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 114 STAT. 2280 PUBLIC LAW 106-501—NOV. 13, 2000 42 USC 3056e. " SEC. 507. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. "(a) INTERSTATE ALLOCATION.—The Secretary, in awarding grants and contracts under section 506, shall, to the extent feasible, assure an equitable distribution of activities under such grants and contracts, in the aggregate, among the States, taking into account the needs of underserved States. "(b) INTRASTATE ALLOCATION.—The amount allocated for projects within each State under section 506 shall be allocated among areas within the State in an equitable manner, taking into consideration the State priorities set out in the State plan pursuant to section 503(a). 42 USC 3056f. "SEC. 508. REPORT. "In order to carry out the Secretary responsibilities for reporting in section 503(g), the Secretary shall require the State agency for each State receiving funds under this title to prepare and submit a report at the beginning of each fiscal year on such State's compliance with section 507(b). Such report shall include the names and geographic location of all projects assisted under this title and carried out in the State and the amount allocated to each such project under section 506, 42 USC 3056g. " SEC. 509. EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND FEDERAL HOUSING AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAMS. "Funds received by eligible individuals from projects carried out under the program established in this title shall not be considered to be income of such individuals for purposes of determining the eligibility of such individuals, or of any other persons, to participate in any housing program for which Federal funds may be available or for any income determination under the Food Stamp Act of 1977. 42 USC 3056h. " SEC. 510. ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES. "Eligible individuals under this title may be deemed by local workforce investment boards established under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to satisfy the requirements for receiving services under such title that are applicable to adults. 42 USC 30561. " SEC. 511. TREATMENT OF ASSISTANCE. "Assistance furnished under this title shall not be construed to be financial assistance described in section 245A(h)(l)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255A(h)(l)(A)). 42 USC 3056J. " SEC. 512. COORDINATION WITH THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998. "(a) PARTNERS.— Grantees under this title shall be one-stop partners as described in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(vi) of section 121(b)(1) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841(b)(1)) in the one-stop delivery system established under section 134(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)) for the appropriate local workforce investment areas, and shall carry out the responsibilities relating to such partners. "(b) COORDINATION. —In local workforce investment areas where more than one grantee under this title provides services, the grantees shall coordinate their activities related to the one-stop delivery system, and grantees shall be signatories of the memorandum of understanding established under section 121(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841(c)).

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