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 PUBLIC LAW 94-103—OCT. 4, 1975

89 STAT. 495

PART D—REVISION OF SPECIAL PROJECTS ASSISTANCE SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS

SEC. 120. Part D of the Act is amended to read as follows: "PART D—SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS "GRANT AUTHORITY

"SEC. 145. (a) The Secretary, after consultation with the National 42 USC 6081. Advisory Council on Services and Facilities to the Developmentally Disabled, may make project grants to public or nonprofit private entities for— " (1) demonstrations (and research and evaluation in connection therewith) for establishing programs which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving services to persons with developmental disabilities (especially those who are disadvantaged or multihandicapped), including programs for parent counseling and training, early screening and intervention, infant and preschool children, seizure control systems, legal advocacy, and community based counseling, care, housing, and other services or systems necessary to maintain a person with developmental disabilities in the community; "(2) public awareness and public education programs to assist in the elimination of social, attitudinal, and environmental barriers confronted by persons with developmental disabilities; "(3) coordinating and using all available community resources in meeting the needs of persons with developmental disabilities (especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds); " (4) demonstrations of the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities who are also disadvantaged because of their economic status; "(5) technical assistance relating to services and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities, including assistance in State and local planning or administration respecting such services and facilities; "(6) training of specialized personnel needed for the provision of services for persons with developmental disabilities or for research directly related to such training; "(7) developing or demonstrating new or improved techniques for the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities (including model integrated service projects); " (8) gathering and disseminating information relating to developmental disabilities; and "(9) improving the quality of services provided in and the administration of programs for such persons. "(b) No grant may be made under subsection (a) unless an appli- Application. cation therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such application shall be in such form, submitted m such manner, and contain such information, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. The Secretary may not approve such an application unless the State in which the applicant's project will be conducted has a State plan approved under part C. The Secretary shall provide to Ante, p. 489. the State Planning Council for the State in which an applicant's project will be conducted an opportunity to review the application for such project and to submit its comments thereon.

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