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[CITE: 42USC629e]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID AND SERVICES TO NEEDY FAMILIES 
              WITH CHILDREN AND FOR CHILD-WELFARE SERVICES
 
                    Part B--Child and Family Services
 
              subpart 2--promoting safe and stable families
 
Sec. 629e. Evaluations


(a) Evaluations

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall evaluate the effectiveness of the programs 
    carried out pursuant to this subpart in accomplishing the purposes 
    of this subpart, and may evaluate any other Federal, State, or local 
    program, regardless of whether federally assisted, that is designed 
    to achieve the same purposes as the program under this subpart, in 
    accordance with criteria established in accordance with paragraph 
    (2).

                       (2) Criteria to be used

        In developing the criteria to be used in evaluations under 
    paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with appropriate parties, 
    such as--
            (A) State agencies administering programs under this part 
        and part E of this subchapter;
            (B) persons administering child and family services programs 
        (including family preservation and family support programs) for 
        private, nonprofit organizations with an interest in child 
        welfare; and
            (C) other persons with recognized expertise in the 
        evaluation of child and family services programs (including 
        family preservation and family support programs) or other 
        related programs.

(b) Coordination of evaluations

    The Secretary shall develop procedures to coordinate evaluations 
under this section, to the extent feasible, with evaluations by the 
States of the effectiveness of programs under this subpart.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title IV, Sec. 435, as added Pub. L. 103-66, 
title XIII, Sec. 13711(a)(2), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 654.)

                       References in Text

    Part E of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(A), is 
classified to section 670 et seq. of this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 435 of act Aug. 14, 1935, was classified to section 
635 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-485.
