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 PUBLIC LAW 101-554—NOV. 15, 1990 104 STAT. 2753 SEC. 5. COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 29 USC 2304. (a) IN GENERAL. — Each eligible statewide public agency or statewide nonprofit organization desiring to receive a competitive grant under section 4(a) of this Act shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such application shall contain assurances that the State Job Training Coordinating Council and the Governor have had an opportunity to review and comment on the application. Each applicant shall include the comments received by the applicant pursuant to such review. (b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under section 4(a) of this Act, the Secretary shall give priority to applications from statewide public agencies and statewide nonprofit organizations which— (1) demonstrate that employment and training related services will be provided to displaced homemakers who are economically disadvantaged; (2) provide access to a comprehensive referral system so that participants will be directed to appropriate services based on their assessed needs; (3) demonstrate that employment and training related funds and services to be provided will be coordinated with other Federal and non-Federal progrsims providing education, training, or other human services; (4) demonstrate the ability to provide appropriate transition for participants into other related programs such as adult basic education, remedial education, vocational education, and the Job Training Partnership Act; and (5) demonstrate experience in providing services to displaced homemakers. (c) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall not award more than 1 competitive grant per State. The competition for such grants shall be conducted annually, except that when a grantee has performed satisfactorily under the terms of an existing grant agreement and the immediately preceding grant agreement, the Secretary may waive the requirement for such competition upon receipt from the grantee of a satisfactory program plan for the succeeding grant period. SEC. 6. USE OF COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDS. 29 USC 2305. (a) IN GENERAL. —Funds awarded under section 4(a) of this Act may be used for any purpose described in section 10 and for statewide model and demonstration projects that provide special services for rural displaced homemakers, minority displaced homemakers, women age 40 and older, and for nontraditional training or self- employment training. (b) ADMINISTRATIVE (DOST.— Ek ich eligible service provider receiving assistance under this Act may use no more than 20 percent of the funds awarded to such service provider for administrative costs. SEC. 7. ALLOCATION. 29 USC 2306. (a) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES. — (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), financial assistance to States under section 4(b) of this Act shall be allotted based on the ratio of the adult population of the State to the total adult population of the United States.

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