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 104 STAT. 3802 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 Reports. Rural areas^. Aged persons. Disadvantaged persons. Homeless. "(4) Not later than six months after termination of any project, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Apiculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate eveduating the results of the demonstration projects established under this subsection, including evaluations of the effects on recipients and administrators.". SEC. 1759. GRANTS TO IMPROVE FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATION. Section 17 (7 U.S.C. 2026) (as amended by section 1758 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "O 'XIXA) Subject to the availability of funds specifically appropriated to carry out this subsection and subject to the other provisions of this subsection, during each of fiscal years 1992 through 1995, the Secretary shall make grants competitively awarded to public or private nonprofit organizations to fund food stamp outreach demonstration projects (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'projects') and related evaluations in areas of the United States to increase participation by eligible low-income households in the food stamp program. The total amount of grants provided during a fiscal year may not exceed $5,000,000. Funds appropriated to carry out this subsection shall be used in the year during which the funds are appropriated. Not more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this subsection shall be used for evaluations. "(B) The Secretary shall make a grant under this paragraph only to an entity that demonstrates to the Secretary that the entity is able to conduct the outreach functions described in this subsection. "(2) Outreach projects under this subsection shall be targeted toward members of rural, elderly, and homeless populations, lowincome working families with children, and non-English speaking minorities (hereinafter in this subsection collectively referred to as 'target populations'). "(3)(A) The Secretary shall appoint an advisory panel (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'panel') composed of representatives of the target populations as well as individuals with expertise in the area of program evaluation. The panel shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). "(B) The Secretary shall select recipients for grants, taking into consideration any recommendations from the panel concerning criteria that should be used in selecting recipients, to carry out projects under this subsection based on the appropriateness of the methods proposed for the projects to reach target populations. Appropriate methods shall include— "(i) the production of electronic media campaigns (with the total amount allocated for the campaigns in the aggregate not to exceed 15 percent of the total amount of funds specified in paragraph (I)(A)); "(ii) utilization of local outreach workers and volunteers; "(iii) development of solutions to transportation and access problems; "(iv) in-service training for those capable of referring households to the program; "(v) community presentations and education; "(vi) pre-screening assistance for progrsim eligibility; "(vii) individualized client assistance; "(viii) consultation and referral for benefit appeals; and

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