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[CITE: 42USC9925]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 106--COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 9925. Demonstration partnership agreements addressing needs 
        of poor
        

(a) General authority

    (1) In order to stimulate the development of new approaches to 
provide for greater self-sufficiency of the poor, to test and evaluate 
such new approaches, to disseminate project results and evaluation 
findings so that such approaches can be replicated, and to strengthen 
the integration, coordination, and redirection of activities to promote 
maximum self-sufficiency among the poor, the Secretary may make grants 
from funds appropriated under subsection (e) of this section to eligible 
entities for the development and implementation of new and innovative 
approaches to deal with particularly critical needs or problems of the 
poor which are common to a number of communities. Grants may be made 
only with respect to applications which--
        (A) involve activities which can be incorporated into or be 
    closely coordinated with eligible entities' ongoing programs;
        (B) involve significant new combinations of resources or new and 
    innovative approaches involving partnership agreements;
        (C) are structured in a way that will, within the limits of the 
    type of assistance or activities contemplated, most fully and 
    effectively promote the purposes of the Community Services Block 
    Grant Act [42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.]; and
        (D) contain an assurance that the applicant for such grants will 
    obtain an independent, methodologically sound evaluation of the 
    effectiveness of the activities carried out with such grant and will 
    submit such evaluation to the Secretary.

    (2) No grant may be made under this section unless an application is 
submitted to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
or accompanied by such information, as the Secretary may require.
    (3) Initial and subsequent grant awards may fully fund projects for 
periods of up to 3 years.

(b) Federal share; limitations

    (1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), grants awarded pursuant to this 
section shall be used for programs and shall not exceed 50 per centum of 
the cost of such programs.
    (B) After the first funding period for which an eligible entity 
receives a grant under this section to carry out a program, the amount 
of a subsequent grant made under this section to such entity to carry 
out such program may not exceed 80 percent of the amount of the grant 
previously received by such entity under this section to carry out such 
program.
    (2) Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly 
evaluated, including but not limited to plant, equipment, or services.
    (3) Not more than one grant in each fiscal year may be made to any 
eligible entity, and no grant may exceed $350,000. Not more than 2 
grants may be made under this section to an eligible entity to carry out 
a particular program.
    (4) No application may be approved for assistance under this section 
unless the Secretary is satisfied that--
        (A) the activities to be carried out under the application will 
    be in addition to, and not in substitution for, activities 
    previously carried on without Federal assistance; and
        (B) funds or other resources devoted to programs designed to 
    meet the needs of the poor within the community, area, or State will 
    not be diminished in order to provide the matching contributions 
    required under this section.

(c) Programs directed to special populations

    (1) In addition to the grant programs described in subsection (a) of 
this section, the Secretary may make grants to community action agencies 
for the purpose of enabling such agencies to demonstrate new approaches 
to dealing with the problems caused by entrenched, chronic unemployment 
and lack of economic opportunities for urban youth. Demonstrations shall 
include such activities as peer counseling, mentoring, development of 
job skills, assistance with social skills, community services, family 
literacy, parenting skills, opportunities for employment or 
entrepreneurship, and other services designed to assist such at-risk 
youth to continue their education, to secure meaningful employment, to 
perform community service, or to pursue other productive alternatives 
within the community.
    (2) Such grants may be made only with respect to applications that--
        (A) identify and describe the population to be served, the 
    problems to be addressed, the overall approach and methods of 
    outreach and recruitment to be used, and the services to be 
    provided;
        (B) describe how the approach to be used differs from other 
    approaches used for the population to be served by the project;
        (C) describe the objectives of the project and contain a plan 
    for measuring progress toward meeting those objectives; and
        (D) contain assurances that the grantee will report on the 
    progress and results of the demonstration at such times and in such 
    manner as the Secretary shall require.

    (3) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, such grants 
shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of such programs.
    (4) Such grants made under this subsection on a competitive basis 
shall be based on an annual competition determined by the Secretary. 
Grants made under this subsection shall not exceed $500,000.

