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 12 2 STA T .395 5 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 351 —O CT. 7, 200 8‘ ‘ (B)whenap p ro pr i a t e ,s ha l la d dress do m esti cv iolence iss u esinasa f e manner and facilitate connectin g children e x posed to domestic violence to appropriate services, including reconnection with the a b used parent when appro - priate or ‘‘( 4 ) residential famil y treatment programs that — ‘‘( A ) enable parents and their children to live in a safe environment for a period of not less than 6 months; and ‘‘(B) provide, on-site or by referral, substance abuse treatment services, children ’ s early intervention services, family counseling, medical, and mental health services, nursery and pre-school, and other services that are designed to provide comprehensive treatment that supports the family . ‘‘(b) A P P LICAT I ONS .—An entity desiring to receive a matching grant under this section shall submit to the S ecretary an applica- tion, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may re q uire, including— ‘‘( 1 ) a description of how the grant will be used to imple- ment 1 or more of the activities described in subsection (a); ‘‘( 2 ) a description of the types of children and families to be served, including how the children and families will be identified and recruited, and an initial pro j ection of the number of children and families to be served; ‘‘( 3 ) if the entity is a private organi z ation— ‘‘(A) documentation of support from the relevant local or State child welfare agency; or ‘‘(B) a description of how the organization plans to coordinate its services and activities with those offered by the relevant local or State child welfare agency; and ‘‘(4) an assurance that the entity will cooperate fully with any evaluation provided for by the Secretary under this section. ‘‘(c) L I M ITATIONS.— ‘‘(1) GR ANT DU RATION.— T he Secretary may award a grant under this section for a period of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years. ‘‘(2) N UM BE RO F NE WG RANTEES PER Y EAR.—The Secretary may not award a grant under this section to more than 3 0 new grantees each fiscal year. ‘‘(d) F EDERAL C ONTRIBUTION.—The amount of a grant payment to be made to a grantee under this section during each year in the grant period shall be the following percentage of the total expenditures proposed to be made by the grantee in the application approved by the Secretary under this section

‘‘(1) 75 percent, if the payment is for the 1st or 2nd year of the grant period. ‘‘(2) 50 percent, if the payment is for the 3rd year of the grant period. ‘‘(e) FORM OF GRANTEE CONTRIBUTION.—A grantee under this section may provide not more than 50 percent of the amount which the grantee is required to expend to carry out the activities for which a grant is awarded under this section in k ind, fairly evalu- ated, including plant, equipment, or services. ‘‘(f) U SE OF GRANT.—A grantee under this section shall use the grant in accordance with the approved application for the grant. ‘‘(g) R ESER V ATIONS OF FUNDS.—

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