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the dissemination of family planning information and medical assistance and supplies, are made available to all individuals who meet the criteria for eligibility for assistance under this part which have been established by the community action agency and who desire such information, assistance, or supplies. '•'(2) No such grant shall be approved unless it contains and is supported by reasonable assurances that in carrying out any program assisted by any such grant, the applicant will establish and follow procedures designed to insure that— " (A) no individual will be provided with any information, medical supervision or supplies which such individual states to be inconsistent with his or her moral, philosophical, or religious beliefs; and " (B) no individual will be provided with any medical supervision or supplies unless such individual has voluntarily requested such medical supervision or supplies, " (3) The use of family planning services provided by the applicant under such grant shall not be a prerequisite to the receipt of services from or participation in any other programs under this Act." COMMUNITY ACTION

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCPl, TRAINING, AND EMERGENCY LOANS

SEC. 212. (a) Section 206 of the Act is amended to read as follows:

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42 USC 2786.

" T E C H N I C A L A S S I S T A N C E, TRAINING, AND EMERGENCY LOANS ' 5

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"SEC. 206. (a) The Director is authorized to provide, either directly or through grants or other arrangements, (1) technical assistance to communities in developing, conducting, and administering community action programs, and (2) training for specialized or other personnel needed to develop, conduct, or administer such programs or to provide services or other assistance in connection with such programs or otherwise pertaining to the purposes of this part. The Director may, upon request of a grantee under this section, or sections 204,205, or 209(b), make special assignments of personnel to the grantee to assist and advise m the performance of functions related to the purposes of this part, except that in no event shall more than one hundred persons be employed for, or at any one time regularly engaged in, such assignments, nor shall any such special assignment be for a period of more than two years in the case of any grantee. " (b) The Director shall also formulate and c any out a program for making small loans to persons in low-income families to meet immediate and urgent family needs. The total outstanding balance of loans made to an individual under this subsection may not at any time exceed $300. Loans under this subsection shall bear interest at the rate of 2 per centum per annum and shall be made on such other terms and conditions as the Director may prescribe."

^2 USC 2784,

COMMUNITY ACTION—RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS

SEC. 213. Section 207 of the Act is amended by striking out ", training,", by striking out "15 per centum" and inserting "5 per centum", and by adding at the end thereof the following: "No grant or contract for a research or demonstration project shall be made under this section after January 1, 1967, except pursuant to an overall plan setting forth specific objectives to be achieved under this section and setting forth priorities among such objectives. Such plan, to the extent it contemplates activities or programs that may be undertaken by other

42 USC 2787.

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