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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 628a. Child welfare traineeships
The Secretary may approve an application for a grant to a public
or nonprofit institution for higher learning to provide
traineeships with stipends under section 626(a)(1)(C) of this title
only if the application -
(1) provides assurances that each individual who receives a
stipend with such traineeship (in this section referred to as a
"recipient") will enter into an agreement with the institution
under which the recipient agrees -
(A) to participate in training at a public or private
nonprofit child welfare agency on a regular basis (as
determined by the Secretary) for the period of the traineeship;
(B) to be employed for a period of years equivalent to the
period of the traineeship, in a public or private nonprofit
child welfare agency in any State, within a period of time
(determined by the Secretary in accordance with regulations)
after completing the postsecondary education for which the
traineeship was awarded;
(C) to furnish to the institution and the Secretary evidence
of compliance with subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
(D) if the recipient fails to comply with subparagraph (A) or
(B) and does not qualify for any exception to this subparagraph
which the Secretary may prescribe in regulations, to repay to
the Secretary all (or an appropriately prorated part) of the
amount of the stipend, plus interest, and, if applicable,
reasonable collection fees (in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Secretary);
(2) provides assurances that the institution will -
(A) enter into agreements with child welfare agencies for
onsite training of recipients;
(B) permit an individual who is employed in the field of
child welfare services to apply for a traineeship with a
stipend if the traineeship furthers the progress of the
individual toward the completion of degree requirements; and
(C) develop and implement a system that, for the 3-year
period that begins on the date any recipient completes a child
welfare services program of study, tracks the employment record
of the recipient, for the purpose of determining the percentage
of recipients who secure employment in the field of child
welfare services and remain employed in the field.
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