Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 3.djvu/454

 102 STAT. 2406

Transportation.

PUBLIC LAW 100-485—OCT. 13, 1988

professionals or related experts to provide individual and group counseling to participating high-risk teeneigers. (D) A program to provide participants in the project (to the extent practicable) with such transportation, child care, and equipment as is necessary to carry out the purposes of the project. (2) The State shall designate two geographical areas within the State to be targeted by the project. One area will serve as the "home base" for the project, where services will be concentrated and in which a local school system will be selected to receive services and provide facilities for resource referral and counseling. The second geographical area will serve as a "peripheral" participant, receiving assistance and services from the home base. (3) A high-risk teenager is any male or female who has reached the age of 10 years and whose age does not exceed 20 years, and who— (A) has a history of academic problems; (B) has a history of behavioral problems both in and out of school; (C) comes from a one-parent household; or (D) is pregnant or is a mother of a child. (d) APPLICATIONS; SELECTION CRITERIA.—(1) In selecting States to conduct demonstration projects under this section, the Secretary— (A) shall consult with the Consortium on Adolescent Pregnancy; (B) shall consider— (i) the rate of teenage pregnemcy in each State, (ii) the teenage school dropout rate in each State, (iii) the incidence of teenage substance abuse in each State, and (iv) the incidence of teenage suicide in each State; and (C) shall give priority to States whose applications— (i) demonstrate a current strong State commitment aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy, suicide, drug abuse, and school dropout; (ii) contain a "State support agreement" signed by the Governor, the State School Commissioner, the State Department of Human Services, and the State Department of Education, pledging their commitment to the project; (iii) describe facilities and services to be made available by the State to assist in carrying out the project; and (iv) indicate a demonstrably high rate of alcoholism among its residents. (2) Of the States selected to participate in the demonstration projects conducted under this section— (A) one shall be a geographically small State with a population of less than 1,250,000; (B) one shall be a State with a population of over 20,000,000; and (C) two shall be States with populations of more than 1,000,000 but less than 20,000,000. (e) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—(1) Each State conducting a demonstration project under this section shall submit to the Secretary for his approval an evaluation plan that provides for examining the effectiveness of the project in both the home base and peripheral area of the State.

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