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 108 STAT. 668 PUBLIC LAW 103-252—MAY 18, 1994 State, Federal, and private funds for family resource programs; or "(B) with respect to a State without a trust fund mechanism or other organization that meets the requirements of subparagraph (A), is an existing State agency, or other public, quasi-public, or nonprofit private agency responsible for the development and implementation of a statewide network of community-based family resource programs; "(2) assurances that the agency designated under paragraph (1) can demonstrate the capacity to fulfill the purposes described in subsection (a), and shall have— "(A) a demonstrated ability to work with other State and community-based agencies, to provide training and technicsil assistance; "(B) a commitment to parental participation in the design and implementation of family resource programs; "(C) the capacity to promote a statewide system of family resource programs throughout the State; and "(D) the capacity to exercise leadership in implementing effective strategies for capacity building, family and professional training, and access to, and funding for, family resource services across agencies; "(3) an assurance that the State has an interagency process coordinated by the agency designated in paragraph (1) for effective program development that— "(A) does not duplicate existing processes for developing collaborative efforts to better serve children and families; "(B) provides a written strategic plan for the estabhshment of a network of family resource programs (publicly available and funded through public suid private sources) that identifies specific measurable goals and objectives; "(C) involves appropriate personnel in the process, including— "(i) parents (including parents of children with disabilities) and prospective participants in family resource programs, including respite care programs; "(ii) staff of existing programs providing family resource services, including staff of Head Start programs and community action agencies that provide such services; "(iii) representatives of State and local government such as social service, health, mental health, education, vocational rehabilitation, employment, economic development agencies, and organizations providing community services activities; "(iv) representatives of the business community; "(v) representatives of general purpose local governments; "(vi) representatives of groups with expertise in child abuse prevention, including respite and crisis care; "(vii) representatives of local communities in which family resource programs are likely to be located; "(viii) representatives of groups with expertise in providing services to children with disabihties; and

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