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 PUBLIC LAW 106-71—OCT. 12, 1999 113 STAT. 1037 job attainment skills, mental and physical health care, parenting skills, financial planning, and referral to sources of other needed services; "(2) provide directly, or through an arrangement made by the applicant, 24-hour service to respond to family crises (including immediate access to temporary shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk of separation from the family); "(3) establish, in partnership with the families of runaway and homeless youth, and youth at risk of separation from the family, objectives and measures of success to be achieved as a result of receiving home-based services; "(4) provide initial and periodic training of staff who provide home-based services; and "(5) ensure that— "(A) caseloads will remain sufficiently low to allow for intensive (5 to 20 hours per week) involvement with each family receiving such services; and "(B) staff providing such services will receive qualified supervision. "(e) APPLICANTS PROVIDING DRUG ABUSE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES. —To be eligible to use assistance under section 311(a)(2)(C)(iii) to provide drug abuse education and prevention services, an applicant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)— "(1) a description of— "(A) the types of such services that the applicant proposes to provide; "(B) the objectives of such services; and "(C) the types of information and training to be provided to individuals providing such services to runaway and homeless youth; and "(2) an assurance that in providing such services the applicant shall conduct outreach activities for runaway and homeless youth.". (d) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.— Section 313 of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5713) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 313. APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS. "(a) IN GENERAL. — An application by a public or private entity for a grant under section 311(a) may be approved by the Secretary after taking into consideration, with respect to the State in which such entity proposes to provide services under this part— "(1) the geographical distribution in such State of the proposed services under this part for which all grant applicants request approval; and "(2) which areas of such State have the greatest need for such services. "(b) PRIORITY. —In selecting applications for grants under section 311(a), the Secretary shall give priority to— "(1) eligible applicants who have demonstrated experience in providing services to runaway and homeless youth; and "(2) eligible applicants that request grants of less than $200,000. ".

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