(d) Dissemination of results

    As soon as practicable, but not later than 180 days after the end of 
the fiscal year in which a recipient of a grant under this section 
completes the expenditure of such grant, the Secretary shall prepare and 
make available to each State and each eligible entity a description of 
the program carried out with such grant, any relevant information 
developed and results achieved, and a summary of the evaluation of such 
program received under subsection (a)(1)(D) of this section so as to 
provide a model of innovative programs for other eligible entities.

(e) Replication of programs

    (1) The Secretary shall annually identify programs that receive 
grants under this section that demonstrate a significant potential for 
dealing with particularly critical needs or problems of the poor that 
exist in a number of communities.
    (2) Not less than 10 percent, and not more than 25 percent, of the 
funds appropriated for each fiscal year to carry out this section shall 
be available to make grants under this section to replicate in 
additional geographic areas programs identified under paragraph (1).

(f) Report to Congress

    The Secretary shall submit annually, to the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources of the Senate, a report containing--
        (1) a description of--
            (A) programs for which grants under this section in the then 
        most recently completed fiscal year; and
            (B) the evaluations received under subsection (a)(1)(D) of 
        this section in such fiscal year; and

        (2) a description of the methods used by the Secretary to comply 
    with subsection (d) of this section;
        (3) recommendations of the Secretary regarding the suitability 
    of carrying out such programs with funds made available under other 
    Federal laws; and
        (4) a description of each program identified under subsection 
    (d)(1) \1\ of this section or replicated under subsection (e)(2) of 
    this section, and an identification of the geographical location 
    where such program was carried out.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be subsection ``(e)(1)''.
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(g) Definitions

    As used in this section--
        (1) the term ``eligible entity'' has the same meaning given such 
    term by section 673(1) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
    U.S.C. 9902(1)), except that such term includes an organization that 
    serves migrant and seasonal farm workers and that receives a grant 
    under the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et 
    seq.) in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such 
    organization requests a grant under this section; and
        (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and 
    Human Services.

(h) Authorization of appropriations

    (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1996, 
1997, and 1998, to carry out this section.
    (2) Of the amounts appropriated for this section, not less than 30 
percent and not more than 40 percent shall be used to carry out the 
programs authorized under subsection (c) of this section.
    (3) In addition to sums which are required to carry out the 
evaluation, reporting, and dissemination of results under subsections 
(a), (c), (d), and (f) of this section, the Secretary is authorized to 
reserve up to 2 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to 
subparagraphs (1) and (2) for administration of the program as well as 
for planning and technical assistance.

(Pub. L. 99-425, title IV, Sec. 408, Sept. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 972; Pub. 
L. 101-204, title VII, Sec. 705, Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1821; Pub. L. 
101-501, title VI, Secs. 601, 602, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1257, 1258; 
Pub. L. 103-252, title II, Sec. 207, May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 656.)

