Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/965

 PUBLIC LAW 95-626—NOV. 10, 1978

92 STAT. 3597

locations, assure a continuity of services and appropriate assistance, and coordinate, integrate, and establish linkages among such services. Projects shall, as appropriate, provide, supplement, or improve the quality of such services, and in providing services, give primary emphasis to adolescents who are 17 years of age or under and are pregnant or who are parents. USES OF GRANTS

SEC. 604. (a) Funds provided under this Act may be used by 42 USC grantees only to— 300a-24. (1) provide core services to eligible persons; (2) coordinate, integrate, and provide linkages among providers of core, supplemental, and other services for eligible persons in furtherance of the purposes of this Act; (3) provide supplemental services where such services are not adequate or not available to eligible persons in the community and which are essential to the care of pregnant adolescents and to the prevention of adolescent pregnancy; (4) plan for the administration and coordination of p r e^a n c y prevention and pregnancy-related services for adolescents (including family life and sex education), which will further the objectives of this Act; and (5) fulfill assurances required for grant approval by section 606. (b) Grantees shall charge fees for services only pursuant to a fee schedule, approved by the Secretary as a part of the application described in section 606, which bases fees charged by the grantee on the 42 USC 291f. income of the eligible person or the parents or legal guardians of the eligible person and takes into account the difficulty adolescents face in obtaining resources to pay for services. In no case may a grantee discriminate with regard to the provision of services to any individual because of that individual's inability to provide payment for such services. PRIORITIES, AMOUNTS, AND DURATION OF GRANTS

SEC. 605. (a) In approving applications for grants under this Act, 42 USC the Secretary shall give priority to applicants who— 300a-25. (1) serve an area where there is a high incidence of adolescent pregnancy; (2) serve an area where the incidence of low-income families is high and where the availability of pregnancy-related services is low; (3) show evidence of having the ability to bring together a wide range of needed care and, as appropriate, supplemental services in comprehensive single-site projects, or to establish a well-integrated network of such services (appropriate for the target population and geographic area to be served including the special needs of rural areas) for adolescents at risk of initial or repeat pregnancies; (4) will utilize to the maximum extent feasible, existing available programs and facilities such as neighborhood and primary health care centers, family planning clinics, children and youth centers, maternal and infant health centers, regional rural health facilities, school and other educational programs, mental health programs, nutrition programs, recreation programs, and other ongoing pregnancy prevention and pregnancy-related services;

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