1\ of title 20.
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                   (2) Community referral services

        The term ``community referral services'' means services provided 
    under contract or through interagency agreements to assist families 
    in obtaining needed information, mutual support and community 
    resources, including respite care services, health and mental health 
    services, employability development and job training, and other 
    social services, including early developmental screening of 
    children, through help lines or other methods.

               (3) Family resource and support program

        The term ``family resource and support program'' means a 
    community-based, prevention-focused entity that--
            (A) provides, through direct service, the core services 
        required under this subchapter, including--
                (i) parent education, support and leadership services, 
            together with services characterized by relationships 
            between parents and professionals that are based on equality 
            and respect, and designed to assist parents in acquiring 
            parenting skills, learning about child development, and 
            responding appropriately to the behavior of their children;
                (ii) services to facilitate the ability of parents to 
            serve as resources to one another (such as through mutual 
            support and parent self-help groups);
                (iii) outreach services provided through voluntary home 
            visits and other methods to assist parents in becoming aware 
            of and able to participate in family resources \2\ and 
            support program activities;
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                (iv) community and social services to assist families in 
            obtaining community resources; and
                (v) follow-up services;

            (B) provides, or arranges for the provision of, other core 
        services through contracts or agreements with other local 
        agencies, including all forms of respite care services; and
            (C) provides access to optional services, directly or by 
        contract, purchase of service, or interagency agreement, 
        including--
                (i) child care, early childhood development and early 
            intervention services;
                (ii) referral to self-sufficiency and life management 
            skills training;
                (iii) referral to education services, such as scholastic 
            tutoring, literacy training, and General Educational Degree 
            services;
                (iv) referral to services providing job readiness 
            skills;
                (v) child abuse and neglect prevention activities;
                (vi) referral to services that families with children 
            with disabilities or special needs may require;
                (vii) community and social service referral, including 
            early developmental screening of children;
                (viii) peer counseling;
                (ix) referral for substance abuse counseling and 
            treatment; and
                (x) help line services.

                        (4) Outreach services

        The term ``outreach services'' means services provided to assist 
    consumers, through voluntary home visits or other methods, in 
    accessing and participating in family resource and support program 
    activities.

                      (5) Respite care services

        The term ``respite care services'' means short term care 
    services provided in the temporary absence of the regular caregiver 
    (parent, other relative, foster parent, adoptive parent, or 
    guardian) to children who--
            (A) are in danger of abuse or neglect;
            (B) have experienced abuse or neglect; or
            (C) have disabilities, chronic, or terminal illnesses.

    Such services shall be provided within or outside the home of the 
    child, be short-term care (ranging from a few hours to a few weeks 
    of time, per year), and be intended to enable the family to stay 
    together and to keep the child living in the home and community of 
    the child.

(Pub. L. 93-247, title II, Sec. 209, as added Pub. L. 104-235, title I, 
Sec. 121, Oct. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 3087.)
