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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 626. Research, training, or demonstration projects
(a) Authorization of appropriations
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal
year such sums as the Congress may determine -
(1) for grants by the Secretary -
(A) to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher
learning, and to public or other nonprofit agencies and
organizations engaged in research or child-welfare activities,
for special research or demonstration projects in the field of
child welfare which are of regional or national significance
and for special projects for the demonstration of new methods
or facilities which show promise of substantial contribution to
the advancement of child welfare;
(B) to State or local public agencies responsible for
administering, or supervising the administration of, the plan
under this part, for projects for the demonstration of the
utilization of research (including findings resulting
therefrom) in the field of child welfare in order to encourage
experimental and special types of welfare services; and
(C) to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher
learning for special projects for training personnel for work
in the field of child welfare, including traineeships described
in section 628a of this title with such stipends and allowances
as may be permitted by the Secretary; and
(2) for contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements
with States and public and other organizations and agencies for
the conduct of research, special projects, or demonstration
projects relating to such matters.
(b) Appropriations for demonstration projects for development of
alternate care arrangements for infants not requiring
hospitalization
(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990 for grants by the
Secretary to public or private nonprofit entities submitting
applications under this subsection for the purpose of conducting
demonstration projects under this subsection to develop alternative
care arrangements for infants who do not have health conditions
that require hospitalization and who would otherwise remain in
inappropriate hospital settings.
(2) The demonstration projects conducted under this section may
include -
(A) multidisciplinary projects designed to prevent the
inappropriate hospitalization of infants and to allow infants
described in paragraph (1) to remain with or return to a parent
in a residential setting, where appropriate care for the infant
and suitable treatment for the parent (including treatment for
drug or alcohol addiction) may be assured, with the goal (where
possible) of rehabilitating the parent and eliminating the need
for such care for the infant;
(B) multidisciplinary projects that assure appropriate,
individualized care for such infants in a foster home or other
non-medical residential setting in cases where such infant does
not require hospitalization and would otherwise remain in
inappropriate hospital settings, including projects to
demonstrate methods to recruit, train, and retain foster care
families; and
(C) such other projects as the Secretary determines will best
serve the interests of such infants and will serve as models for
projects that agencies or organizations in other communities may
wish to develop.
(3) In the case of any project which includes the use of funds
authorized under this subsection for the care of infants in foster
homes or other non-medical residential settings away from their
parents, there shall be developed for each such infant a case plan
of the type described in section 675(1) of this title (to the
extent that such infant is not otherwise covered by such a plan),
and each such project shall include a case review system of the
type described in section 675(5) of this title (covering each such
infant who is not otherwise subject to such a system).
(4) In evaluating applications from entities proposing to conduct
demonstration projects under this subsection, the Secretary shall
give priority to those projects that serve areas most in need of
alternative care arrangements for infants described in paragraph
(1).
(5) No project may be funded unless the application therefor
contains assurances that it will -
(A) provide for adequate evaluation;
(B) provide for coordination with local governments;
(C) provide for community education regarding the inappropriate
hospitalization of infants;
(D) use, to the extent practical, other available private,
local, State, and Federal sources for the provision of direct
services; and
(E) meet such other criteria as the Secretary may prescribe.
(6) Grants may be used to pay the costs of maintenance and of
necessary medical and social services (to the extent that these
costs are not otherwise paid for under other subchapters of this
chapter), and for such other purposes as the Secretary may allow.
(7) The Secretary shall provide training and technical assistance
to grantees, as requested.
(c) Payments; advances or reimbursements; installments; conditions
Payments of grants or under contracts or cooperative arrangements
under this section may be made in advance or by way of
reimbursement, and in such installments, as the Secretary may
determine; and shall be made on such conditions as the Secretary
finds necessary to carry out the purposes of the grants, contracts,
or other arrangements.
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