Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/875

 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4197 "(2) the renovation of existing common areas in a public housing project to accommodate the provision of supportive services; "(3) the renovation of facilities located near the premises of 1 or more public housing projects to accommodate the provision of supportive services; (4) the provision of not more than 15 percent of the cost of any supportive services (which may be provided directly to eligible residents by the public housing agency or by contract or lease through other appropriate agencies or providers) only if the public housing agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that— "(A) the supportive services are appropriate to improve the access of eligible residents to employment and educational opportunities; and "(B) the public housing agency has made diligent efforts to use or obtain other available resources to fund or provide such services; and "(5) the employment of service coordinators subject to such minimum qualifications and standards that the Secretary may establish to ensure sound management, who may be responsible for— "(A) assessing the training and service needs of eligible residents; "(B) working with service providers to coordinate the provision of services and tailor such services to the needs and characteristics of eligible residents; "(C) mobilizing public and private resources to ensure that the supportive services identified pursuant to subsection (e)(1) can be funded over the time period identified under such subsection; "(B) monitoring and evaluating the impact and effectiveness of any supportive service program receiving capital or operating assistance under this section; and "(V) perforttiing such other duties and functions that the Secretary determines are appropriate to provide families living in public housing with better access to educational and employment opportunities. "(d) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS.— Assistance under this section shall be allocated by the Secretary among approvable applications submitted by public housing agencies. "(e) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for assistance under this section shall be submitted in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish. Each application for assistance shall contain— "(1) a description of the supportive services that are to be provided over a 5-year period (or such longer period that the Secretary determines to be appropriate if assistance is provided for activities under subsection (c) that involve substantial rehabilitation); "(2) a firm commitment of assistance from 1 or more sources ensuring that the supportive services will be provided for not less than 1 year following the completion of activities assisted under subsection (c); "(3) a description of public or private sources of assistance that can reasonably be expected to fund or provide supportive services for the entire period specified under paragraph (1),

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