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 101 STAT. 1826

PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

"(2) the Secretary determines that the Indian public housing agency has demonstrated a pattern of substantial noncompliance with requirements governing the collection of rents.". SEC. 116. LOCATION OF ACQUIRED HOUSING. 42 USC 1437d. Section 6(h) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended— (1) by inserting before "is" the following: "in the neighborhood where the public housing agency determines the housing is needed"; and (2) by inserting "in such neighborhood" after "rehabilitation". SEC. 117. PUBLIC HOUSING CHILD CARE GRANTS. Section 222 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 12 USC 1701Z-6 is amended to read as follows: note. "PUBLIC HOUSING CHILD CARE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM "SEC. 222. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—

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"(1) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, to the extent approved in appropriation Acts, carry out a demonstration program of making grants to nonprofit organizations to assist such organizations in providing child care services in lower income housing projects for lower income families who reside in public housing. "(2) The Secretary shall design the program described in paragraph (1) to determine the extent to which the availability of child care services in lower income housing projects facilitates the employability of the parents or guardians of children residing in public housing. "(b) EuGiBiLiTY FOR ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may make a grant to a nonprofit organization for child care services in a lower income housing project only if— "(1) prior to receipt of assistance under this section, a child care services program is not in operation in the project; "(2) the public housing agency agrees to provide suitable facilities for the provision of child care services; "(3) the child care services program in the project will serve preschool children during the day, school children after school, or both, in order to permit the parents or guardians of such children to obtain, retain, or train for employment; "(4) the child care services program in the project is designed, to the extent practicable, to involve the participation of the parents of children benefiting from such program; "(5) the child care services program in the project is designed, to the extent practicable, to employ in part-time positions elderly individuals who reside in the lower income housing project involved; and "(6) the child care services program in the project complies with all applicable State and local laws, regulations, and ordinances. "(c) ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing grants under this section, the Secretary shall— "(1) give priority to nonprofit organizations providing child care services in lower income housing projects in which reside the largest number of preschool and school children of lower income families;

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