                       References in Text

    The Community Services Block Grant Act, referred to in subsecs. 
(a)(1)(C) and (g)(1), is subtitle B (Sec. 671 et seq.) of title VI of 
Pub. L. 97-35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 511, as amended, which is 
classified generally to this chapter (Sec. 9901 et seq.). For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 9901 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 9910b of this title.
    Section was enacted as part of the Human Services Reauthorization 
Act of 1986, and not as part of the Community Services Block Grant Act 
which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 207(1), added par. (3).
    Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 207(2), substituted ``After 
the first funding period'' for ``After the first fiscal year''.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 207(3)(A), amended par. (1) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: ``In addition 
to the grant programs described in subsection (a) of this section, the 
Secretary shall make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of 
demonstrating new and innovative approaches to addressing the problems 
of, and providing opportunities for leadership development, community 
involvement, and educational success to, disadvantaged persons between 
the ages of 14 and 25 from populations experiencing conditions such as a 
high poverty rate, high unemployment, high dropout rate, low labor force 
participation, low enrollment in college or participation in other post 
high school training classes, high incidence of involvement in violence, 
and a high rate of incarceration. Services provided through approaches 
funded by such grants may include assessment and development of 
employability plans, remedial education, motivational activities, life 
skills instruction, community service, mentoring, access to information 
on available financial aid, campus visits, career education, cultural 
enrichment, and employment training, placement, and follow-up.''
    Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 207(3)(B), amended par. (4) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: ``Such grants 
shall be made annually on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
shall specify to eligible entities that serve the populations described 
in paragraph (1) and that are located within those areas where such 
populations are concentrated.''
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 207(4), amended heading and text 
of subsec. (h) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
    ``(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1991, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 1992, 1993, and 1994, to carry out this section (other than 
subsection (c) of this section).
    ``(2) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1991 and such sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal years 
1992 through 1994, to carry out subsection (c) of this section.''
    1990--Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 101-501, Sec. 601(2), (3), added 
subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) and (d) as (d) and (e), 
respectively. Former subsec. (e) redesignated (f).
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101-501, Sec. 601(1), (2), redesignated subsec. 
(e) as (f) and substituted ``subsection (d)'' for ``subsection (c)'' in 
par. (2) and ``subsection (e)(2)'' for ``subsection (d)(2)'' in par. 
(4). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (g).
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-501, Sec. 601(2), redesignated subsec. (f) 
as (g). Former subsec. (g) redesignated (h).
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 101-501, Secs. 601(2), 602, redesignated 
subsec. (g) as (h), designated existing provisions as par. (1), 
substituted ``$10,000,000 for fiscal year 1991, and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994'' for 
``$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989, and 
$7,000,000 for fiscal year 1990'', inserted ``(other than subsection (c) 
of this section)'' before period at end, and added par. (2).
    1989--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101-204, Sec. 705(a)(1), substituted 
``stimulate the development of new approaches to provide for greater 
self-sufficiency of the poor, to test and evaluate such new approaches, 
to disseminate project results and evaluation findings so that such 
approaches can be replicated, and to strengthen the integration, 
coordination, and redirection of activities to promote maximum self-
sufficiency among the poor'' for ``provide for the self-sufficiency of 
the Nation's poor''.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 101-204, Sec. 705(a)(2), added subpar. 
(D).
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101-204, Sec. 705(b)(1), designated existing 
provisions as subpar. (A), substituted ``Subject to subparagraph (B), 
grants'' for ``Grants'', struck out ``new'' before ``programs'' wherever 
appearing, and added subpar. (B).
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101-204, Sec. 705(b)(2), inserted ``in each 
fiscal year'' after ``than one grant'', substituted ``$350,000'' for 
``$250,000'', and inserted at end ``Not more than 2 grants may be made 
under this section to an eligible entity to carry out a particular 
program.''
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-204, Sec. 705(c), amended subsec. (c) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: ``As soon as 
practicable, but no later than 90 days after the expiration of the 
fiscal year for which any grant is awarded under this section, the 
Secretary shall prepare and make available upon request to each State 
and eligible entity descriptions of the demonstration programs assisted 
under this section, and any relevant information developed and results 
achieved, so as to provide models for innovative programs to other 
eligible entities.''
    Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 101-204, Sec. 705(f)(2), added subsecs. 
(d) and (e). Former subsecs. (d) and (e) redesignated (f) and (g), 
respectively.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101-204, Sec. 705(d), (f)(1), redesignated 
subsec. (d) as (f) and inserted before semicolon in par. (1) ``, except 
that such term includes an organization that serves migrant and seasonal 
farm workers and that receives a grant under the Community Services 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) in the fiscal year preceding 
the fiscal year for which such organization requests a grant under this 
section''.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-204, Sec. 705(e), (f)(1), redesignated 
subsec. (e) as (g), substituted ``are'' for ``is'', and inserted ``and 
$7,000,000 for fiscal year 1990,'' after ``1989,''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of 
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a 
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities of House of Representatives 
changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of 
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Fifth Congress, 
Jan. 7, 1997.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-252 effective Oct. 1, 1994, see section 208 
of Pub. L. 103-252, set out as a note under section 9901 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-501 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 
1001(a) of Pub. L. 101-501, set out as a note under section 8621 of this 
title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1986, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 99-425, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 8621 
of this title.
